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<- 56380 | 56381 | 56382 ->

Vehicle 56381 / 54381

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

23/10/58 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
w/e 03/01/59 Transferred to 50A (York)
3w/e 19/03/60 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
w/e 04/03/67 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
May-73Depot code changeGF
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
p/e 11/09/78 Transferred to DN (Darlington)
13/05/84 Transferred to HT (Heaton) - Darlington closed
04/10/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
06/03/88 Stored U. NH (Newton Heath)
3w/e 20/05/88 Reinstated NH (Newton Heath)
10/11/88 Stored S. CP PSPX
06/04/89 Transfer BY (Bletchley) NNLX
20/01/91 Transferred to OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX
p/e 30/03/91 Transferred to RG (Reading) NWRX
22/09/92 Withdrawn from RG (Reading) NWRX

Notes

January 1989 - Seen stored in Crewe carriage sidings

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56381 - original number
54381 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

23/09/78 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 22/09/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51223 56381 As delivered to 53C - 23rd October 1958
51223 56381 Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60
51222 56381 Noted 21/08/65 - at Bridlington1
50205 56381 Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
50205 56381 Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle2
50205 56381 Noted 07/01/75 - at York3
50205 56381 Noted 07/04/1976 - at Newcastle 4
50205 56381 Noted 09/09/76 - in Carlisle Citadel3
50259 56381 Noted 29/12/80 - on 11:15 Saltburn - Darlington service
50233 56381 Noted 04/04/82 - at Grangetown
50246 56381 Noted circa 10/19825
53212 54381 Noted 19/07/83 - on 14:55 Newcastle-Sunderland service
53211 54381 Noted circa 03/19855
53223 54381 Noted 10/02/86 - on 12:42 Carlisle - Newcastle6
53248 54381 Noted circa 12/19865
N620 53091 54381 Listed at NH - May-88
N357 53091 54381 Noted circa May-88
N357 53091 54381 Listed at NH - May 1988
N357 53091 54381 Noted circa Jul-88
N620 53091 54381 Noted circa Jul-88
51664 54381 Noted 26/02/90 - on services from Marylebone with 54499 + 518497
51664 54381 Noted 13/03/90 - on services from Marylebone with 54228 + 516527
51663 59731 54381 51664 Noted circa 05/19905
51664 54381 Noted 21/05/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51661 + 59664 + 59657 + 516637
51855 54381 Noted circa 07/19905
L210 53083 54381 Listed at OO - 21/01/91
L210 53083 54381 Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
spare 54381 Listed at RG - 12/08/92

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
7: Aaron Calder

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Stockton

Unknown date

A two-car Class 101 DMU with Hartlepool on the destination blind seen at Stockton, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 101 DMU at Grangetown

4th April 1982

E56381 + E50233 are seen at Grangetown from another DMU on April 4, 1982, when passenger services were diverted over the goods lines. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Saltburn

16th June 1987

The 16.20 to Darlington awaits departure from Saltburn on 16 June 1987, with 54381 nearest the camera. Robert28194.

Class 101 DMU at Southall

circa 1991

Set number: L210

Class 101/116 hybrid set L210 (54381 and presumably 53083) at Southall circa 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Appleford

22nd March 1991

Set number: L210

Class 101/116 hybrid DMU set L210 (presumably 54381 + 53083) at Appleford on 22 May 1991 with Reading displayed on the destination blind. Brian Daniels.

Class 101 DMU at Radley

29th February 1992

Set number: L210

Class 101/116 hybrid DMU set L210 (54381 + 53083) departs from Radley with a Banbury service on 29 February 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 29th December 1980

On 29-12-1980 E50259 + E56381 are seen with the 1115 Saltburn - Darlington service at South Bank. South Bank station was demolished and a new station built slightly nearer to Middlesbrough, the much simplified trackwork now gives no hint of this stations existence. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 19th July 1983

E53212 E54381 arriving at Boldon Colliery (Tyneside) with the 14:55 Newcastle-Sunderland on 19/07/1983. In the background, the horizon is dominated by Monkton Coke Works. Boldon Colliery station was renamed Brockley Whins in 1991, and it became part of the Tyne & Wear Metro system when the Sunderland extension was opened in 2002. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 27th March 1991

Set number: L210

Class 116/101 hybrid L210 with 53083 leading enters Reading on 27/3/91. 53083 lost it’s original working partner as long ago as 1961 when 50125 was written off by a runaway coal train in the Afan Valley, South Wales. The 101 DTC is presumably 54381. Mac Winfield.

DMU

Date: 16th April 1991

Set number: L210

The hybrid L210 (Class 116 53083 / Class 101 DTC presumably 54381) is seen at Oxford on 16-4-91. Mike Cooper.

DMU

Date: 6th September 1991

Set number: L210

Class 116/101 hybrid set L210 (53083 and presumably 54381) at Slough on 6 September 1991. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 25th June 1992

Set number: L205

Two hybrid DMUs arriving at Langley on Thursday 25/06/1992: 101/117 set L205 (54385 + 51367) and 101/116 set L210 (54381 + 53083). Andrew Malloy.

DMU

Date: 25th June 1992

Set number: L210

Two hybrid DMUs at Langley on Thursday 25/06/1992: 116/101 set L210 (53083 + 54381) and 117/101 set L205 (51367 + 54385). Andrew Malloy.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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