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Vehicle 56382 / 54382

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

3w/e 17/05/58	New to	62B (Dundee)
4w/e 04/07/59	Transferred to	Leith Central
Nov-59	Depot code change	64H
4w/e 21/11/59	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
2w/e 12/05/62	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)
May-73	Depot code change	DE
Jun-74	Stored S.
w/e 13/07/74	Reinstated	DE (Dundee)
29/07/74	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
w/e 08/01/78	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge)
p/e 10/11/90	Sector Change to	CA (Cambridge) NNEX
25/08/92	Transferred to	OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX
03/09/92	Withdrawn from	OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56382 - original number
54382 - from Nov-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 15/10/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51224	56382	As delivered to 62B - May 1958
	51224	56382	Transfer to Leith Central - 4w/e 04/07/59
	51224	56382	Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 21/11/59
	51224	56382	Transfer to 62B - 2w/e 12/05/62
	51227	56382	Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley¹
	51442	56382	Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster ²
	51442	56382	Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot³
	51442	56382	Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds⁴
	51426	56382	Noted circa 01/1977⁵
	51426	56382	Noted 05/01/77 - at Leeds⁴
	51426	56382	Noted 12/02/77 - at York⁴
	51225	56382	Noted 31/03/1979 - Railway Development Society special Cambridge to Swavesey and return 51225-56382 + 51220-56371
	51225	56382	Noted circa 07/1983⁵
	51437	54382	Noted 06/11/84 - at Norwich³
	51207	54382	Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85 - 54382 temporarily exchanged with 54405 (running with 51437).
	51207	54382	Noted circa 02/1986⁵
01	51207	54382	Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986
16	51438	54382	Formed at CA circa Jun-86
16	51438	54382	Noted 28/08/1986⁵
	51438	54382	Noted 11/07/87 - at Norwich, NSE livery³
	51438	54382	Noted circa 08/1987⁵
	51438	54382	Noted 14/10/87
	51438	54382	Noted 26/03/1988⁵
03	51438	54382	Noted circa 09/1988⁵
L222	51438	54382	Noted circa 08/1990⁵
L222	51438	54382	Listed at CA - 21/01/91
L222	51438	54382	Noted 07/09/91 - at Norwich³
L222	51438	54382	Listed at CA - 24/02/92 - NSE NNEX pool
L222	51438	54382	Listed at CA - 12/08/92

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

Images:

17th May 1981

Two two-car Class 101 DMUs (E56382 closest) in Cambridge depot on 17 May 1981. Brian Daniels.

11th July 1987

54382 on the rear of a NSE liveried set heads out of Cambridge on the 11th July 1987. Malcolm Clements.

14th May 1988

101 54382 + 51438 with a 16XX Cambridge - Royston service awaits departure from Cambridge on Saturday 14th May 1988. Colin Brooks.

Unknown date

Set number: 03

At Cornard is Cambridge set 03 (54382 + 51438), taken in the late '80s. David Underwood.

22nd April 1989

Set number: 03

A view of Colchester depot late in the afternoon of 22nd April 1989. On the left is Met Camm DMU 54382 + 51438 in which we had earlier travelled to Sudbury, and beyond is a class 312 EMU. On the right are two ex-steam loco tenders converted to snowploughs in the early 1960s ADE330968 and 330977 which lasted another decade or so before being cut up on site here as the last of their type to survive on the network. Murray Liston.

22nd April 1989

Set number: 03

A pair of Met Camm DMU sets have arrived at Sudbury from Colchester on 22nd April 1989. On the left is set 03 (51438 + 54382) and one vehicle from set 04 is in view - 51444. Murray Liston.

5th May 1990

Set number: L222

Class 101 set L222 (presumably 54382 + 51438) with a 12XX Kings Lynn - Cambridge service arrives at Ely (13XX) Saturday 5th May 1990. Colin Brooks.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 13th May 1958

A brand new Met-Camm twin formed of SC51224 + SC56382 in Glasgow Buchanan Street station on 13 May 1958. The pair spent their first year allocated to Dundee depot. AA McLean.

Date: 26th May 1986

Set number: 22

Class 101s at Cambridge on 26 May 1986. On the left set 01 (presumably 54382 + 51207) maybe going to either Peterborough or Reedham, on the right 54363 in set 22 (and presumably 53204) has yet to have its blind changed from the previous journey. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 11th July 1987

A NSE liveries set at Cambridge on 11/7/87, the DMBS being 51438, presumably with 54382. Malcolm Clements.

Date: 14th May 1988

51438 and 54382 on a 16XX Cambridge - Royston is seen after arriving at Royston (1640) on Saturday 14th May 1988. Colin Brooks.

Date: 27th August 1988

A Class 101 with 51438 on the front (and presumably with 54382) is seen passing Saltley in Network South East livery on it's way back to Norwich on 27.08.1988. Andy Cole.

Date: 4th March 1989

Set number: 03

51438 + 54382 between Littleport and Queen Adelaide, 04.03.89. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 22nd April 1989

A pair of Met Camm DMUs are seen through the trees as they wait time at Sudbury on 22nd April 1989, these were (l-r) 54068 + 51444 and 54382 + 51438. Murray Liston.

Date: 22nd April 1989

Set number: 04

A pair of Met Camm DMUs (54068 + 51444 and 54382 + 51438) seen after arrival at Sudbury on 22nd April 1989. Murray Liston.

Date: 22nd April 1989

Set number: 03

Framed at Sudbury. A Met Camm DMU 51438 + 54382 at Sudbury on 22nd April 1989, seen through a convenient hole in the wall of the footbridge south of the station. Murray Liston.

Date: 19th October 1991

Set number: L222

A two-car Met-Camm DMU set in NSE livery (L222, presumably 51438 + 54382) is seen working the 08:27 (SO) Kings Lynn-Cambridge on 19 October 1991. Robert Thomas.

Date: 15th May 1992

Set number: L222

Class 101 power-trailer set L222 sits in Sudbury station on May 15th, 1992. Closest is DMBS 51438, behind is driving trailer 54382. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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