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<- 56346 | 56347 | 56348 ->

Vehicle 56347 / 54347

Class 101

BR Diagram 630

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30468
Diagram: 630

Allocations

The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 51189 during the unknown period are:

13/12/58 New to 3C (Ryecroft)
w/e 02/04/60 Transferred to 3E (Monument Lane)
20/06/60Depot code change21E
Jun-60 Transferred to 21F (Ryecroft)
Sep-63Depot code change2G
3w/e 31/01/65 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
5w/e 12/06/65 Transferred to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
11/09/65 Transferred to 6A (Chester)

Then the allocations for 56347 are:

11/05/86 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
07/07/91 Transferred to CA (Cambridge) PCAX
10/05/92 Transferred to LO (Longsight) RCLO
Jan-01 Withdrawn from LO (Longsight)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56347 - original number
54347 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa May-95 - Headlamp fitted

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 16/03/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51189 56347 As delivered to 3C - 13th December 1958
51189 56347 Noted 01/01/68 - in Manchester Exchange1
51176 56347 Noted 19/09/71 - in Chester station1
CR236 51186 56347 Noted 09/09/73 - at Chester, 56347 displayed CR2512
CR236 51186 56347 Noted 09/09/73 - on Chester depot2
51201 56347 Noted 22/06/74 - at Conway2
51201 56347 Noted 20/09/1975 - at Crewe3
51471 56347 Noted 15/04/1978 - at Newcastle 3
51201 56347 Noted 14/09/81 - on 12:40 Shrewsbury - Crewe
51201 56347 Noted 26/06/82 - at Borth
51201 56347 Noted circa 08/19824
51201 56347 Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 08.40 Manchester Victoria to Chester with 56080-502034
51201 54347 Noted 17/04/83 - on Chester depot
51201 54347 Noted circa 01/19844
51201 54347 Noted 31/03/1984 - on Chester Depot4
51201 54347 Noted 30/09/84 - on Chester depot
51201 54347 Noted 25/04/85 - on a Holyhead to Llandudno all stations service
51201 54347 Noted 07/02/86 - on 06:48 Crewe - Stoke with 51902 + 544855
51201 54347 Noted circa 03/19864
51201 54347 Transfer to NC - 11/05/86 - from CH
72 51201 54347 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
72 51201 54347 Noted 05/07/86 - at Norwich2
72 51201 54347 Noted 27/08/19864
51201 54347 Noted 31/03/87 - at Norwich2
72 51201 54347 Listed at NC - Apr-87
72 51201 54347 Listed at NC - Dec-87
72 51201 54347 Noted 10/09/88
72 51201 54347 Listed at NC - Feb-90
72 51201 54347 Listed at CA - Jul-91
72 51201 54347 Listed at CA - Aug-91
72 51201 54347 Noted circa 10/19914
72 51201 54347 Listed at CA - Dec-91
51201 54347 Noted 05/02/92 - on 16:15 Skegness - Gainsborough6
51201 54347 Noted 27/03/92 - on 06:41 Birmingham New Street - Nottingham6
101663 51201 54347 Listed at LO - 02/07/92
101663 51201 54347 Listed at LO - 24/09/92
101663 51201 54347 Listed at LO - November 1992
101663 51201 54347 Listed at LO - 10/12/92
51201 54347 Noted 24/05/93 - on 19:00 Blackpool - Manchester Airport6
51201 54347 Noted 02/08/93 - on 19:00 Southport - Stockport6
101663 51201 54347 Listed at LO - November 1993
51201 54347 Noted 17/03/94 - on 16:52 Manchester Piccadilly - New Mills Central6
101663 51201 54347 Noted circa 06/19944
101663 51201 54347 Noted 31/05/1997 - 0820 Chester to Manchester Victoria

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Harlech

Unknown date

With Pwllheli on the destination blind M56347 + M51189 head away from Harlech station circa mid/late-1960s. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Borth

26th June 1982

M56347 and M51201 head away from Borth station on the 26th June 1982. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Chester

17th April 1983

Class 101 DMU 54347 + 51201 on Chester depot, 17-4-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 101 DMU at Chester

30th September 1984

Class 101 DMU 54347 + 51201 stabled at Chester depot on 30-9-84. Behind are 51194 + 54346 with Class 120 53674 + 59064 + 53723. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 101 DMU at Cromer

June 1987

Set number: 72

Class 101 DMU set 72 (presumably 54347 + 51201) depart Cromer past the signal box in June 1987. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 101 DMU at Manchester Oxford Road

circa 1993

Set number: 101663

Regional Railways Class 101 DMU 101663 at Manchester Oxford Road station. No date, the fresh paint suggests circa 1993. At this time the power car still had two wipers meaning this is the DTSL (54347). Spannerman37025.

Class 101 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

Unknown date

Set number: 101663

53746 (101678) lines up alongside 54347 (101663) in platforms 1 and 2 respectively at Manchester Piccadilly, both having worked local services along the Marple/New Mills/Sheffield line. Chris Moxon.

Class 101 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

Unknown date

Set number: 101663

54347 (101663 with 51201) arriving into Manchester Piccadilly. Chris Moxon.

Class 101 DMU at Chester

15th May 1999

Set number: 101663

Class 101 Met Cam DMU 101-663 (54347+51201) stabled next to Chester station, 15-5-99. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 101 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

12th November 1999

Set number: 101663

101663 (54347 & 51201) at Manchester Piccadilly 12th November 1999. Ian Buck.

Class 101 DMU at Deansgate

10th December 1999

Set number: 101663

101663 (54347 + 51201) arrives at Deansgate from Irlam on 10th December 1999. Ian Buck.

