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Vehicle 56388 / 54388

Class 101

BR Diagram 630

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30468
Diagram: 630

Allocations

w/e 24/05/58 New to 62B (Dundee)
4w/e 29/08/59 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
Feb-72 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
May-73Depot code changeDE
w/e 12/10/74 Transferred to HN (Hamilton)
5w/e 10/09/77 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
05/11/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
23/01/83 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
12/05/85 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
25/01/87 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
08/04/92 Transferred to CA (Cambridge) RDCA
10/05/92 Transferred to LO (Longsight) RCLO
30/04/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
21/05/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

Notes

15th May 1958 - Seen in 8-car set passing through Preston en route from Metro-Cammell to Cowlairs.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56388 - original number
54388 - from Nov-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 16/03/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51230 56388 Noted 15th May 1958 - en route from Saltley to Cowlairs
51230 56388 As delivered to 62B - May 1958
51230 56388 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 29/08/59
51230 56388 Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66
51232 56388 Noted 06/04/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
51253 56388 Noted 29/07/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley2
71 51232 56388 Noted 27/08/74 - on Dundee depot3
51251 56388 Transfer to HN - w/e 12/10/74
52028 56388 55002 Noted 01/09/1975 - at Glasgow Central4
51487 56388 51520 Noted 05/09/76 - on Haymarket depot3
179 51251 56388 51535 Listed at ED - mid-May-78
51209 56388 Noted circa 03/19795
51208 56388 Noted 23/08/81 - on 18:10 Saltburn - Newcastle
50225 56388 Noted 14/05/82 - on Newcastle - Haltwhistle service
81 51438 56388 Noted 04/02/83 - at Norwich3
50225 56388 Noted 05/03/83 - at Bensham, Gateshead
51208 54388 Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85
51208 54388 Noted circa 01/19865
02 51208 54388 Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986
17 53155 54388 Formation change - CA - circa Dec-86
10 51230 54388 Noted 13/12/19865
51215 54388 Noted 31st January 1987
76 51252 54388 Noted circa 06/19875
76 51252 54388 Noted 29/08/19875
76 51252 54388 Listed at NC - Dec-87
spare 54388 Noted circa Jan-88
70 53202 54388 Noted circa 03/19885
70 53202 54388 Formation change - NC - May-88 - 54388 added
70 53202 54388 Listed at NC - Feb-90
70 53202 54388 Listed at NC - Jul-91
NC70 53202 54388 Noted 4th July 1991
70 53202 54388 Listed at NC - Aug-91
85 51185 54388 Listed at NC - Dec-91
LO240 53231 54388 Listed at LO - 02/07/92
LO240 53231 54388 Listed at LO - 24/09/92
LO240 53231 54388 Listed at LO - November 1992
53231 54388 Noted 03/12/92 - on 12:18 Manchester Piccadilly - Rose Hill via Hyde6
LO240 53231 54388 Listed at LO - 10/12/92

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Scotswood, Newcastle

14th May 1982

Class 101 cars E56388 + E50225 at Scotswood, Newcastle heading westbound with a service for Haltwhistle on 14/05/1982. This section of track was closed on 04/10/1982, from which time all Tyne Valley trains travelled over the former freight lines via Norwood Junction - maintenance costs of the Scotswood Bridge were a major deciding factor in the closure of this section. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Cambridge

7th December 1985

Lots of lens flare at Cambridge, with two class 120 Swindon cross country DMUs (one with a Met-Camm centre car) and class 101 DTSL 54388 on the left. 7th December 1985. Jonathan Hazan.

Class 101 DMU at Cromer

15th August 1987

Two two car Metro-Cammell class 101 dmu's climb out of Cromer, on what is now called the Bittern Line with a Sheringham - Norwich service, 15th August 1987. The first unit is made up of cars 54388 and 53202. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 101 DMU at Brundall

8th August 1988

Set number: 70

Norwich based class 101 2 car Metro-Cammell set 70 (54388 + 53202) is seen loading passengers at Brundall, with it's staggered platforms, with a Great Yarmouth-Norwich service on 8/8/88. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 101 DMU at Brundall

8th August 1988

Set number: 70

Brundall, with it's staggered platforms, sees a Norwich based class 101 2 car Metro-Cammell set 70 (54388 + 53202) leave with a Great Yarmouth-Norwich service on 8th August 1988. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 101 DMU at Manchester Victoria

16th July 1992

Set number: 101240

E54388 and E53231 apparently numbered as set 101240, probably meant to be LO240. The vehicles still retained their 'E' prefices and former Norwich set numbers. Robert Chilton.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 10th July 1980

Thursday 10/07/1980 at Hexham, and freshly repainted Class 105 DMBS no. E51279 and Class 101 DTS(L) no. E56388 call with a Newcastle - Haltwhistle service. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 23rd August 1981

E51208 + E56388 at Stockton with the 18:10 Saltburn - Newcastle on 23-08-1981. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 5th March 1983

E50225 and E56388 pass Bensham, Gateshead with a service from the Tyne Valley line heading into Newcastle on 05/03/1983. They are about to head into a tunnel under the East Coast Main Line. Norwood Coking Plant, the site of which became part of the Gateshead Garden Festival seven years later in 1990, can be seen in the background. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 8th August 1988

Set number: 70

Norwich based 2 car Metro-Cammell set 70 (53202, 54388) is seen approaching Brundall, which it's staggered platforms, with a Great Yarmouth - Norwich service, 8th August 1988. Andrew J Crowther.

DMU

Date: 24th October 1988

Set number: 70

Class 101 Set 70 (E53202 + E54388) on a 11XX Norwich - Lowestoft service approaches Lowestoft on Monday 24th October 1988. Despite having left Neville Hill over two years previously it still carries Metro Train branding. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 8th June 1991

Set number: 70

A Metro Train branded Class 101 unit Norwich set 70 53202 + 54388 at Ely on the back platform single line bound for Ipswich on 8th June 1991. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 20th June 1992

Set number: 101240

A well-worn looking Class 101 two-car DMU formed of cars M53231 & M54388 was stood at Bamber Bridge with the 16.27 Preston to Colne service on June 20th 1992. The set was allocated to Manchester Longsight Depot (101240) and this was the period when the remaining survivors of the first generation DMU fleet were kept in service due to the ongoing woes with the Class 142 Pacer fleet. Martyn Hilbert.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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