Vehicle 56053 / 54053
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30260
Diagram: 630
Allocations
| 03/05/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| Oct-61 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 2w/e 25/03/79 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 12/04/87 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 14/06/87 | Withdrawn from | HT (Heaton) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56053 - original number
54053 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 18/05/1979 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50201 | 56053 | As delivered to 51A - 3rd May 1957 | |||||||
| 50201 | 56053 | Transfer to South Gosforth - Oct-61 | |||||||
| 51210 | 56053 | Noted 01/04/70 - at Newcastle1 | |||||||
| 51206 | 56053 | Noted 03/04/711 | |||||||
| 51206 | 56053 | Noted 29/06/73 - at Newcastle1 | |||||||
| 51206 | 56053 | Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot2 | |||||||
| 50258 | 56053 | Noted circa 10/19813 | |||||||
| 53258 | 54053 | Noted 10/08/85 - at Norwich - a BG set strengthening a Birmingham - Norwich service2 | |||||||
| 53258 | 54053 | Noted circa 05/19863 | |||||||
| 53258 | 54053 | Noted 30/11/19863 | |||||||
| 53258 | 54053 | Noted 28th December 1986 | |||||||
| 53258 | 54053 | Noted 11/04/1987 - Industrial Railway Society Rowntree Requiem Railtour |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
10th December 1983
54053 carries 'Sheffield' on it's destination blind when seen at Chesterfield on the 10th December 1983. Chris Lings.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 11th April 1987
The Industrial Railway Society "Rowntree Requiem" Railtour at Rowntree's Halt, York, on April 11, 1987. One of the shortest travelled railtours ever to run on the national network in the UK, the IRS organised the tour to coincide with their AGM held in York the same afternoon. The tour started from York at 12.35 and ran to the Rowntree Staff Halt on the Foss Island freight branch arriving at 12.45. It then returned to York at 13.10 with a 13.20 arrival giving a total of 45mins in service and a route mileage of just 2m 48ch (2½ miles) for the round trip. Six Bells Junction notes the vehicle as 53258 + 54053. Adrian Nicholls.
Date: 23rd October 1988
Class 119 51087 with E54053 behind at Snailwell on 23 October 1988. Nicholas Youngman.