Vehicle 56370 / 54370

---

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

11/09/58	New to	56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 30/04/60	Transferred to	55F (Manningham)
3w/e 02/03/63	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
4w/e 27/02/71	Transferred to	52J (South Gosforth)
May-73	Depot code change	GF
w/e 05/02/78	Transferred to	DN (Darlington)
13/05/84	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)	- Darlington closed
10/05/90	Withdrawn from	HT (Heaton) PXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56370 - original number
54370 - from Nov-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 28/07/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51212	56370							As delivered to 56G - 11th September 1958
	51212	56370							Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
	51212	56370							Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 02/03/63
	50219	56370							Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
	50199	56370							Noted 06/04/72 - at Morpeth1
	50231	56370							Noted 09/06/73 - at Thornaby2
	50165	56370							Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle 3
	50165	56370							Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central2
N128	50165	56370							Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 563702
	50165	56370							Noted 06/11/1976 - at Newcastle 3
	50165	56370							Noted 02/03/77 - at Pelaw
	50156	56370							Noted 07/08/1978 - at York 3
	51226	56370							Noted 22/03/80 - with E50225 + E56409 on Newcastle - Middlesbrough service
	50157	56370							Noted 14/04/1981 - Worked 11.50 Darlington to Saltburn.4
	51226	56370							Noted 26/06/82 - on Darlington depot
	51236	56370							Noted 02/08/82 - at Grangetown
	50233	56370							Noted circa 02/19834
	53255	54370							Noted circa 03/19854
	53295	54370							Noted circa 02/19864
	51246	54370							Noted 22/11/19864
	53212	54370							Noted 23/04/87 - at Cargo Fleet.
	51223	54370							Noted 25/07/19874
	53257	54370							Noted 08/10/88 - on 12:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5
	53257	54370							Noted 08/10/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
	53257	54370							Noted 29/10/88 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service5
	53257	54370							Listed at HT - Feb-89
	51217	54370							Noted 22/05/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
	51217	54370							Noted 25/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle5
	51217	54370							Noted 03/06/89 - on 15:05 Hexham - Newcastle5
	51217	54370							Noted 05/06/89 - on 18:20 Newcastle - Sunderland - service5
	51217	54370							Noted 09/06/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle5
	51217	54370							Noted 10/06/89 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service5
	51217	54370							Noted 12/06/89 - on 18:20 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
	51217	54370							Noted 19/06/89 - on 19:00 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5
	51217	54370							Noted 01/07/89 - on 10:30 Sunderland - Hexham service5
	51217	54370							Noted 03/07/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle5
	51217	54370							Noted 08/07/89 - on 16:10 Newcastle - Alnmouth5
	51217	54370							Noted 17/07/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle5
	51217	54370							Noted 19/07/89 - on 17:15 Sunderland - Newcastle service5
	51217	54370							Noted 12/08/89 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Durham service5
	51217	54370							Noted 14/08/89 - on 18:00 Newcastle - Sunderland - service5
	51217	54370							Noted 15/08/89 - on 16:05 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service5
	51217	54370							Noted 16/08/89 - on 17:55 Hexham - Newcastle5
	51217	54370							Noted 17/08/89 - on 10:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5
	51217	54370							Noted 19/08/89 - on 15:14 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
	51217	54370							Noted 04/11/89 - on 17:55 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with 51467 + 53257 / 51516 + 51203 hauled by 47 462, believed to be football extra.5

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

Images:

---

2nd March 1977

South Gosforth allocated E56370 + E50165 head away from Pelaw on the 2nd March 1977. The destination blind displays Sunderland. Ian Francis.

---

22nd March 1980

E56370 + E51226 / E50225 + E56409 with a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service at North Shore, Stockton, on March 22, 1980. John Carter.

---

2nd August 1982

56370 and 51236 are seen at Grangetown, 2/8/82. Jerry Glover.

---

23rd April 1987

54370 and 53212 at Cargo Fleet, 23/04/87. Jerry Glover.

---

29th August 1989

54370 + 51217 are being hauled by 31 458 when seen passing Oxbridge Sidings and the premises of TJ Thompsons just south of Stockton station on a Middlesbrough - Newcastle service, 29th August 1989. Jerry Glover.

---

25th September 1990

E54370 at Snailwell on 25th September 1990. Destination blind has 'Sunderland' on it. Nicholas Youngman.

---

25th September 1990

Class 101 E54370 in Snailwell on 25th September 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

---

Date: 26th June 1982

Class 101 2-car DMU 51226 + 56370 in Darlington depot holding sidings on 26-6-82. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

---

Date: 29th August 1989

31 458 is hauling 51217 + 54370 at Stockton on a Newcastle - Middlesbrough train on the 29th August 1989. Jerry Glover.

---

Date: 31st August 1989

Class 47/4 47433 hauls dead DMU cars 51217 and 54370 at Carlisle with a local service to Newcastle on 31/08/89. This formation had been hauled around for at least a couple of days, so had not just failed. Acceleration with a Class 47 would have been brisk. Locomotive haulage of local services in the north-east were not uncommon through the 1980s, due to shortages of available DMUs, including failures of the then new Class 143 Pacers later in the decade. An influx of former Western Region Class 142s plus replacement of the troublesome SCG mechanical gearboxes with Voith hydraulic transmissions, from 1988, saw the eventual withdrawal of the last remaining Class 101s from the area in September 1989, although locomotive haulage of rakes of three coaches continued until 1990. Graeme Phillips Collection.