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Vehicle 56374 / 54374


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

25/09/58 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
2w/e 12/01/63 Transferred to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
May-73Depot code changeGF
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
w/e 12/11/78 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
31/05/81 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
03/10/82 Reinstated BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
20/05/84 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
12/05/85 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
11/05/86 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
28/09/86 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56374 - original number
54374 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

02/04/77 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 01/12/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51216 56374 As delivered to 53C - 25th September 1958
51216 56374 Transfer to South Gosforth - 2w/e 12/01/63
50378 56374 Noted 03/09/71 - at Ipswich1
50296 56374 Noted 25/08/1973 - at Carlisle2
N117 50296 56374 Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central, set number only on 563743
N117 50296 56374 Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number on on 563743
50296 56374 Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central3
51221 56374 Noted 18/08/78 - on 14:26 Sunderland - Newcastle4
51208 56374 Transfer to NL - w/e 12/11/78
51208 56374 Transfer to HT - 31/05/81 - from NL
51216 56374 Noted 16/11/81 - at Thornaby
50199 56374 Noted circa 02/19835
53199 54374 Noted circa 11/19835
77 53199 54374 Noted 08/06/84 - at Norwich3
53252 54374 Noted circa 02/19865

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Newcastle

Unknown date

A two-car Met-Camm set with Carlisle on the blinds at the western end of Newcastle station, date unknown. Its a (N)ER set, E56374 closest. Both the driver and tail lamp seem to be at this end. Walter Burt Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

7th February 1988

E54374 at Snailwell on 7th February 1988. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 16th November 1981

E51216 + E56374 at Thornaby on November 16, 1981. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 7th February 1988

E52083 seen from the rear with E54374 part on the right at Snailwell on 7th February 1988. Nicholas Youngman.