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Vehicle 56303


Class 100

Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30445
Diagram: 537

Allocations

w/e 09/11/57 New to 64A (St Margarets)
c. summer-58 Transferred to Leith Central
Nov-59Depot code change64H
3w/e 31/10/65 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 67A (Corkerhill)
3w/e 02/07/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 17/06/67 On loan to 52J (South Gosforth)
2w/e 01/07/67 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
3w/e 03/10/70 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
18/12/75 Withdrawn from NR (Norwich) - condition / surplus

Notes

09/04/77 - withdrawn vehicles in Ely Yard: 56303, 79086, 79089, 79100, 79103, 79104, 79105, 79109, 79156, 79157, 79158, 79161, 79162, 79164

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51111 56303 As delivered to 64A - November 1957
51111 56303 Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 31/10/65
51111 56303 Transfer to 67A - 3w/e 30/04/66
51120 56303 Transfer to 32A - 3w/e 03/10/70
50418 56303 Noted 02/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds1
50347 56303 Noted 01/09/71 - at Ipswich2
52 50375 56303 Noted circa e1972 - at Bury St Edmunds1
68 51118 56303 Noted circa mid-1972 - at Bury St Edmunds1
71 51125 56303 Noted circa late 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds1
71 51125 56303 Noted 10/02/73 - on Norwich depot3
54 51274 56303 Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds1
51274 56303 Noted 03/03/73 - on Stratford depot1
71 51125 56303 Noted 20/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1
71 51125 56303 Noted 09/11/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1
51125 56303 Noted 02/1974 - at Peterborough4
71 51125 56303 Noted 02/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
41 50363 56303 Noted 15/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
41 50363 56303 Noted 15/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
41 50363 56303 Noted 28/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
41 50363 56303 Listed at NR - 19/07/75

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Peter Wallwork

Images:

Class 100 DMU at East Anglia

Unknown date

Withdrawn in 1975, 56303 lingered for a few years before arriving at Snailwell for disposal in 1980. Taken sometime in that period, at either Ely or March which were popular storage places for withdrawn stock. AA McLean.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 1st July 1972

Set number: 68

51118 & 56303 comprise set 68, seen at Brundall on the 1st July 1972. Tim Stubbs.

DMU

Date: 1st July 1972

Set number: 68

Set 68 (51118 & 56303) seen in Norwich back yard on the 1st July 1972. Tim Stubbs.