Vehicle 56390 / 54390

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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

w/e 24/05/58	New to	62B (Dundee)
4w/e 29/08/59	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 02/10/69	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
Feb-72	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)
May-73	Depot code change	DE
Jun-74	Stored U.
w/e 10/08/74	Reinstated	DE (Dundee)
4w/e 02/08/77	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
3w/e 20/10/79	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
16/03/86	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
22/03/87	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
14/06/87	Withdrawn from	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

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:

56390 - original number
54390 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 09/11/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51232	56390							Noted 15th May 1958 - en route from Saltley to Cowlairs
	51232	56390							As delivered to 62B - May 1958
	51232	56390							Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 29/08/59
	51232	56390							Transfer to 64H - 4w/e 02/10/69
	51232	56390							Noted 27/05/70 - at Edinburgh1
	51242	56390							Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh 2
64	51242	56390							Noted 28/08/74 - at Dunfermline3
	51241	56390							Noted 12/04/1975 - On 13:22 Dundee to Edinburgh with 51796, 56391 and 550132
	51243	56390							Noted 11/09/1975 - at Edinburgh 2
	51243	56390							Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
183	51462	56390	51532						Noted 13/08/77 - on Haymarket depot3
180	50254	56390	50748						Listed at ED - mid-May-78
	50220	56390							Noted 16/01/19824
	50232	56390							Noted 09/09/82 - at Gateshead
	50219	56390							Noted 25/09/82 - at Scotswood
	53164	54390							Noted circa 02/19864
	53205	54390							Transfer to NC - 16/03/86 - from HT
79	53205	54390							Formed at NC circa Mar-86
79	53205	54390							Noted circa 04/19864
79	53205	54390							Noted 10/04/86 - at Norwich3
79	53205	54390							Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
79	53205	54390							Noted 13/12/19864
79	53205	54390							Noted 15/02/1987 - at Ely on 09.50 Cambridge to Kings Lynn. 5
79	53205	54390							Listed at NC - Feb-87
	53205	54390							Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds - as 4 car set with 51426-531716

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

Images:

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October 1971

Passing Met-Camms in Princes Street Gardens in October 1971. The Waverley bound three-car on the left has yellow first class stripes on the TCL and DMCL, the DTCL on the right (on which the number appears to read 56390) does not, but does have the first class totems in the windows. George Woods.

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25th September 1982

E56390 + E50219 at Scotswood on September 25, 1982. John Carter.

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4th July 1988

Set number: 79

Class 101 E54390 is seen near Ely on route to Snailwell, 4th July 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

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4th July 1988

Part of E54390 nearest then 59108, 55939 (M51582), 55934 (M51573), E54423, E54193 and pair of Class 20's. Seen near Kiln Lane Ely on July 4, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 9th September 1982

A Class 101 formed of E50232 + E56390 pass Gateshead (Stadium) northbound heading to Newcastle, 09/09/1982. Graeme Phillips Collection.