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Vehicle 56386 / 54386


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

3w/e 17/05/58 New to 62B (Dundee)
4w/e 04/07/59 Transferred to Leith Central
Nov-59Depot code change64H
3w/e 27/08/60 On loan to 51A (Darlington)
3w/e 17/12/60 Ex-loan back to 64H (Leith Central)
w/e 03/06/61 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-68 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
Feb-72 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
May-73Depot code changeDE
4w/e 01/03/75 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
25/12/77 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
2w/e 11/06/78 Transferred to DN (Darlington)
13/05/84 Transferred to HT (Heaton) - Darlington closed
11/05/86 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
28/09/86 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56386 - original number
54386 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 25/08/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51228 56386 As delivered to 62B - May 1958
51228 56386 Transfer to Leith Central - 4w/e 04/07/59
51228 56386 Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 27/08/60 - on loan
51228 56386 Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 17/12/60 - ex-NER
51228 56386 Transfer to 66C - w/e 03/06/61
51233 56386 Noted 03/08/19721
51233 56386 Noted 26/07/1973 - at Haymarket2
51228 56386 Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket3
51228 56386 Noted 19/09/73 - at Leuchars4
51237 56386 Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh 1
51237 56386 Noted 07/08/1974 - at Dundee1
51237 56386 Noted 27/08/74 - at Arbroath3
51250 56386 Noted 31/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley4
51250 56386 Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley4
51474 56386 50159 Noted 05/09/76 - on Haymarket depot3
51250 56386 50264 Noted 13/08/77 - at Haymarket3
51208 56386 Noted 22/01/78 - at Manors
51441 56386 Noted 15/04/1978 - at Newcastle 1
50233 56386 Transfer to DN - 2w/e 11/06/78
50221 56386 Noted 02/07/81 - on 13.23 Darlington to Saltburn
50221 56386 Noted 19/07/81 - at Stockton
50295 56386 Noted circa 10/19825
53255 54386 Noted circa 02/19865

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Benton

22nd January 1978

56386 is on the back of this set departing Benton on 22/1/78. Iain Munro adds "the unit is heading towards the coast. The feather on the signal is for the curve to join the East Coast Main line towards Newcastle, and the point work diverging to the left in the distance is the chord to the East Coast Main Line towards Morpeth." Ian Francis.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

7th February 1988

E54386 at Snailwell on 7th February 1988. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 22nd January 1978

E51208 and E56386 at Manors on 22/1/78. Ian Francis.

DMU

Date: 2nd July 1981

The 13.23 Darlington to Saltburn service stands at Middlesbrough on Thursday July 2nd 1981 formed of a Class 101 Metro-Cammell twin unit. The power car leading (E50221) is looking smart having been in for a works overhaul four months before. New in August 1957 it was no stranger to the area, having been based at Sunderland, South Gosforth or Darlington all its life. It is paired with E56386. Gerard Fletcher.

DMU

Date: 19th July 1981

On the 19th July 1981 50221 and 56386 are seen at Stockton. Jerry Glover.

DMU

Date: 15th July 1985

E51226 + E54386 arrive at Greatham with a Darlington-Hartlepool service on 15 July 1985. John Carter.