Vehicle 56378 / 54378

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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28/09/86	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill)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 livery

Disposal

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
	50221	56378							Noted 22/08/81 - at Darlington
	51223	56378							Noted 16/01/19824
	50256	56378							Noted 13th August 1982
	50223	56378							Noted circa 10/19824
	51246	56378							Noted circa 02/19834
	53246	54378							Noted circa 10/19864

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

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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.

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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.