Vehicle 56099
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 50344 during the unknown period are:
| Jul-57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | - on loan from 64A |
| Jul-57 | On loan to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| Sep-57 | On loan to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| w/e 02/11/57 | Ex-loan back to | 64A (St Margarets) |
Then the allocations for 56099 are:
| c. summer-58 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| Aug-59 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 21/11/59 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 26/10/62 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 2w/e 08/06/63 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 3w/e 17/06/67 | On loan to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| 2w/e 01/07/67 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| 4w/e 05/12/70 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| w/e 26/02/72 | Withdrawn from | 32A (Norwich) |
Disposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50344 | 56099 | As delivered to 9A - July 1957 - on loan from 64A | |||||||
| 50344 | 56099 | Transfer to 64A - Oct-57 | |||||||
| 51123 | 56099 | Transfer to Hamilton - Aug-59 - from Leith Central | |||||||
| 51126 | 56099 | Transfer to 64H - 4w/e 21/11/59 | |||||||
| 50344 | 56099 | Transfer to 66C - 2w/e 26/10/62 | |||||||
| 50344 | 56099 | Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66 | |||||||
| 51120 | 56099 | Noted 01/04/70 - at Newcastle1 | |||||||
| 50359 | 56099 | Noted 05/04/71 - at Peterborough1 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
Images:
circa 1970
The fleet of 40 Class 100 2-car units were built by Gloucester RC&W Co in two batches for local services around Edinburgh (although eleven units were initially delivered to the Manchester area for a short period). Changing traffic patterns in the late 1960s saw them transferred to Norwich Thorpe depot for local services in East Anglia, where they remained until the end of the 1970s - regarded as non-standard, withdrawals started relatively early, though the final car lasted in passenger service until 1988. This tatty unit had evidently been transferred to Norwich by the time of this shot, which appears to be the early 1970s. The window bars suggest it has spent time in the North East, meaning this is probably 56099. Graeme Phillips Collection.