Vehicle 56095
Class 100
Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30279
Diagram: 537
Allocations
The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 50340 during the unknown period are:
| 18/05/57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | - on loan from 64A |
| Jul-57 | On loan to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| Aug-57 | On loan to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Sep-57 | On loan to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| w/e 23/11/57 | Ex-loan back to | 64A (St Margarets) |
Then the allocations for 56095 are:
| c. summer-58 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| w/e 26/11/60 | On loan to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| 2w/e 11/03/61 | Ex-loan back to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 12/05/62 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/72 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | - 64H closed |
| 22/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 62B (Dundee) |
Disposal
Scrapped by TW Ward, Inverkeithing
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50340 | 56095 | As delivered to 9A - 18th May 1957 - on loan from 64A | |||||||
| 50340 | 56095 | Noted 17th June 1957 | |||||||
| 50340 | 56095 | Transfer to 61A - w/e 26/11/60 - on loan from 64H | |||||||
| 50340 | 56095 | Transfer to 64H - 2w/e 11/03/61 - ex-loan from 61A | |||||||
| 50340 | 56095 | Transfer to 66C - 5w/e 12/05/62 | |||||||
| 50340 | 56095 | Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66 | |||||||
| 50340 | 56095 | Noted 03/08/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley1 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
Images:
circa May 1957
A publicity image showing Sc56095 and presumably Sc50340 circa May 1957. They would spend their first six months on loan to the LMR. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
17th June 1957
An official image (Derby Works Collection negative 57-724) Sc56095 and Sc50340 on 17 June 1957. British Railways.
17th June 1957
An official image (Derby Works Collection negative 57-725) showing the front of GRC&W DTCL Sc56095 on 17 June 1957. British Railways.
17th June 1957
An official image (Derby Works Collection negative 57-727) showing the drivers compartment of GRC&W DTCL Sc56095 on 17 June 1957. British Railways.
17th June 1957
An official image (Derby Works Collection negative 57-732) showing the first class saloon in GRC&W DTCL Sc56095 on 17 June 1957. British Railways.
17th June 1957
An official image (Derby Works Collection negative 57-735) showing the interior of GRC&W DTCL Sc56095 on 17 June 1957. Taken from the front vestibule looking towards the rear. British Railways.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa May 1957
A GRC&W publicity image showing Sc50340 and presumably Sc56095 when new circa May 1957. Although destined for the Scottish Region, the spent their first few six months on the London Midland Region, hence Manchester London Road on the destination blind. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
Date: 17th June 1957
An official image (Derby Works Collection negative 57-728) showing a driver at the controls of a GRC&W twin set (either Sc50340 or Sc56095) on 17 June 1957. British Railways.
Date: 17th June 1957
An official image (Derby Works Collection negative 57-726) showing the gangway between Sc50340 (left) and Sc56095 on 17 June 1957. British Railways.