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Vehicle 56106 / 977191

Class 100

Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30279
Diagram: 537

Allocations

The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 50351 during the unknown period are:

Sep-57	New to	5D (Cockshute)
Jan-58	On loan to	8E (Brunswick)
Apr-58	Depot code change	27F
Jun-58	Transferred to	3C (Ryecroft)
Jun-60	Depot code change	21F
Sep-63	Depot code change	2G
3w/e 31/01/65	Transferred to	2H (Monument Lane)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	2G (Ryecroft)
3w/e 30/06/66	Transferred to	6A (Chester)

Then the allocations for 56106 are:

3w/e 30/03/69	Transferred to	9A (Longsight)
May 1973	Depot code change	LO
17/07/83	To departmental stock		- as ADB977191
Circa Jan-86	Withdrawn from	ZC

Notes

24th September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Crewe Basford Hall Yard
19/02/00 - 977191, 59228 and 54350 were dragged by two Class 20s from long term storage at Crewe South Carriage sidings to the Adtranz Works (drop off the 100) then Gresty Lane where the other two were due to be moved by road (104 to Telford/preservation and 101 to Shoeburyness).

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56106 - original number
977191 - from Jul-83 (departmental stock)

Department Use as ADB977191

Crewe Works Test Train Coach From 7/83 to 1988.

Modifications

circa Jul-72 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Perkins Mackintosh, on location at Meaford Power Station, Stone

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50351	56106	As delivered to 5D - September 1957
LT294	50351	56106	Listed at Longsight - circa Dec-69
	50351	56106	Noted 22/12/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly¹
LT294	50351	56106	Listed at 9A - circa Jul-70
	50351	56106	Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight¹
	50351	56106	Noted 19/09/71 - in Manchester Piccadilly¹
	50351	56106	Noted 10/09/73 - in Manchester Piccadilly²
	50351	56106	Noted 28/08/75 - in Manchester Piccadilly²
	50351	56106	Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly¹
	50351	56106	Noted 26/06/76 - on 14.15 Manchester Pic – Hadfield³
	50351	56106	Noted 04/01/78
LO293	50351	56106	Noted 19/07/1982 - 17.10 Manchester Picc to Hazel Grove service with LO291 (50348 - 56103) vice EMU⁴
LO293	50351	56106	Noted circa 10/1982⁴
	50351	56106	Noted 03/09/83

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Phil Shatford
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

1962

A GRC&W twin with Ryecroft allocated M56106 closest in Bromford Bridge station sometime in 1962. The station, between Saltley and Castle Bromwich, mainly served a nearby racecourse and closed in 1965. Stuart Mackay Collection.

circa May 1978

A Class 100 DMU (M56106 closest) with a local service at Guide Bridge East circa May 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

circa 1979

A Class 100 twin DMU, M56106 and presumably M50351, approaches Romiley circa 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.

14th September 1985

ADB977191, the former 56106, on Chester depot. Anthony Griffiths.

circa 1986

Class 100 Crewe test train vehicle DB977191 at Chester circa 1986. Stuart Parkinson.

5th April 1986

977191 seen at Chester on the 5th April 1986. Paul Moxon.

27th March 1987

ADB977191, ex-Gloucester Class 100 DTC M56106, looking a little worse for wear after being shunted through the buffers in Basford Hall Yard, with the rear bogie off the track. 27th March 1987. Paul James.

27th March 1987

ADB977191, ex Gloucester class 100, DTC, M56106, keeps a brace of withdrawn class 25's company, in Basford Hall Yard. 27th March 1987. Paul James.

24th September 1989

ADB977191, 915 M55975 + M55985, M55969+M55968, 914 M55980 + M55984 and 911 M55970 + M55971 at Crewe Basford Hall on 24-9-89. Kevin Dowd.

21st August 1994

977191 (ex-Class 100 56106) taken during the Basford Hall open day, 21/8/94. Robert Frise.

21st August 1994

977191 at Crewe Basford Hall on the 21st August 1994. S Gaskell.

27th January 1995

977191 at Crewe Basford Hall on the 27th January 1995. S Gaskell.

April 1997

Class 100 Test train coach no. 977191, formerly DTCL no. 56106 rots away quietly at Crewe in the company of Class 304 unit no. 013 and some Mk Is, in April 1997. Robert Chilton.

19th February 2000

Two Class 20s drag 100 DTCL 977191, 104 TBSL 59228, 101 DTCL 54350 and three Riviera Trains Mk Is (for brake force) at Crewe on 19/02/00. They were being moved from storage at the South Sidings to the Adtranz Works (drop off the 100) then Gresty Lane. Frank Nicholas.

19th February 2000

977191 during it's departure from Crewe after being out of use for some time. 19/2/2000. Frank Nicholas.

20th February 2000

Class 100 Test train coach 977191 (formerly DTCL no. 56106) is dragged by two Class 20s through Crewe station during a move from the South Carriage sidings where it had spend several years stored to Adtranz Crewe Works where it was intended to be cut up. Saturday 19 February 2000. Frank Nicholas.

20th May 2000

Class 100 DTC 977191 in Crewe Works during the open day on 20 May 2000. David Mant.

20th or 21st May 2000

Last used in the Crewe Works test train, 977191 is seen during the Works open day on 20/21 May 2000. John Horne Collection.

21st May 2000

Class 100 977191 is seen awaiting disposal at Crewe works during the open day on 21.05.2000. It was converted from 54106 and was used as part of the Crewe test train. Andy Cole.

21st May 2000

977191 was formerly 56106, a Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Class 100 driving trailer classified as DTCL, as it had first and second class within, as well as a toilet, It was withdrawn way back in July 1983, but ended up here at Crewe, lingering there until 2002. It is seen at Crewe Works Open Day on the 21st May 2000. Andrew J Crowther.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 21st July 1990

Set number: 915

An assortment of parcels DMUs converted from former "Bed-Pan" hydraulic class 127 units stand forlornly withdrawn in Crewe Basford Hall yard on 21/Jul/1990, with 55975 (formerly 51615) nearest. Three vehicles from these parcels conversions were subsequently preserved. Behind 55975 can just be seen departmental coach ADB977191, formerly class 100 56106, which was later moved for storage at Crewe Brook Sidings and ultimately disposed of at Crewe Works in 2000. Robert Chilton.

Date: April 1997

Seen at Crewe in April 1997, on the far right, are derelict Class 101 DTCL no. 54350, with Class 104 TBSL no. 59228 and Class 100 DTCL no. 977191 behind. In the middle is Class 304 unit no. 008 and on the left some graffiti-covered Class 308 vehicles. Robert Chilton.

Date: 19th February 2000

Class 101 DTCL 54350, Class 104 TBSL 59228 and Class 100 DTCL 977191 are dragged though Crewe on 19/2/00 after a long period of storage at the South Carriage Sidings. The 100 would be dropped off at the Adtranz Works, the other two were moved to Gresty Lane ready for road movement, the 101 to Shroeburyness and the 104 to preservation at Telford. Frank Nicholas.

Date: 19th February 2000

Three vehicles that had been stored at Crewe South Carriage sidings for several years (101 DTCL 54350, 104 TBSL 59228 and 100 DTCL 977191) pass through Crewe station on their way to the Adtranz Works. The 101 which had fluorescent light fittings and original first class seat frames. Saturday 19 February 2000. Frank Nicholas.

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