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Vehicle 56366 / 54366


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

29/08/58 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
2w/e 12/01/63 Transferred to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
3w/e 18/06/66 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
2w/e 09/09/67 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
w/e 12/10/74 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
2w/e 09/11/74 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
w/e 18/10/75 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 15/08/76 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
w/e 06/03/77 Transferred to DN (Darlington)
15/05/83 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
16/03/86 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
29/03/87 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
14/06/87 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56366 - original number
54366 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 28/10/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51208 56366 As delivered to 53C - 29th August 1958
51208 56366 Transfer to South Gosforth - 2w/e 12/01/63
51442 56366 Noted 20/07/68 - in Leeds City1
50157 56366 Noted 30/08/1974 - at York2
50157 56366 Transfer to BG - w/e 12/10/74
50157 56366 Transfer to NR - 2w/e 09/11/74
66 50157 56366 Noted 14/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
66 50157 56366 Noted 16/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
50157 56366 Noted 03/1975 - at Norwich 2
66 50157 56366 Noted 07/04/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
63 51284 56366 Listed at NR - 19/07/75
31 50371 56366 Noted 26/09/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51229 56366 Noted 13/01/76 - at Brough1
51229 56366 Noted 22/03/76 - at Brough1
51229 56366 Noted 08/04/76 - at Hull1
51223 56366 Noted Jun-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1
50153 56366 Noted Sep-76 - at Selby1
51247 56366 Transfer to DN - w/e 06/03/77
51247 56366 Noted 11/04/77 - at Darlington1
50256 56366 Noted 29/07/81 - at Darlington3
51219 56366 Noted 11/06/82 - on a Bishop Auckland - Saltburn service
50259 56366 Noted circa 10/19824
51219 54366 Noted circa 03/19854
53220 54366 Transfer to NC - 16/03/86
80 53220 54366 Formed at NC circa Mar-86
51216 54366 Noted 21/05/86 - at Norwich3
77 51216 54366 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
77 51216 54366 Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich3

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Darlington

11th June 1982

E56366 + E51219 arrive into Darlington with a Bishop Auckland - Saltburn service on June 11, 1982. John Carter.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 11th August 1973

Metro-Cammell DMU E50157 and E56366 on a Leeds train in platform 13 of York on 11 August 1973. Tom Burnham.