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Vehicle 56383 / 54383

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 29/08/59	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
Mar-60	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
19/05/68	Transferred to	31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 30/06/68	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
4w/e 30/05/70	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
3w/e 31/10/70	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
May-73	Depot code change	NO
Sep-73	Depot code change	NR
w/e 29/11/75	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
2w/e 27/03/77	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
2w/e 24/07/77	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
14/06/87	Withdrawn from	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56383 - original number
54383 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 19/07/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51225	56383	As delivered to 62B - May 1958
	51225	56383	Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 29/08/59
	51244	56383	Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 30/04/66
	50153	56383	Noted 12/08/68 - at Cambridge¹
	51267	56383	Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross²
	51213	56383	Noted 21/12/70 - at Norwich²
	50153	56383	Noted 04/1971 - at Birmingham New Street³
76	51217	56383	Noted circa e1972 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
	51204	56383	Noted 02/05/73 - at Cambridge¹
73	51204	56383	Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford¹
73	51204	56383	Noted 27/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
73	51204	56383	Noted 02/03/74 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
74	51207	56383	Noted 05/04/74 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
59	51278	56383	Noted 27/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
59	51278	56383	Noted 03/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
59	51278	56383	Noted 07/08/74 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
59	51278	56383	Noted 10/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
33	50378	56383	Noted 28/04/75 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
33	50378	56383	Listed at NR - 19/07/75
	51218	56383	Noted 29/11/1975 - at York³
	50201	56383	Noted 06/03/76 - on Botanic Gardens depot²
	50164	56383	Noted 17/07/76 - at Brough²
	50217	56383	Noted circa 08/1977⁴
	50217	56383	Noted 12/08/78 - at Hull⁵
	50217	56383	Noted circa 03/1983⁴
	53217	54383	Noted circa 01/1984⁴
	53217	54383	Noted 16/08/85 - on Carlisle-York service with 53135 + 54092
	53217	54383	Noted circa 09/1986⁴
	53217	54383	Noted 20/10/1986⁴
	51191	54383	Noted 30/05/1987 - at Norwich⁶

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Rob Paterson
6: Robert Chilton

Images:

13th March 1959

56383 + 51225 lead another set at Dundee on the 11am to Perth, 13 March 1959. George Bett.

29th July 1983

A Class 101 2-car set with E54383 leading (recently renumbered from E56383) waits under the NER footbridge at Cottingham with a service from Bridlington to Hull on 29th July 1983. On the left, a Class 108 set departs for Beverley. Cottingham station has changed little since this photo was taken; the old footbridge still creaks under the weight of passing feet, but the 1st generation DMUs which served the line for 30-odd years are long gone. Syd Young.

16th August 1985

A Carlisle-York service in the hands of two Metro-Cammell two car sets made up of cars E54383 + E53217 / E53135 + E54092 stop at Settle, next to the London Midland Rly sign that tells us Carlisle is 71 miles away to the North, and London is 236 miles away to the South. 16th August 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 101 DMU at Hull Botanic Gardens depot

12th July 1987

Two withdrawn DTSLs - Class 101 54383 and Class 108 54193 - share a siding with a Class 111 (78959 + 78709) at Hull Botanic Gardens depot on 12 July 1987. Keith Miller.

13th July 1988

Class 101 DTSL E54383 has been thoroughly boarded up on the inside when seen at Snailwell on 13 July 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: circa 1967

Cravens DMBS SC51484 in an early version of Rail Blue livery with a yellow panel, circa 1967. It is paired with original partner SC56473, still in green, with which it ran until at least 1973. On the right is Met-Camm DTCL SC56383, in another early version of Rail Blue livery, with yellow cab doors. Location unknown, all three vehicles were allocated to Hamilton depot at the time. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 14th August 1978

E50217 (very likely with E56383) running into York station on 14 August 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 12th July 1988

The March tool van and 54384 nearest then 54057 54392 54067 54383 51841 54416 and 54125.Seen passing at Ely Dock Junction on 12th July 1988. The working had originated from Tinsley yard. Nicholas Youngman.

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