Vehicle 56338
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30468
Diagram: 630
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 51180 during the unknown period are:
| 15/11/58 | New to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| 20/06/60 | Depot code change | 21E | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2H | |
| 3w/e 31/01/65 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) |
Then the allocations for 56338 are:
| 18/06/72 | Withdrawn from | 6A (Chester) | - fire damage |
56338 was involved in the following incident:
08/05/72 - Chester General Station, LMR
Collision and Fire involving Class 108 / Class 24
An oil train ran away and crashed in the station. More Details.
Disposal
Scrapped by J Cashmore, Great Bridge arrived Dec-72 cut circa 1973
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51180 | 56338 | As delivered to 3E - 15th November 1958 | |||||||
| 51197 | 56338 | Noted 08/05/1972 - At Chester Station when runaway freight train crashed and caught fire. 56338 destroyed.1 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
Images:
March 1960
A pair of Metro Cammell 2-car sets with whiskers at Marston Green, March 1960. The number of of the leading DTCL appears to be M56338. Gordon Hopkinson.
15th August 1961
A two-car and a three-car Met-Camm DMU form the 1.25pm to Rugby Midland waiting to leave from platform 4 of Birmingham New Street station on 15 April 1961. Closest is M56338 - one of the vehicles that would be withdrawn after the tanker crash at Chester station in May 1972. Michael Mensing.
May 1972
A burnt out Class 101 DTC at Chester. Probably M56338 after the tanker crash that happened in Chester station on May 8th 1972. Walter Burt Collection.