Vehicle 56378 / 54378
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
| 10/10/58 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| Oct-61 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DN | |
| 13/05/84 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | - Darlington closed |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 28/09/86 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56378 - original number
54378 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
w/e 16/07/77 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 09/08/1979 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51220 | 56378 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 10th October 1958 | |||||||
| 51216 | 56378 | Noted 03/04/711 | |||||||
| 51220 | 56378 | Noted 04/09/71 - at Darlington1 | |||||||
| 51220 | 56378 | Noted 29/06/73 - at Darlington1 | |||||||
| 51220 | 56378 | Noted 30/12/75 - at Darlington1 | |||||||
| N166 | 51220 | 56378 | Noted 28/02/76 - at York, set number only on 563782 | ||||||
| 51220 | 56378 | Noted 04/04/1976 - at York3 | |||||||
| 50246 | 56378 | Noted 18/11/1978 - Darlington4 | |||||||
| 50246 | 56378 | Noted 31/08/1979 - Newcastle Central4 | |||||||
| 50252 | 56378 | Noted 31/08/1980 - at Darlington4 | |||||||
| 50221 | 56378 | Noted 22/08/81 - at Darlington | |||||||
| 51223 | 56378 | Noted 16/01/19825 | |||||||
| 50256 | 56378 | Noted 13th August 1982 | |||||||
| 50223 | 56378 | Noted circa 10/19825 | |||||||
| 51246 | 56378 | Noted circa 02/19835 | |||||||
| 53246 | 54378 | Noted circa 10/19865 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Martin Lumley
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
12th September 1979
A Met-Camm Class 101 twin formed of E56378 + E50252 in Bishop Auckland station on 12 September 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa mid-1980s
Class 101s on Heaton depot, circa mid-1980s. DTSL E54378 is closest. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa late June 1975
A Class 101 DMU stands in platform 5 at Darlington circa late June 1975. The two vehicles are E51220 (leading) and E56378. Curly42.
Date: 22nd August 1981
E50200 + E56072 / E56378 + E50221, Darlington, August 22, 1981. Darlington based Class 101s were always smartly turned out, contrasting with their Heaton based counterparts. John Carter.