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Vehicle 56400 / 54400


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-73Depot code changeDE
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06/07/86 Withdrawn from NC (Norwich)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:

Class 101 DMU at Dundee

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:

DMU

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.

DMU

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.