Vehicle 50345
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) | |
| Aug-57 | On loan to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 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) | |
| w/e 10/04/71 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |
Disposal
Scrapped by TW Ward, Inverkeithing
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50345 | 56100 | As delivered to 9A - July 1957 - on loan from 64A | |||||||
| 50345 | 56100 | Noted 16th September 1957 | |||||||
| 50345 | 56100 | Transfer to 64A - Oct-57 | |||||||
| 50345 | 56100 | Transfer to 66C - 2w/e 26/10/62 | |||||||
| 50345 | 56100 | Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66 | |||||||
| 50345 | 51117 | Noted 26/07/1973 - at Haymarket depot1 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
Images:
10th March 1969
A Gloucester twin formed of 50345 (with yellow cab doors) and 56302 arrives into Prestonpans station on 10 May 1969. Bound for Edinburgh Waverley, presumably on a service from North Berwick, the driver has a couple of young guests in the cab with him. Stuart Mackay Collection.