Vehicle 56079 / 54079
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
| 16/07/57 | 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 05/02/78 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
| 13/05/84 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | - Darlington closed |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 28/09/86 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56079 - original number
54079 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 27/04/1979 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50227 | 56079 | As delivered to 54A - 16th July 1957 | |||||||
| N108 | 50219 | 56079 | Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 502191 | ||||||
| 50246 | 56079 | Noted 28/08/81 - at Whitehouse (Middlesbrough) | |||||||
| 50246 | 56079 | Noted 11/11/81 - at Bishop Auckland | |||||||
| 50319 | 56079 | Noted 29/07/82 - on a Leeds to Skipton service | |||||||
| 51219 | 56079 | Noted circa 10/19822 | |||||||
| 53251 | 54079 | Noted circa 03/19852 | |||||||
| 53233 | 54079 | Noted 19th August 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
Images:
2nd July 1977
DTSL E56079 leads a two-car Class 101 Metro-Cammell DMU working an up "Dalesrail" service seen west of Hellifield at 10.24am on Saturday 2nd July 1977. Michael Mensing.
28th August 1981
E56079 + E50246 at Whitehouse (Middlesbrough) on 28-08-1981. John Carter.
16th August 1986
Seen at Saltaire with 2E62 the 1739 Skipton to Leeds Class 101 numbers 54079 and 53233 on 16th August 1986. Keith Long.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 21st November 1981
E50246 + E56079 at Bishop Auckland on November 11, 1981. Demolition of the triangular station is well underway. Darlington DMUs still used the platform on the closed route from Durham before being relocated to a new and much smaller station to the left of where the signalbox was John Carter.