Vehicle 56089 / 54089

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Class 101

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30272
Diagram: 630

Allocations

11/12/57	New to	51A (Darlington)
3w/e 30/09/61	On loan to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
Oct-61	Ex-loan back to	51A (Darlington)
Oct-61	On loan to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
2w/e 09/12/61	Transferred to	South Gosforth	- Noted as ex-loan
Feb-64	Depot code change	52J
May-73	Depot code change	GF
w/e 23/07/78	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
27/05/84	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
2w/e 13/03/88	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
31/03/88	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56089 - original number
54089 - from 1985 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 20/07/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50296	56089							As delivered to 51A - 11th December 1957
	50296	56089							Transfer to 50C - 3w/e 30/09/61 - on loan
	50296	56089							Transfer to South Gosforth - 2w/e 09/12/61
	50296	56089							Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
	50251	56089							Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central2
N127	50251	56089							Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central, set number only on 502512
	51214	56089							Noted 19/04/80 - on Newcastle - Sunderland service
	51499	56089							Noted 15/02/81 - on a Darlington - Hartlepool service with E51478 + E56365 / E56409 + E50220
	51210	56089							Noted circa 12/19813
	51210	56089							Noted 16/01/19823
	51209	56089							Noted circa 10/19823
80	51221	54089							Noted circa 06/19843
80	51221	54089							Noted 27/06/84 - at Norwich2
89	51229	54089							Noted circa 04/19853
89	51229	54089							Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
89	51229	54089							Listed at NC - Dec-85
89	51229	54089							Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
89	51229	54089							Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich2
89	51229	54089							Listed at NC - Apr-87
89	51229	54089							Noted 20/06/19873
89	51229	54089							Listed at NC - Dec-87

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

Images:

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19th April 1980

A Class 101 DMU at Gateshead East, 19/04/1980. Containing cars E56089 + E51214, it calls with a service to Sunderland. Typical of the period, the train shows a mismatch of Refurbished and Blue + Grey Livery. Unfortunately, the attractive Refurbished Livery was found to get dirty rather quickly, so it was decided to outshop refurbished vehicles in Blue + Grey livery, which had previously been for Inter-City / Cross-Country vehicles only. In this view, 56089 also carries the logo of Tyne & Wear PTE within the blue band, as well as a tail lamp. Gateshead East station, situated between Newcastle and Heworth, closed on 23/11/1981, replaced by the Tyneside Metro. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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21st August 1985

Set number: 89

Norwich allocated class 101 Metro-Cammell dmu set 89, made up of cars E54089 & E51229 waits at Lowestoft with a Norwich service, still showing a sign literally of its day's as a Tyneside allocated unit. 21st August 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 15th February 1981

A formation containing E51499, E56089, E51478, E56365, E56409 and E50220 diverted at Stockton on a Darlington - Hartlepool working on February 15, 1981. The locos are 37 029 and 31 292. John Carter.

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Date: circa June 1986

Set number: 89

Class 101 Set 89 (presumably 51229 + 54089) on a 12XX Sudbury - St Botolphs service heading off the Clacton Avoider as it heads out of Colchester (at 13:35) circa June 1986. Colin Brooks.

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Date: 19th August 1987

31412 with DMUs E54405 + E51207 + E51229 + E54089 at Ely North Junction, 19.08.87. Nicholas Youngman.

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Date: circa 1988

Set number: 30

Cravens and Met-Camm DMUs in Norwich station circa spring 1988. Retro-green E54122 is the Class 105 sitting alongside what is likely 54089. Brian Ward.