Vehicle 50344
Class 100
Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30278
Diagram: 536
Allocations
| Jul-57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | - on loan from 64A |
| Jul-57 | On loan to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| Sep-57 | On loan to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| w/e 02/11/57 | Ex-loan back to | 64A (St Margarets) | |
| c. summer-58 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 2w/e 26/10/62 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 29/12/62 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 19/05/68 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 4w/e 30/05/70 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 31/10/71 | Withdrawn from | 32A (Norwich) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Barlborough Metals, Rotherham at Slag Reduction, Parkgate
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50344 | 56099 | As delivered to 9A - July 1957 - on loan from 64A | |||||||
| 50344 | 56099 | Transfer to 64A - Oct-57 | |||||||
| 50344 | 56099 | Transfer to 66C - 2w/e 26/10/62 | |||||||
| 50344 | 56099 | Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66 | |||||||
| 50344 | 56101 | Noted 12/08/68 - at Cambridge1 | |||||||
| 50344 | 56316 | Noted 18/09/70 - at Ely2 | |||||||
| 50344 | 56096 | Noted 03/09/71 - at Norwich2 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
Images:
1971
Set number: 60
GRC&W set 60 on arrival at Norwich in 1971, the DMBS is probably 50344. It faces a Met-Camm set. John Law.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 20th April 1970
The 11.53 Cambridge to St Ives at Longstanton station on 20 April 1970, the cars recorded as E50344 and E56316, both ex-Scottish Region and now allocated to Cambridge, although they would move to Norwich within a few weeks. Longstanton station was mentioned in the song, "The Slow Train", Flanders & Swan's eulogy to the railways facing closure under the Beeching plan. Tom Burnham.