Vehicle 56392 / 54392
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
| w/e 31/05/58 | New to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| 4w/e 29/08/59 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 04/11/72 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DE | |
| 29/05/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| p/e 10/09/78 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
| 20/05/84 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | - Darlington closed |
| 28/09/86 | Withdrawn from | HT (Heaton) | |
| 02/11/86 | Reinstated | HT (Heaton) | |
| 16/11/86 | Withdrawn from | HT (Heaton) | |
| 12/04/87 | Reinstated | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 14/06/87 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
Notes
29th May 1958 - Seen in 8-car set passing through Preston en route from Metro-Cammell to Cowlairs.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56392 - original number
54392 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 13/10/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51234 | 56392 | Noted 29th May 1958 - en route from Saltley to Cowlairs | |||||||
| 51234 | 56392 | As delivered to 62B - May 1958 | |||||||
| 51234 | 56392 | Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 29/08/59 | |||||||
| 30 | 51234 | 56392 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | ||||||
| 51234 | 56392 | Noted 06/04/72 - passing Polmadie1 | |||||||
| 51234 | 56392 | Transfer to 62B - Oct-72 | |||||||
| 51237 | 56392 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley2 | |||||||
| 51237 | 56392 | Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket3 | |||||||
| 50292 | 56392 | Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh 4 | |||||||
| 51457 | 56392 | Noted 01/06/74 - Angus Railway Group 'Buchan Belle' railtour | |||||||
| 50291 | 56392 | Noted 08/09/1975 - on 09:22 Dundee to Edinburgh4 | |||||||
| 51210 | 56392 | Noted 22/01/78 - at Benton | |||||||
| 50221 | 56392 | Noted 29th September 1980 | |||||||
| 50248 | 56392 | Noted 16/01/19825 | |||||||
| 53221 | 54392 | Noted 02/06/83 - at Darlington | |||||||
| 53223 | 54392 | Noted circa 03/19855 | |||||||
| 53233 | 54392 | Noted circa 02/19865 | |||||||
| 53225 | 54392 | Noted 12/04/86 - on 17:35 Newcastle - Darlington | |||||||
| 53164 | 54392 | Noted circa 10/19865 | |||||||
| 51433 | 54392 | Noted 22/11/19865 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
early 1960s
A Met-Camm (SC56392 closest) and a GRC&W set sitting in Elderslie station in the early 1960s. Hamish Stevenson.
1st June 1974
A Metro Cammell dmu at a goods platform - from the former Fraserburgh passenger station. The railtour, organised by the Angus Railway Group, that ran from Perth to Fraserbugh, via Dundee & Aberdeen on 01-06-1974, also covered the Brechin and Aberdeen Waterloo Quay braches. I joined the train at Aberdeen, where I was a 1st year student at the time. The train was a class 101 power-trailer diesel multiple unit (56392 + 51457). Gordon Thomson.
1st June 1974
The 'Buchan Belle' railtour at Maud Junction, 01-06-1974. It was formed of 56392 + 51457. Gordon Thomson.
1st June 1974
A view from the signal box at Strichen, with Metro Cammell dmu on the 'Buchan Belle' railtour. It ran on 01-06-1974 formed of 51457 + 56392. Gordon Thomson.
1st June 1974
The 'Buchan Belle' railtour at Udny on 01-06-1974, formed of 56392 + 51457. Gordon Thomson.
Unknown date
A two-car Met-Camm set with DTCL Sc56392 closest at Motherwell, circa late 1960s. Graham Clark.
22nd January 1978
E56392 + E51210 approaching Benton on the 22nd January 1978. Ian Francis.
7th March 1980
56392 seen at York on 7th March 1980. Nicholas Youngman Collection.
January 1985
A Class 101 power-trailer set leaves Newcastle for Sunderland in January 1985 lead by E54392. Andrew McConnell.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1st June 1974
Set number: 62
The 'Buchan Belle' railtour stops at platform 8 of Aberdeen station on the return journey from Fraserburgh to Perth. It carries a set number (62) in the cab window, and was formed 51457 + 56392. John McIntyre.
Date: 1st June 1974
The 'Buchan Belle' awaiting departure from Fraserburgh back to Aberdeen and Perth, 01-06-1974. It was formed of 51457 + 56392. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 1st June 1974
The Buchan Belle railtour at Maud Junction on 01-06-1974 - seen from the Peterhead platforms. The tour was formed of 51457 + 56392. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 1st June 1974
The 'Buchan Belle' railtour at Strichen station and signal box, beside milepost 36 3/4, on 01-06-1974. It was formed of 51457 + 56392. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 1st June 1974
A Metro Cammell dmu (51457 + 56392) standing at Udny during a photo stop. This was the 'Buchan Belle' railtour on 01-06-1974. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 1st June 1974
A Metro Cammell dmu on the 'Buchan Belle' railtour at Ellon, 01-06-1974. It was formed of 51457 + 56392. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 1st June 1974
The 'Buchan Belle' railtour on 1/6/74 at Fraserburgh goods yard formed of 51457 + 56392. The tracks into the station had been lifted by this time. John McIntyre.
Date: 2nd June 1983
While maintenance work progresses with the overall station roof, Class 101 DMU cars E53221 + E54392 enter Darlington station, 02/06/1983. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 2nd June 1983
A Class 101 DMU formed of E53221 + E54392 is seen between duties in platform 3 at Darlington, 02/06/1983. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 12th April 1986
53225 + 54392 at Monkwearmouth with the 17:35 Newcastle - Darlington service on April 12, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.