Vehicle 56374 / 54374
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
| 25/09/58 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| 2w/e 12/01/63 | 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) | |
| w/e 12/11/78 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 31/05/81 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 03/10/82 | Reinstated | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 20/05/84 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) | |
| 12/05/85 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 28/09/86 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56374 - original number
54374 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
02/04/77 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 01/12/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51216 | 56374 | As delivered to 53C - 25th September 1958 | |||||||
| 51216 | 56374 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 2w/e 12/01/63 | |||||||
| 50378 | 56374 | Noted 03/09/71 - at Ipswich1 | |||||||
| 50620 | 56374 | Noted 05/10/1971 - Newcastle. 50620 "Nanny The Mazer", 56374 "Cushy Butterfield".2 | |||||||
| 50296 | 56374 | Noted 25/08/1973 - at Carlisle3 | |||||||
| N117 | 50296 | 56374 | Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central, set number only on 563744 | ||||||
| N117 | 50296 | 56374 | Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number on on 563744 | ||||||
| 50296 | 56374 | Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central4 | |||||||
| 51208 | 56374 | Noted 19/03/1977 - York5 | |||||||
| 51221 | 56374 | Noted 18/08/78 - on 14:26 Sunderland - Newcastle6 | |||||||
| 51208 | 56374 | Transfer to NL - w/e 12/11/78 | |||||||
| 51208 | 56374 | Noted 01/05/1979 - Manchester Victoria5 | |||||||
| 51208 | 56374 | Transfer to HT - 31/05/81 - from NL | |||||||
| 51216 | 56374 | Noted 16/11/81 - at Thornaby | |||||||
| 51429 | 56374 | Noted 12/06/1982 - at Carlisle Citadel5 | |||||||
| 50199 | 56374 | Noted circa 02/19837 | |||||||
| 53199 | 54374 | Noted circa 11/19837 | |||||||
| 77 | 53199 | 54374 | Noted 08/06/84 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
| 53252 | 54374 | Noted circa 02/19867 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Martin Lumley
6: Phil Shatford
7: Eddie Knorn
Images:
Unknown date
A two-car Met-Camm set with Carlisle on the blinds at the western end of Newcastle station, date unknown. Its a (N)ER set, E56374 closest. Both the driver and tail lamp seem to be at this end. Walter Burt Collection.
7th February 1988
E54374 at Snailwell on 7th February 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 16th November 1981
E51216 + E56374 at Thornaby on November 16, 1981. John Carter.
Date: 7th February 1988
E52083 seen from the rear with E54374 part on the right at Snailwell on 7th February 1988. Nicholas Youngman.