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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-64Depot code change52J
4w/e 24/04/65 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
May-73Depot code changeDN
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14/06/87 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)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 livery

Disposal

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:

DMU

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.