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Vehicle 56384 / 54384


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)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
3w/e 25/03/67 Transferred to 61A (Kittybrewster)
w/e 07/10/67 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
12/10/69 On loan to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
02/11/69 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73Depot code changeBG
13/05/84 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
28/09/86 Withdrawn from CA (Cambridge)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56384 - original number
54384 - from Mar-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 17/08/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51226 56384 As delivered to 62B - May 1958
51226 56384 Noted 6th June 1958
51226 56384 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 29/08/59
51226 56384 Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66
51252 56384 Noted 03/09/1971 - at York1
51236 56384 Noted 05/08/1974 - at Sheffield 2
51236 56384 Noted 29/08/74 - in Sheffield Midland3
51228 56384 Noted 01/11/75 - at Brough4
50381 56384 Noted 05/01/76 - at Brough4
50381 56384 Noted 10/01/76 - at Brough4
50381 56384 Noted 12/01/76 - at Brough4
51238 56384 Noted 17/01/76 - at Brough4
51238 56384 Noted 07/02/76 - at Brough4
51238 56384 Noted 23/02/76 - at Selby4
50157 56384 Noted 23/11/76 - at York4
50154 56384 Noted 21/02/77 - at Brough4
50167 56384 Noted 16/06/1978 - at Sheffield 2
51441 54384 Noted circa 04/19855
51441 54384 Noted 08/06/85 - at Norwich3
51441 54384 Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85
51441 54384 Noted circa 03/19865
51441 54384 Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986
18 53293 54384 Formed at CA circa Jul-86
10 51230 54384 Noted 28/08/19865
10 51230 54384 Noted 13/09/1986 - at Hitchin6
85 51185 54384 Formation change - NC - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 54384 replaced 54352

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Doncaster

Unknown date

A Class 101 (E56384 closest) and Class 105 (E56473 closest) seen departing from Doncaster with Manchester on the destination blind, date unknown - the 105 DTCL was withdrawn in June 1981 so prior to that. Paul Redmond.

Class 101 DMU at Ely Dock

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.

Inside a Class 101 DMU

31st July 1988

Inside condemned E54384 on 31st July 1988 at Snailwell. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 12th July 1988

47 323 is seen at Ely Dock with a trainload of condemned DMUs (and a brakedown van) bound for Snailwell on July 12th, 1988. The first Class 105 vehicle behind the loco is E54125, the last Class 101 at the far end is E54384. Nicholas Youngman.