Vehicle 56400 / 54400

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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 28/06/58	New to	62B (Dundee)
May-73	Depot code change	DE
Jun-74	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
w/e 27/07/74	Transferred to	DE (Dundee)
29/05/77	Transferred to	GF (South Gosforth)
2w/e 12/06/77	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
3w/e 04/02/79	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
15/05/83	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
20/05/84	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
06/07/86	Withdrawn from	NC (Norwich)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56400 - original number
54400 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 17/10/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51242	56400							As delivered to 62B - June 1958
	51237	56400							Noted 29/07/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley1
	51253	56400							Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh 1
65	56400								Noted 25/08/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley, partners not recorded2
	51249	56400							Noted 31/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley3
	51249	56400							Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley3
	51239	56400							Noted 29/03/1977 - at Haymarket1
	51229	56400							Transfer to HT - 3w/e 04/02/79
	51301	56400							Noted 18/04/81 - at Newcastle
	51218	56400							Noted circa 12/19814
	51218	56400							Noted 16/01/19824
	51247	56400							Noted circa 02/19834
	53210	54400							Noted circa 08/19834
76	51252	54400							Noted 11/06/84 - at Norwich2
76	51252	54400							Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
76	51252	54400							Listed at NC - Dec-85
76	51252	54400							Noted circa 01/19864

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

Images:

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14th July 1958

Sc56400 (presumably with 51242) at Dundee on July 14th, 1958, thought to be on a crew training run. George Bett.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 18th April 1981

Class 105 / 101 vehicles E51301 E56400 approach Newcastle from the ECML (north) on 18/04/1981. The rear Class 101 is distinguished from the front Class 105 by the grey band of its blue & grey livery - which was only carried by a handful of Class 105s - as well as the bright aluminium window frames and different roof vent layout. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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Date: 9th March 1985

Set number: 76

Norwich allocated Class 101 DMU set 75 (51252 + 54400) departs from Thurston at 12:27 with the 11.30 Cambridge to Ipswich service on 9 March 1985. Rob Paterson.