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<- 56376 | 56377 | 56378 ->

Vehicle 56377 / 54377

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

10/10/58 New to South Gosforth
Oct-61 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
8w/e 27/02/71 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
May-73Depot code changeGF
w/e 25/09/77 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
04/05/86 Withdrawn from CA (Cambridge)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56377 - original number
54377 - from 1984 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 27/09/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51219 56377 As delivered to South Gosforth - 10th October 1958
51219 56377 Transfer to 51A - Oct-61
50156 56377 Noted 08/09/66 - at York1
51216 56377 Noted 01/04/70 - at Darlington1
51216 56377 Noted 27/05/70 - at Darlington1
51435 56377 Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle2
50214 56377 Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot3
50214 56377 Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central3
51220 56377 Transfer to CA - w/e 25/09/77
51444 56377 Noted circa 04/19794
51444 56377 Noted 01/06/79 - at Huntingdon
51444 56377 Noted 23/11/79 - on 17:36 Hitchin - Huntingdon
51215 56377 Noted circa 07/19834
51215 54377 Noted 03/09/84 - at Norwich3
51215 54377 Noted 26/05/85 - at Norwich3
51215 54377 Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Thornaby

circa June 1976

A Class 101 (E56377 leading) and a Class 108 departs from Thornaby with a Middlesbrough service. The slide process date was June 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Huntingdon

1st June 1979

Metro-Cam Class 101 runs round at Huntingdon before returning to Hitchin on 1/6/79. Driving Trailer Composite E56377 leads Driving Motor Brake Second E51444. It's obviously from a different era as can be seen from the happy youth allowed a cab ride during the run round manoeuvre. Mike Dean.

Class 101 DMU at Shepreth

circa February 1983

E56377 seen at Shepreth (Cambridgeshire), circa February 1983 when the signal box was closed. Joint Line.

Class 101 DMU at Doncaster Works

1986

Class 101 DTC E54377 receives attention inside the DMU shop at Doncaster Works in 1986. John Law.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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