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Vehicle 56367 / 54367


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
May-73Depot code changeGF
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
04/10/87 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
p/e 16/09/88 Stored CP
10/11/88 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
Sep-89 Withdrawn from ED (Eastfield)

Notes

Nov-88 - 54367 was reinstated and sent to Scotland as to be converted to as second Class 101 observation saloon (as 6301) but this would be cancelled.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56367 - original number
54367 - from Oct-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 09/12/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51209 56367 As delivered to 53C - 29th August 1958
51209 56367 Transfer to South Gosforth - 2w/e 12/01/63
50231 56367 Noted 03/04/711
50204 56367 Noted 28/08/74 - in Newcastle Central2
50204 56367 Noted 29/03/1976 - at Middlesborough3
50204 56367 Noted 12/03/1977 - at Newcastle 3
50204 56367 Noted 07/08/1978 - at Thornaby3
50154 56367 Noted 14/02/81 - at South Shields
51427 56367 Noted 16/01/19824
50220 56367 Noted circa 02/19834
53170 54367 Noted 25/06/1983 - Special return working from Darlington to Stanhope and return 53170-54367+53188-59077-53251
53221 54367 Noted circa 03/19854
53250 54367 Noted 10/10/1986 - at Darlington4
53250 54367 Noted 22/11/19864
spare 54367 Listed at NH - May-88

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Gateshead

10th May 1980

Metro-Cammell action at Gateshead (formerly East) station. Two twin sets, E56367 leading (note the red patches on the rear passenger door) and paired with a Cravens DMBS, working with a Class 101 twin, arrive from Middlesbrough on 10 May 1980. The decrepit station closed in November 1981, replaced by that for the Tyne & Wear Metro. Image by Charles Dean. Kevin Lane Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 14th February 1981

With just under four months remaining until closure for development of the Tyneside Metro system, cars E56367 E50154 E50253 E56121 await departure from South Shields on their return to Newcastle, 14/02/1981. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: unknown

Class 101 cars E53165 + E54367 are seen arriving at Darlington in the mid-1980s. Graeme Phillips Collection.