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Vehicle 56387 / 54387

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)
17/08/69	On loan to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
07/09/69	Transferred to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73	Depot code change	BG
2w/e 25/03/79	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
20/05/84	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
11/05/86	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge)
10/05/87	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
07/07/91	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge) PCAX
10/05/92	Transferred to	LO (Longsight) RCLO
05/10/92	Withdrawn from	LO (Longsight) RFXX

Notes

31/12/66 - SC56387 was listed as allocated to 66C in an official amendment to a 31/12/66 stock listing but no moves from / back to Dundee (its next move was from Dundee) have been found.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56387 - original number
54387 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

07/11/79 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 10/12/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51229	56387	As delivered to 62B - May 1958
	51246	56387	Noted 18/08/69 - at Brough, newly transferred from Scotland¹
	51230	56387	Noted 29/08/70 - at Brough¹
	51238	56387	Noted 28/08/1972 - at Scarborough²
	51238	56387	Noted 27/08/1974 - at York²
	51482	56387	Noted 08/09/75 - at Brough¹
	51223	56387	Noted 18/11/75 - at Brough¹
	51223	56387	Noted 09/02/76 - at Brough¹
	51225	56387	Noted 08/04/76 - at Hull¹
	51247	56387	Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Victoria¹
	51247	56387	Noted 22/05/76 - at Brough¹
	51222	56387	Noted 21/02/77 - at Doncaster¹
	51276	56387	Noted circa 03/1979³
	51229	56387	Noted 03/07/81 - at Newcastle
	51229	56387	Noted circa 12/1981³
	51229	56387	Noted 14/03/1982 - Worked 10.40 (SuO) Middlesbrough to Newcastle.³
	51208	56387	Noted 08/05/82 - with E50164 + E56365 at Newburn, Hartlepool.
	51247	54387	Noted 23/05/82 - on Leeds-Morecambe service with 51901 + 54376
	51222	56387	Noted circa 02/1983³
88	51247	54387	Noted 11/06/84 - at Norwich⁴
88	51247	54387	Noted 16/07/84 - on 10:35 Great Yarmouth - Norwich
88	51247	54387	Noted circa 04/1985³
	51247	54387	Noted circa 02/1986³
	51247	54387	Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986
09	51247	54387	Formed at CA circa Jun-86
09	51247	54387	Noted circa 09/1986³
09	51247	54387	Noted 25/04/87 - on Sudbury - Colchester service
53	51247	54387	Noted 30/05/1987 - at Norwich⁵
53	51247	54387	Noted 30/05/1987 - at Norwich Crown Point⁵
53	51247	54387	Noted 20/06/1987³
53	51247	54387	Listed at NC - Dec-87
53	51247	54387	Noted circa 03/1988³
53	51247	54387	Listed at NC - Feb-90
53	51247	54387	Noted circa 08/1990³
	51247	54387	Noted 20/10/90⁶
53	51247	54387	Listed at CA - 13/05/91
53	51247	54387	Listed at CA - Jul-91
53	51247	54387	Listed at CA - Aug-91
53	51247	54387	Listed at CA - Dec-91
LO235	51247	54387	Listed at LO - 02/07/92

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

Images:

3rd July 1981

Metro-Cammell Class 101 twin unit E56387 + E51229 at Newcastle on July 3rd 1981 in between arriving as the 17.48 from Middlesbrough and departing as the 19.35 to Sunderland. The trailer's blue paint work seems to have suffered in the carriage wash while its partner is in refurbished condition. Gerard Fletcher.

16th July 1984

Set number: 88

Class 101 Metro Cammell 2-car DMU 54387 + 51247 as part of a formation that will form the 10:35 to Norwich at Great Yarmouth on 16-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

31st January 1988

Set number: 53

E54387 + E51247 seen near Ely North Junction with the 14.10 Cambridge to Norwich on 31.01.88. Nicholas Youngman.

23rd September 1990

Class 101 DMU DTC 54387 and 86-220 'The Round Tabler' at Ipswich on 23-9-90. On Tour with the Class 13 Army.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 19th July 1981

Class 101 vehicles 51229 and 56387 beside 43066 at Stockton, 19th July 1981. Jerry Glover.

Date: 8th May 1982

On May 8, 1982, ex-works E50164 + E56365 leads E56387 + E51208 at Newburn, Hartlepool. John Carter.

Date: 17th July 1985

Set number: 88

A Class 101 2-car dmu, comprising vehicles 54387+51247, approaches Leicester station working the 08.20 from Melton Mowbray on 17 July 1985. Lewis Bevan.

Date: 25th April 1987

Set number: 09

On Saturday 25th April 1987 an inbound working from Sudbury comprised of 51247 and 54387 turn into Platform 1 at Colchester North Station. AndrewHA.

Date: June 1987

Set number: 53

Class 101 Metro Cammell DMUs cross at North Walsham June 1987, with the driver of set 53 (presumably 51247 + 54387) talking to the signalman. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Date: unknown

Set number: 53

Class 101 DMBS 51247 as part of Norwich set 53 (presumably with 54387) in Cambridge station. Date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 15th May 1988

Set number: 65

Class 101 2-car DMUs NC sets 65 (54343 visible) and 53 (54387 visible) at Norwich on 15-5-88. On Tour with the Class 13 Army.

Date: 15th May 1988

Set number: 53

Class 101 Metro Cammell 2-car DMU Norwich set 53 51247+54387 arriving st Sheringham on 15-5-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Date: 4th March 1989

Set number: 53

Class 101 set 53 (E51247 + E54387) at Little Thetford on March 4, 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 15th July 1989

Set number: 53

E51247 + E54387 arriving at Ely on July 15, 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 23rd May 1992

Class 108 51901 + 54276 and Class 101 51247 + 54387 leaves Hellifield on what may be a Leeds-Morecambe service on 23 May 1992. Lewis Bevan.

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