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<- 56363 | 56364 | 56365 ->

Vehicle 56364 / 54364


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

08/08/58 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 30/04/60 Transferred to 55F (Manningham)
4w/e 03/03/62 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
4w/e 30/06/62 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
2w/e 12/01/63 Transferred to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
Oct-68 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
w/e 29/11/75 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
20/05/84 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
05/04/87 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
14/06/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
09/09/88 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56364 - original number
54364 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 02/05/1980 released in blue/grey livery

56364 was involved in the following incident:


15/3/72 - Whittlesea, ER

Collision involving Class 101 / Parcels Train

Info from Peter Mullen, Ipswich Transport Society

A communication failure saw a DMU formed of 56364 + 51207 run into the back of a Parcels Train during 'Time Interval Working'. 56364 was the damaged vehicle. More Details.


Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51206 56364 As delivered to 56G - 8th August 1958
51206 56364 Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
51206 56364 Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 03/03/62
51206 56364 Transfer to 50C - 4w/e 30/06/62
51206 56364 Transfer to South Gosforth - 2w/e 12/01/63
51217 56364 Noted 24/07/69 - at Cambridge1
51115 56364 Noted 18/09/70 - at Ely2
51223 56364 Noted 01/09/71 - at Ipswich2
51223 56364 Noted 03/09/71 - at Cambridge2
74 51207 56364 Noted 15/03/72 - involved in collision at Whittlesea, 56364 was the damaged vehicle3
34 50387 56364 Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds1
51207 56364 Noted 02/05/73 - at Cambridge1
74 51207 56364 Noted circa late 1973 - at Bury St Edmunds1
78 51222 56364 Noted 16/02/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
78 51222 56364 Noted 02/03/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
78 51222 56364 Noted 10/08/74 - at Norwich1
78 51222 56364 Noted 24/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
78 51222 56364 Noted 31/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1
78 51222 56364 Listed at NR - 19/07/75
78 51222 56364 Noted 27/09/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1
50253 56364 Noted 11/02/76 - at Brough2
50253 56364 Noted 06/03/76 - at Hull2
51217 54364 Noted circa 10/19834
75 51217 54364 Noted 14/06/84 - at Norwich1
75 51217 54364 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
75 51217 54364 Listed at NC - Dec-85
75 51217 54364 Noted 12/04/19864
75 51217 54364 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
75 51217 54364 Listed at NC - Apr-87
75 53227 54364 Noted 31/08/87 - at Heworth

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Yarmouth Vauxhall

14th November 1970

DMU leaving Yarmouth Vauxhall on November 14, 1970. The 14.47 to Norwich is passing the signalbox on a drizzly November day. The extensive carriage sidings can be seen in the distance. Closest is Class 101 DTCL E56364, furthest is Class 100 E51115. Tom Burnham.

Class 101 DMU at Sudbury

1st April 1985

Set number: 75

Class 101 DMU set 75 (54364 + 51217) departs from Sudbury on 1 April 1985. An image from the Jim Freebury Railway Slide Archive Collection. David Page.

Class 101 DMU at Reedham

circa mid-1980s

Set number: 75

A two-car Class 101 DMU heads towards the swing bridge at Reedham. Closest is DTCL 54364 which dates this between May 1984 and April 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Tyseley

14th June 1986

Set number: 75

Class 101 DTS 54364 (part of Norwich set 75) is seen at Tyseley on June 14, 1986. Andy Cole.

Class 101 DMU at Heworth

31st August 1987

Set number: 75

E54364 + E53227 at Heworth on August 31, 1987. John Carter.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 30th October 1984

Set number: 75

Class 101 numbers E51217 and E54364 are departing from Norwich Thorpe with the 1505 to Sheringham, Class 03 No 03158 is about to shunt the stock of a train which has just arrived from London Liverpool Street to release the train engine. Keith Long.

DMU

Date: 1st April 1985

Set number: 75

Class 101 DMU set 75 (51217 + 54364) arrives into Marks Tey station with a Sudbury service on 1 April 1985. An image from the Jim Freebury Railway Slide Archive Collection. David Page.

DMU

Date: 1st April 1985

Set number: 75

Class 101 DMU set 75 (51217 + 54364) arrives into Sudbury station on 1 April 1985. An image from the Jim Freebury Railway Slide Archive Collection. David Page.

DMU

Date: 1st April 1985

Set number: 75

Class 101 DMU set 75 (54364 + 51217) in Sudbury station on 1 April 1985. An image from the Jim Freebury Railway Slide Archive Collection. David Page.

DMU

Date: 10th August 1985

Set number: 75

51217 sits at the front of set 75 (presumably with 54364) in the very dilapidated station at Felixstowe on August 10, 1985. David Christie.

DMU

Date: 28th May 1986

Set number: 75

Class 101 set 75 (presumably 51217 + 54364) arrives into Hitchin to form a 12:xx Hitchin - Peterborough service on Wednesday 28th May 1986. Colin Brooks.