Vehicle 56386 / 54386

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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
3w/e 27/08/60	On loan to	51A (Darlington)
3w/e 17/12/60	Ex-loan back to	64H (Leith Central)
w/e 03/06/61	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
May-68	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
Feb-72	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)
May-73	Depot code change	DE
4w/e 01/03/75	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
25/12/77	Transferred to	GF (South Gosforth)
2w/e 11/06/78	Transferred to	DN (Darlington)
13/05/84	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)	- Darlington closed
11/05/86	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
28/09/86	Withdrawn from	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56386 - original number
54386 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 25/08/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51228	56386							As delivered to 62B - May 1958
	51228	56386							Transfer to Leith Central - 4w/e 04/07/59
	51228	56386							Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 27/08/60 - on loan
	51228	56386							Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 17/12/60 - ex-NER
	51228	56386							Transfer to 66C - w/e 03/06/61
	51233	56386							Noted 03/08/19721
	51233	56386							Noted 26/07/1973 - at Haymarket2
	51228	56386							Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket3
	51228	56386							Noted 19/09/73 - at Leuchars4
	51237	56386							Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh 1
	51237	56386							Noted 07/08/1974 - at Dundee1
	51237	56386							Noted 27/08/74 - at Arbroath3
	51250	56386							Noted 31/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley4
	51250	56386							Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley4
	51474	56386	50159						Noted 05/09/76 - on Haymarket depot3
	51250	56386	50264						Noted 13/08/77 - at Haymarket3
	51208	56386							Noted 22/01/78 - at Manors
	51441	56386							Noted 15/04/1978 - at Newcastle 1
	50233	56386							Transfer to DN - 2w/e 11/06/78
	50221	56386							Noted 02/07/81 - on 13.23 Darlington to Saltburn
	50221	56386							Noted 19/07/81 - at Stockton
	50295	56386							Noted circa 10/19825
	53255	54386							Noted circa 02/19865

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

Images:

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22nd January 1978

56386 is on the back of this set departing Benton on 22/1/78. Iain Munro adds "the unit is heading towards the coast. The feather on the signal is for the curve to join the East Coast Main line towards Newcastle, and the point work diverging to the left in the distance is the chord to the East Coast Main Line towards Morpeth." Ian Francis.

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7th February 1988

E54386 at Snailwell on 7th February 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 22nd January 1978

E51208 and E56386 at Manors on 22/1/78. Ian Francis.

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Date: 2nd July 1981

The 13.23 Darlington to Saltburn service stands at Middlesbrough on Thursday July 2nd 1981 formed of a Class 101 Metro-Cammell twin unit. The power car leading (E50221) is looking smart having been in for a works overhaul four months before. New in August 1957 it was no stranger to the area, having been based at Sunderland, South Gosforth or Darlington all its life. It is paired with E56386. Gerard Fletcher.

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Date: 19th July 1981

On the 19th July 1981 50221 and 56386 are seen at Stockton. Jerry Glover.

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Date: 15th July 1985

E51226 + E54386 arrive at Greatham with a Darlington-Hartlepool service on 15 July 1985. John Carter.