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Vehicle 56385 / 54385

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)
12/10/69	On loan to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
02/11/69	Transferred to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73	Depot code change	BG
w/e 15/08/76	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
06/07/86	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
2w/e 13/03/88	Transferred to	OO (Old Oak Common)
p/e 30/03/91	Transferred to	RG (Reading) NWRX
22/04/93	Transferred to	HQ (Headquarters) NWRX
27/04/93	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) NWRX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56385 - original number
54385 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

02/10/76 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 28/09/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51227	56385	As delivered to 62B - May 1958
	51227	56385	Noted 6th June 1958
	51227	56385	Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 29/08/59
	51227	56385	Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66
	51238	56385	Noted 29/08/70 - at Selby¹
	51229	56385	Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster²
	51252	56385	Noted 24/04/1973 - at Scarborough³
	50370	56385	Noted 16/03/1974 - at York³
H20	51225	56385	Noted 02/01/75 - at Selby, set number H27 on 56385⁴
	50372	56385	Noted 20/11/75 - at Brough¹
	50157	56385	Noted 10/02/76 - at Brough¹
	50157	56385	Noted 27/02/76 - at Huddersfield¹
	50202	56385	Noted circa 01/1977⁵
	50202	56385	Noted 11/04/77 - at York¹
	50202	56385	Noted 29/06/80 - at Morecambe⁶
	50202	56385	Noted circa 03/1983⁵
	53202	54385	Listed at NL - 01/01/85
	53202	54385	Noted circa 05/1986⁵
	53202	54385	Transfer to NC - 06/07/86 - from NL
	53202	54385	Noted 13/09/1986 - at Peterborough⁷
70	53202	54385	Formed at NC circa Oct-86
70	53202	54385	Listed at NC - Apr-87
70	53202	54385	Noted 20/06/1987⁵
70	53202	54385	Listed at NC - Dec-87
L205	51443	54385	Formation change - OO - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 54385 replaced 53155 (to spare)
L205	51443	54385	Listed at OO - 15/05/89
L205	51443	54385	Noted circa 12/1990⁵
L205	51443	54385	Listed at OO - 21/01/91
L205	51367	54385	Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
L205	51367	54385	Noted circa 08/1992⁵
L205	51367	54385	Listed at RG - 12/08/92
L205	51367	54385	Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWRX

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

Images:

Unknown date

A two-car Met-Camm set in York station, E56385 closest, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.

1989

Set number: L205

Network South East liveried Metro Cammell class 101 unit L205 (presumably 54385 visible) seen at Twyford one summer's evening in 1989. Bob Belcher.

18th February 1989

Set number: L205

Class 101 set L205 (presumably 54385 + 51443) on the 0845 Slough - Windsor awaits departure at Slough on Saturday 18th February 1989. Colin Brooks.

summer 1989

Set number: L205

A Class 101 Met Camm DMU waits to depart Banbury for Oxford in summer 1989. Murray Liston.

summer 1989

Set number: L205

Met Camm set L205 (51443 + 54385) had arrived at Banbury in Summer 1989 and was about to run round north of the station to form a service back to Oxford. Murray Liston.

5th October 1991

Set number: L205

L205 54385+51367 stands in platform 7 at Reading awaiting departure with the 19:35 service to Didcot on Saturday 5th October 1991. Ian Hazlehurst.

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.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: unknown

A Class 101 power-trailer set passes the washing plant on its journey away from Hull, date unknown. The DTC is either 56365 or 56385 and has Bridlington on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 5th May 1979

A visit (my only one, so far) to Ilkley on 5 May 1979. I travelled on the 10.27 from Leeds, formed of Metro-Cam Class 101 2-car unit 56385/50202, and this unit is seen departing from Ilkley on its next working back to Leeds, past Ilkley signal box. Ilkley Junction box, which dated from 1913, was closed as from 11 July 1994 in the run-up to the electrification of the line. According to Wikipedia "Ilkley is notable in that it was the last British Rail station to be lit by gas. The gas lights were extinguished for the last time on 8 May 1988." Lewis Bevan.

Date: summer 1989

Set number: L205

Set L205 (presumably 51443 + 54385) heads towards Banbury through the closed Aynho station in Summer 1989. Murray Liston.

Date: summer 1989

Set number: L205

Met Camm set L205 (51443 + 54385) rolls past Banbury North box to enter the station having run round to form a southbound service for Oxford, taken in the summer of 1989. Murray Liston.

Date: 19th June 1990

Set number: L205

Class 101 DMU set L205 (51443 + 54385) at Reading on 16 September 1990. Sparegang.

Date: 17th December 1990

Set number: L128

Class 121 DMBS 55028 with Class 101 54385 and 51443 arriving at Iver station with an unidentified up working on 17 December 1990. Dave Warby.

Date: 22nd May 1991

Set number: L205

Met-Camm DMU set L205 (51443 + 54385) at Marlow after terminating with the 12:29 from Maidenhead on May 22, 1991. John Carter.

Date: circa 1992

Set number: L205

DMU set L205 (51387 and presumably 54385) heads away from Oxford circa 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 1992

Set number: L205

Class 117 / 101 hybrid L205 (51367 / 54385). London Paddington, circa 1992. Malcolm Clements.

Date: 4th May 1992

Set number: L205

Hybrid NSE-liveried set L205, formed of Class 117 51367 and Class 101 54385, sits in Marlow station on May 4th, 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 4th May 1992

Set number: L205

On May 4th, 1992, Class 117 51367 and Class 101 54385 sit in Bourne End station working the 15:56 Marlow - Maidenhead service. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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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