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Vehicle 50342


Class 100

Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30278
Diagram: 536

Allocations

w/e 30/06/57 New to 9A (Longsight) - on loan from 64A
Sep-57 On loan to 5D (Cockshute)
w/e 09/11/57 Ex-loan back to 64A (St Margarets)
c. summer-58 Transferred to Leith Central
Nov-59Depot code change64H
2w/e 11/03/61 On loan to 61A (Kittybrewster)
2w/e 22/04/61 Ex-loan back to 64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 26/10/62 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 30/04/72 Transferred to 62B (Dundee) - 64H closed
22/10/72 Withdrawn from 62B (Dundee)
13/01/73 Reinstated 64B (Haymarket) - due to DMU shortage
Feb-73 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
Feb-73 Transferred to 64B (Haymarket)
May-73Depot code changeHA
Jun-74 Stored S.
w/e 06/07/74 Reinstated HN (Hamilton)
w/e 24/05/75 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
w/e 28/06/75 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
2w/e 20/03/76 Transferred to HN (Hamilton)
w/e 17/04/76 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath) - returned from HN, 50766 sent instead
Feb-78 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
3w/e 30/06/79 Transferred to LO (Longsight)
15/08/82 Withdrawn from LO (Longsight)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50342 56097 As delivered to 9A - w/e 30/06/57 - on loan from 64A
50342 56097 Noted 26th February 1958 - On driver instruction work on Kelvin Valley branch
50342 56097 Transfer to 61A - 2w/e 11/03/61
50342 56097 Transfer to 64H - 4w/e 06/05/61
50342 56097 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 10/11/62
50342 56097 Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66
50342 56097 Noted 03/08/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley 1
50342 51112 Noted 26/07/1973 - at Haymarket2
50342 56406 Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket (50342 still green)3
14/15 50340 56484 50342 Listed at Hamilton - circa Aug-74 - Two brake vehicles, one carrying 14 the other 15.
50342 56470 Transfer to NH - w/e 28/06/75
50342 56470 Noted 28/08/75 - in Liverpool Exchange3
50342 59183 50527 Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria4
50342 56267 50812 Noted 28/04/78 - on 12:10 Leamington Spa - Birmingham Moor Street

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

Images:

Class 100 DMU at Birmingham New Street

30th September 1957

Sc50342 (on loan from the ScR) is at the front of a two-car GRC&W / two-car Cravens / possibly a BG formation in Birmingham New Street. They are working the 1.05pm service to Wolverhampton on September 30, 1957 Michael Mensing.

Class 100 DMU at Haymarket depot

Unknown date

Sc50342 stabled in Haymarket depot. It's DTC is in blue livery. Undated. Tony Wilkins.

Class 100 DMU at Montrose

Unknown date

Sc50342 at Montrose, probably on a Dundee service. Undated. The red colour of the seat covering can be clearly seen. Tony Wilkins.

Class 100 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

circa 1972

Sc50342 - the last green liveried Class 100 DMU - seen departing Edinburgh Waverley in a cloud of exhaust, circa 1972. This the only green liveried DMU that I remember seeing in normal service - and also the only one I ever captured on film. We had just arrived in Edinburgh from London, and I was exploring the station, and just managed to get to the end of the northbound platforms in time to see it disappearing into the tunnel. Taken with my basic Kodak Brownie using 120 roll film. Chris McKee.

Class 100 DMU at Haymarket depot

June 1972

Class 100 DMBS Sc50342 on Haymarket depot in June 1972. It would remain in green for at least another year and was the final green DMU vehicle in passenger service (not including the later retro versions!). Alistair Ness.

Class 100 DMU at Dundee

circa August 1972

Sc50342 stabled at Dundee MPD Phil Bidwell.

Class 100 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

28th July 1973

GRCW DMBS No SC50342 at Edinburgh Waverley awaiting departure with 2L35, the 13:00 to Dundee on Saturday 28 July 1973. Its partner is a blue Met-Camm. Mr Deltic.

Class 100 DMU at Inverkeithing

31st July 1973

Inverkeithing Station looking south on 31/07/1973 at 0900 hours. Class 100 car SC50342 trails a 3-car set as it leaves for Edinburgh. Robert Hope.

Class 100 DMU at Dunfermline Townhill SSEB

25th August 1973

The BLS 'S&D Railtour' at Dunfermline Townhill SSEB on the 25th August 1973. Closest is Class 100 DMBS SC50342. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 100 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

September 1973

Still carrying green livery - SC50342 is seen in Edinburgh Waverley station in September 1973. 54A South Dock.

Class 100 DMU at Falkirk Grahamston

Unknown date

SC50342 in-between two Cravens vehicles at Falkirk Grahamston. Date unknown. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 100 DMU at Newton Heath depot

1977

M50342 at Newton Heath depot in 1977, attached to a Class 104 vehicle which looks like it could be M59146. Ian Francis.

Class 100 DMU at Five Ways

20th April 1978

Set number: TS411

A publicity image (BRB Central Photographic Unit negative W8378-7) showing hybrid Class 100/108/105 DMU set TS411 (presumably 50342 + 56267 + 50812) arriving into Five Ways station on 20 April 1978. British Rail.

Class 100 DMU at Leamington Spa

28th April 1978

The 12:10 to Birmingham Moor Street is seen departing from Leamington Spa on 28/04/1978. It is formed of Class 100 M50342, Class 108 M56267 and Class 105 M50812. Visible behind is Class 122 55006. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 100 DMU at Five Ways

27th May 1978

Set number: TS411

The Birmingham Cross-city line opened in 1978 and Tyseley depot was using some interesting hybrid Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) formations at the outset. Class 100 50342, class 108 56267 and class 105 50812 call at Five Ways with a Longbridge service on 27 May 1978. Chris Morrison.

Class 100 DMU at Reddish North

1st December 1979

Class 100 DMBS M50342 with a Class 105 DTCL arrives into Reddish North station on 1 December 1979. Brian Daniels.

Class 100 DMU at Stalybridge

3rd September 1981

A Class 100/105 hybrid, the DMBS believed to be M50342. Taken at Stalybridge on the 3rd September 1981. Malcolm Clements.

Class 100 DMU at Stalybridge

3rd September 1981

M50342 and a Class 105 DTC leave Stalybridge on the 3rd September 1981. Malcolm Clements.