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Vehicle 56390 / 54390


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-73Depot code changeDE
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14/06/87 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)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:

Class 101 DMU at Princes Street Gardens

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.

Class 101 DMU at Scotswood

25th September 1982

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

Class 101 DMU at Ely

4th July 1988

Set number: 79

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

Class 101 DMU at Kiln Lane

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:

DMU

Date: 9th September 1982

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