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Vehicle 56362 / 54362

Class 101

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

Allocations

31/07/58	New to	56G (Hammerton Street)
w/e 03/01/59	Transferred to	50A (York)
3w/e 19/03/60	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
21/04/63	Transferred to	55F (Manningham)
05/03/67	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)	- Manningham closed
11/08/68	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
May-73	Depot code change	NO
Sep-73	Depot code change	NR
w/e 07/02/76	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 17/09/78	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
w/e 20/05/79	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
15/05/83	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
13/05/84	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge)
10/05/87	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
Jun-88	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
02/10/88	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
07/05/89	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill) PNLX
p/e 17/06/89	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge) NNEX
p/e 10/11/90	Sector Change to	CA (Cambridge) NGEX
p/e 30/03/91	Transferred to	OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX
p/e 09/11/91	Transferred to	RG (Reading) NWRX
01/02/93	Transferred to	HQ (Headquarters) NWRX
08/02/93	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) NWRX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56362 - original number
54362 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 26/09/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51204	56362	As delivered to 56G - 31st July 1958
	51204	56362	Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60
	51204	56362	Transfer to 55F - 21/04/63
	51207	56362	Transfer to 32A - 11/08/68 - from 55H
	51123	56362	Noted 21/12/70 - at Peterborough¹
	50249	56362	Noted 17/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds²
45	50368	56362	Noted circa e1972 - at Bury St Edmunds²
52	50375	56362	Noted circa mid-1972 - at Bury St Edmunds²
57	51279	56362	Noted circa late 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds²
32	50375	56362	New set number at 32A - circa e1973 - set 52 became set 32³
52	50375	56362	New set number at - circa e1973 - 52 became 32³
32	50375	56362	Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds²
79	51223	56362	Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford²
79	51223	56362	Noted 28/12/73 - at Bury St Edmunds²
73	51204	56362	Noted 16/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
	51204	56362	Noted 15/06/74 - at Peterborough¹
73	51204	56362	Noted 29/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
73	51204	56362	Listed at NR - 19/07/75
	51213	56362	Noted 23/02/76 - at Leeds¹
	51218	56362	Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds¹
	56362	51435	Noted circa 10/1981⁴
	51435	56362	Noted circa 03/1983⁴
	51435	56362	Noted 05/03/83 - at York
87	51435	54362	Noted 20/05/83 - at Norwich²
	51435	54362	Noted circa 04/1985⁴
	51435	54362	Noted 21st September 1985
	51435	54362	Noted circa 11/1985⁴
	51435	54362	Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85
	51435	54362	Noted circa 02/1986⁴
	51435	54362	Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986
13	51435	54362	Formed at CA circa Jun-86
13	51435	54362	Noted 28/08/1986⁴
	51435	54362	Noted 22nd April 1987
57	51435	54362	Listed at NC - Dec-87
	51435	54362	Noted 31/01/88 - on 14.25 Cambridge to Norwich
T218	51435	54362	Formed at TS p/e 18/07/88
N613	51435	54362	Noted circa 11/1988⁴
N613	51435	54362	Noted 02/05/89 - on a Preston to Ormskirk service
L224	51445	54362	Noted 16/06/90 - at Norwich²
L224	51445	54362	Noted circa 08/1990⁴
L224	51445	54362	Noted 10/11/1990 - Badger Railtours The Roving Docker
L224	51445	54362	Listed at CA - 21/01/91
L224	51445	54362	Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
L224	51445	54362	Noted circa 08/1992⁴
L224	51445	54362	Listed at RG - 12/08/92
L224	51445	54362	Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWRX
	51445	54362	Noted 09/11/92 - on 14:37 Ealing Broadway - Greenford⁵

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Eddie Knorn
5: David Bellamy

Images:

October 1975

Set number: 65

A mixed 2-car Local Passenger set consisting of Metro Cammell Class 144 No.E56362 and Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Class 100 No.E51114 in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends at Cambridge departing for Ely, 10/75. Hugh Llewelyn.

