Vehicle 56067 / 54067
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30262
Diagram: 630
Allocations
| 02/07/57 | New to | 54A (Sunderland) | |
| 3w/e 30/08/58 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| Oct-61 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 2w/e 12/01/63 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| 4w/e 24/04/65 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DN | |
| w/e 06/03/77 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 2w/e 24/07/77 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 20/05/84 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) | |
| 12/05/85 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 14/06/87 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56067 - original number
54067 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 04/05/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50215 | 56067 | As delivered to 54A - 2nd July 1957 | |||||||
| 50215 | 56067 | Transfer to 51A - Oct-61 | |||||||
| 50215 | 56067 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 2w/e 12/01/63 | |||||||
| 50215 | 56067 | Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 24/04/65 | |||||||
| 50259 | 56067 | Noted 01/04/70 - at Darlington1 | |||||||
| 50252 | 56067 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle then later at Darlington1 | |||||||
| 50223 | 56067 | Noted 05/04/72 - at Darlington1 | |||||||
| 51215 | 56067 | Noted 07/11/75 - at Brough1 | |||||||
| 50215 | 56067 | Noted 04/04/1976 - at Darlington 2 | |||||||
| 50226 | 56067 | Noted circa 19773 | |||||||
| 50217 | 56067 | Transfer to NL - w/e 06/03/77 | |||||||
| 79 | 53214 | 54067 | Noted 11/06/84 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
| 79 | 53214 | 54067 | Noted circa 04/19853 | ||||||
| 53209 | 54067 | Noted circa 02/19863 | |||||||
| 53252 | 54067 | Noted circa 09/19863 | |||||||
| 53232 | 54067 | Noted 18/01/87 - at Norwich4 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Gerald Brown
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 31st August 1975
An eleven-car DMU formation at Heighington on a Darlington - Shildon "Cavalcade 150" Special, 31 August 1975. The 108/108/101 composition of the closest set matches a formation listed in the November 1975 edition of The Railway Observer (p351) as 50645 + 59386 + 50232 / 50641 + 59389 + 50624 / 50224 + 56067 / 51509 + 59062 + 51441. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 12th July 1988
The March tool van and 54384 nearest then 54057 54392 54067 54383 51841 54416 and 54125.Seen passing at Ely Dock Junction on 12th July 1988. The working had originated from Tinsley yard. Nicholas Youngman.