Vehicle 56078 / 54078

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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: 30262
Diagram: 630

Allocations

09/07/57	New 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 23/07/78	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
11/05/86	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
12/04/87	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
16/03/88	Transferred to	BY (Bletchley)
04/09/88	Withdrawn from	BY (Bletchley)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56078 - original number
54078 - from 1984 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 30/07/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50226	56078							As delivered to 54A - 9th July 1957
	50210	56078							Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
	50210	56078							Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle 2
	50210	56078							Noted 24/08/75 - at Hartlepool3
	50210	56078							Noted 10/09/1975 - at Carlisle 2
	50247	56078							Noted 04/04/1976 - at Newcastle 2
	51208	56078							Noted circa 12/19814
	50211	56078							Noted 25/09/82 - on Scotswood Bridge
	50225	56078							Noted circa 02/19834
	51206	54078							Noted circa 03/19854
	53253	54078							Noted circa 02/19864
	51206	54078							Noted 14/10/19864
	51206	54078							Noted 28th December 1986
75	51206	54078							Noted 28/06/87 - at Norwich3
75	51206	54078							Noted 04/10/87 - on 14.13 Cambridge to Kings Lynn
75	51206	54078							Noted circa Nov-87
75	51206	54078							Listed at NC - Dec-87

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

Images:

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July 1982

A Class 101 at Bishop Auckland in July 1982, waiting for the return journey to Darlington. DTSL E56078 is closest. Alistair Ness.

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July 1982

Class 101 E56078 Bishop Auckland Jul 1982. This is one of my favorite shots with car E56078 and a PayTrain poster too. Alistair Ness.

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25th September 1982

E56078 + E50211 on Scotswood Bridge, September 25, 1982. John Carter.

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4th October 1987

Set number: 75

Set 75 E54078 + E51206 north of Ely with the 14.13 Cambridge to Kings Lynn, 04.10.87. Nicholas Youngman.

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7th November 1987

Set number: 75

Class 101 Metro Cammell DMU Set 75 54078 + 51206 (DTCL + DMBS) passing Horsemoor signal box for Cambridge on 7-11-87. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

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1989

Set number: 75

54078 at Bletchley TMD circa 1989. Graham Baker.