Vehicle 56077 / 54077
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
| 25/06/57 | New to | 54A (Sunderland) | |
| 25/06/57 | On loan to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 3w/e 03/08/57 | Ex-loan back to | 54A (Sunderland) | |
| 3w/e 30/08/58 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| w/e 15/05/77 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
| w/e 12/03/78 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 14/06/87 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 31/03/88 | Withdrawn from | HT (Heaton) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56077 - original number
54077 - from 1984 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 12/05/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50225 | 56077 | As delivered to 54A - 25th June 1957 | |||||||
| 50225 | 56077 | Transfer to 54A - 3w/e 03/08/1957 - ex-loan LMR | |||||||
| 50199 | 56077 | Noted 11/1974 - at Darlington 1 | |||||||
| 50199 | 56077 | Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot2 | |||||||
| 50199 | 56077 | Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central2 | |||||||
| 50200 | 56077 | Noted 03/01/76 - at Newcastle3 | |||||||
| 50199 | 56077 | Noted 02/03/77 - at Pelaw | |||||||
| 50199 | 56077 | Transfer to DN - w/e 15/05/77 | |||||||
| 50154 | 56077 | Noted circa 03/19794 | |||||||
| 50232 | 56077 | Noted circa 12/19814 | |||||||
| 50232 | 56077 | Noted 16/01/19824 | |||||||
| 51214 | 56077 | Noted circa 02/19834 | |||||||
| 51205 | 54077 | Noted circa 03/19854 | |||||||
| 51214 | 54077 | Noted circa 09/19864 | |||||||
| 51214 | 54077 | Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds5 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
Images:
10th May 1980
Two Class 101/105 hybrid DMUs forming a Newcastle to Middlesbrough working are seen approaching Gateshead station on 10 May 1980. The leading vehicle is Metro-Cammell DTCL E56077. Image by Charles Dean. Kevin Lane Collection.
23rd October 1988
Withdrawn Class 101s E54077 and E59075 at Snailwell on 23 October 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 2nd March 1977
E50199 + E56077 are seen at Pelaw on the 2nd March 1977. Ian Francis.