Class 101 DMU at Marple Wharf Junction

9th February 2000

Set number: 101663

Longsight based 101663 (54347 + 51201) leaves the Rose Hill branch at Marple Wharf Junction with a train to Piccadilly via Hyde, 9th February 2000. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 101 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

February 2001

Set number: 101663

101663 (54347 + 51201) at Manchester Piccadilly in February 2001. Ian Buck.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 25th July 1964

A two-car Met-Camm set, DMBS M51189 at the front and probably with DTCL M56347, seen heading for Birmingham at Aldridge on July 25, 1964. They were based at Ryecroft depot (2G). Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 26th June 1982

M51201 and M56347 are seen leaving Borth station on the 26th June 1982, with Wolverhampton High Level showing on the destination blind. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 26th June 1982

M51201 and M56347 are seen leaving Borth station on the 26th June 1982, which has signs of track being lifted in the foreground. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: June 1987

Set number: 81

Pair of Class 101 Met Camm 2-car DMUs at Cromer in June 1987. Set 81 (53231 + 54050) is on the left, set 72 on the right (presumably 51201 + 54347). On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 19th July 1987

Set number: T620

Three-car set 53878, 59612 and 53056 stabled at Leicester with Norwich's set 72 behind, headed by 51201 and presumably with out of sight, 54347. Unusually the 116 (with class 127 centre trailer) appears to have a Tyseley set number board in the 2nd man's window but with no set number apparently on it (they would be set T620 at this time). The following year 53878 and 59612 were reformed into four-car set T421 and 53056 was in three-car set T342. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: 6th August 1988

Set number: 72

Class 101 2-car DMU 51201 + 54347 passing Ely South signal box with the 08-25 ex-Cambridge to Peterborough 6-8-88. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 10th September 1988

Set number: 72

Class 101 E51201 + E54347 towed by 37138 passing Ely North Junction on 10.09.88. The DMU had previously worked 2K11 07.03 Doncaster – Peterborough via The Joint but due to a failure 37138 came to assistance and now running forward as an ECS possibly to Cambridge. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 21st May 1989

Set number: 63

Set 63 E54218 + E51428 and Set 72 E51201 + E54347 seen on a Norwich to Cambridge working north of Ely around 4pm on 21st May 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 7th August 1989

55991 in the north bay at Cambridge, 7/8/89, alongside 54347. Mike Cooper.

DMU

Date: circa June 1990

Set number: 72

Met-Camm DMU set 72 (51201 and presumably 54347) in Sheringham station circa summer 1990. Bob Belcher.

DMU

Date: circa June 1990

Set number: 72

Met-Camm DMU set 72 (51201 and presumably 54347), Sheringham station circa summer 1990. Bob Belcher.

DMU

Date: 25th February 1991

Class 101 No E53193 waiting departure from Norwich with the 1150hrs to Lowestoft on 25 February 1991. Behind sits E54347. Keith Long.

DMU

Date: 27th October 1991

Set number: 72

51201 + 54347 in platform 2 of Doncaster station on 27 October 1991. David Bellamy.

DMU

Date: 27th October 1991

Cab end views of 51192 on left and 54347 on the right on platform 2 of Doncaster station on 27 October 1991. David Bellamy.

DMU

Date: 29th May 1993

Set number: LO241

A DMU formed of 54203 + 53202 (LO241) and 54347 + 51201 (101663) at Warrington Bank Quay station on 29 May 1993. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 29th May 1993

Set number: 101663

A DMU formed of 51201 + 54347 (101663) and 53202 + 54203 (LO241) at Warrington Bank Quay station on 29 May 1993. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 16th August 1993

Set number: 101663

101663 - with 51201 closest and 54347 behind - is seen at Rose Hill on the 17:09 to Manchester Piccadilly, 16/8/93. Gazza Prescott.

DMU

Date: 4th December 1993

Set number: 101663

51201 at the head of a 6-car formation formed of 101663 (with 54347), 101656 and 101679 at Manchester Piccadilly, 4/12/93. Gazza Prescott.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: 101663

101663 (51201 & 54347) is making plenty of smoke at Bargoed. Undated. Tom Clift.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: 101663

51201 (101663 with 54347) waits time at Rose Hill Marple before returning to Manchester Piccadilly. Chris Moxon.

DMU

Date: 7th January 1995

Set number: 101663

101663 (51201 & 54347) at Ashburys on 7th January 1995. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: June 1996

Set number: 101663

Sorry not in service - 101663 (51201 + 54347) in Manchester Piccadilly, June 1996. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: November 1996

Set number: 101653

Class 101 Metro Cammell DMUs 101653 (51426 + 54358) and 101663 (54347 visible) in Manchester Piccadilly, (probably the 4th) November 1996. On Tour with the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 19th November 1998

Set number: 960992

A very rare picture of a sandite 101 on a passenger turn, it may well have been a one off? 960992 977897 (53203) + 977898 (53193) + 101663 54347 + 51201 are on 2H19, the 17:09 Macclesfield to Manchester Piccadilly at Cheadle Hulme, 19-11-98. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: 28th January 2000

Set number: 101663

101663 - Car 51201 is seen at the rear of a Chester - Piccadilly service on 28th January 2000 at Stockport (Edgeley) with 54347. Paul Moxon.

DMU

Date: 12th February 2000

Set number: 101663

101663 (51201 & 54347) at Deansgate on a service from Irlam on 12th February 2000. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 8th April 2000

Set number: 101663

A service for Marple departs from Manchester Piccadilly on 8 April 2000 worked by Met-Camm set 101663 (51201 + 54347). Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 10th April 2000

Set number: 101663

Metropolitan-Cammell set 101663 (51201 + 54347) in Manchester Piccadilly station on April 10, 2000. John Carter.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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