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<- 56156 | 56157 | 56158 ->

Vehicle 56157

Class 103

BR Diagram 645

Builder: Park Royal
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30287
Diagram: 645

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 50402 during the unknown period are:

3w/e 17/5/58 New to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
May-58 Transferred to 3C (Ryecroft)
Jun-60Depot code change21F
Sep-63Depot code change2G
w/e 07/01/67 Transferred to 6A (Chester)

Then the allocations for 56157 are:

Nov-80 Withdrawn from CH (Chester)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50402 56157 As delivered to 6G - May 1958
50399 56157 Noted 22/10/71 - at Crewe1
50399 56157 Noted 18/04/73 - on Chester depot2
50399 56157 Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester3
50401 56157 Noted 31/07/76 - at Welshpool2
50401 56157 Noted 10/09/76 - on Chester depot2
50401 56157 Noted 12/02/1977 - 13.13 Chester-Crewe4
50401 56157 Noted 30/03/1977 - 2F75, 16.30 Chester to Rock Ferry5
50401 56157 Noted 31/07/1978 - Seen at Harlech5

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Chris Moxon
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 103 DMU at an unknown location

circa 1981

This Park Royal class 103 D.M.U. DTCL M56157 was withdrawn in November 1980 from Chester depot. By mid 1982 the windows and doors had been covered with plywood from the inside. Somewhere between those dates I photographed it at this unknown location. It was cut up in June 1984. Curly42.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 22nd August 1968

Park Royal class 103 and Metropolitan-Cammell class 101 DMUs stabled in the former steam motive power depot at Machynlleth on 22nd August 1968. My notes state that the following units were present on shed: M50404-M56158, M50402-M56348 and M51190-M56157. Gordon Edgar.

DMU

Date: 12th February 1977

50400 leads 56155, 56157 & 50401 out of Chester with the 13.13 Chester-Crewe, 12/2/77. Anthony Griffiths.

DMU

Date: 5th September 1979

Class 103 cars M50401 + M56157 are seen in front of a Class 108 unit at Blaenau Ffestiniog, 05/09/1979. Graeme Phillips Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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