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Vehicle 56059 / 54059

Class 101

BR Diagram 630

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30260
Diagram: 630

Allocations

22/05/57 New to 51A (Darlington)
Oct-61 Transferred to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
28/02/65 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
May-73Depot code changeDN
21/03/82 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
11/05/86 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
12/04/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
14/06/87 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56059 - original number
54059 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 30/03/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50207 56059 Noted 11th May 1957 - British Industries Fair services
50207 56059 As delivered to 51A - 22nd May 1957
50207 56059 Transfer to South Gosforth - Oct-61
50222 56059 Transfer to 51A - 28/02/65
50223 56059 Noted 31/08/71 - at Darlington1
51215 56059 Noted 05/04/72 - at Darlington1
50223 56059 Noted 09/06/73 - at Darlington2
50223 56059 Noted 27/08/1974 - at York3
N163 51216 56059 Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central, 56059 had set number N1562
51226 56059 Noted 12/09/75 - at Brough1
50294 56059 Noted 29/10/75 - at York1
50294 56059 Noted 20/11/75 - at Brough1
50294 56059 Noted 01/12/75 - at York1
50294 56059 Noted 30/12/75 - at Darlington1
50294 56059 Noted 07/04/1976 - at Darlington 3
50223 56059 Noted 15/04/1978 - at York3
50212 56059 Noted 07/08/1978 - at Thornaby3
50211 56059 Noted circa 02/19834
53229 54059 Noted circa 03/19854
53251 54059 Noted circa 10/19864
53251 54059 Noted 02/12/19864
53291 54059 Noted circa 07/19874

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Darlington

Unknown date

A two-car Class 101 - E56059 in refurbished livery and a DMBS in plain blue - seen in platform 6 at Darlington with a Bishop Auckland service, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 101 DMU at Middlesbrough

12th August 1981

A two-car Met-Camm set (56059 closest) forms the 17:20 Darlington-Saltburn service seen at Middlesbrough on 12 August 1981. A Class 104 is seen in the distance. Robert Thomas.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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