Vehicle 50347
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
| Aug-57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | - on loan from 64A |
| Sep-57 | On loan to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| w/e 16/11/57 | Ex-loan back to | 64A (St Margarets) | |
| c. summer-58 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 2w/e 26/10/62 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 29/12/62 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 19/05/68 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 4w/e 30/05/70 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| w/e 29/01/72 | Withdrawn from | 32A (Norwich) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Norwich
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50347 | 56102 | As delivered to 9A - August 1957 - on loan from 64A | |||||||
| 50347 | 56102 | Transfer to 66C - 2w/e 26/10/62 | |||||||
| 50347 | 56102 | Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66 | |||||||
| 50347 | 56301 | Noted 12/08/68 - at Cambridge1 | |||||||
| 50347 | 56121 | Noted 06/03/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2 | |||||||
| 50347 | 56121 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||||
| 50347 | 56121 | Noted 23/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||||
| 50347 | 56303 | Noted 01/09/71 - at Ipswich3 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
Images:
29th March 1964
A Gloucester twin set on Corkerhill MPD on 29 March 1964. SC50347 is closest, which has Rosewell on the destination blind, not normally seen on a Glasgow set. Stuart Mackay Collection.
1970
The 13.10 from Cambridge and is standing in the former March platform at St Ives (Huntingdonshire) sometime during 1970. It is formed of a hybrid DMU with a Class 100 DMBS (possibly E50347) and a Class 105 DTCL. Tom Burnham.