19th April 1976

A two-car Class 101 DMU with DTCL E56362 is seen crossing the swing bridge at Selby on 19 April 1976. Michael Mensing.

Unknown date

A Met-Camm class 101 DMU forms a Scarborough train at York, date unknown. DTC E56362 is closest. Ian Docwra.

Class 101 DMU at possibly Doncaster Works

Unknown date

Class 101 DTSL E56362 during an overhaul - probably in Doncaster Works, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

circa late Spring 1978

A two-car Met-Camm set with E56362 closest heading for York at Gateshead. Circa late Spring 1978. Walter Burt Collection.

5th March 1983

Class 101 unit E56362+E51435 waits at York with a service to Harrogate on the 5th March 1983 Kevin Law.

20th September 1986

Set number: 13

101 Set 13 (presumably 54362 + 51435) with the 14XX St Botolphs - Sudbury approaches Colchester on Saturday 20th September 1986. Colin Brooks.

31st January 1988

Set number: 57

E54362 + E51435 (set 57) at Ely North Junction with the 14.25 Cambridge to Norwich on Sunday 31st January 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

2nd May 1989

Set number: N613

Running through the flat agricultural landscape of rural West Lancashire, a Metro-Cammell Class 101 two-car DMU formed of DTCL E54362 + DMBS E51435 (set N613) was passing Cocker Bar whilst running between Midge Hall and Croston with a Preston to Ormskirk service on May 2nd 1989. Martyn Hilbert.

30th September 1989

Class 101s 54362 + 51445 / 54380 + 51213 at Middleton Towers on 30 September 1989. The afternoon trip from Kings Lynn was in connection with the Cambridge Rail Day. Rob Paterson.

30th September 1989

Class 101s 54362 + 51445 / 54380 + 51213 at Middleton Towers on 30 September 1989. The afternoon trip from Kings Lynn was in connection with the Cambridge Rail Day. Rob Paterson.

16th June 1990

Set number: L224

Network South-East liveried Class 101 set L224 (51445 + 54362), photographed at Melton Mowbray while working a Norwich to Birmingham train on 16 June 1990. It was allocated to Cambridge depot. Peter Tandy.

6th September 1991

Set number: L224

54362 (and presumably 51445) on the 1721 Reading-Oxford at Didcot on 6/9/91. John Carter.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: October 1975

Set number: 65

A mixed 2-car Local Passenger set consisting of Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Class 100 No.E51114 & Metro Cammell Class 144 No.E56362 (Set No.65) in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends at Cambridge ready to depart for Ely, 10/75. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: October 1975

Set number: 65

Date: 21st September 1985

M53741 + M59063 + M53652 with E54362 + E51435 depart Norwich at 13:20 on Saturday 21st September 1985. Colin Brooks.

Date: 30th May 1987

Set number: 52

Two power-trailer Class 101 DMUs sit in Ely station on 30 May 1987. Closest is set 52 with the DTC being 54396 on a southbound passenger service, the other set is 57 with the DTC being 54362. Robert Thomas.

Date: 27th May 1988

51435 and 54362 seen north of Ely with the 14.11 Ely to Norwich on 27th May 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 30th September 1989

Set number: 58

Class 101s 51213 + 54380 / 51445 + 54362 at Middleton Towers on 30 September 1989. The afternoon trip from Kings Lynn was in connection with the Cambridge Rail Day. Rob Paterson.

Date: 30th September 1989

Set number: 58

Class 101s 51213 + 54380 / 51445 + 54362 at Middleton Towers on 30 September 1989. The afternoon trip from Kings Lynn was in connection with the Cambridge Rail Day. Rob Paterson.

Date: 25th February 1993

Withdrawn Class 101s seen from a passing train in Holgate sidings on 25/02/93. Centre is 51445, presumably with L224 partner 54362, both withdrawn from Reading at the start of the month and cut at MC Metals in Springburn at the end of the month. David Bellamy.

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