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Vehicle 56401 / 54401

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 28/06/58	New to	62B (Dundee)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
May-68	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
May-71	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 04/11/72	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)
May-73	Depot code change	DE
w/e 06/04/74	Transferred to	HN (Hamilton)
Jun-74	Stored S.
w/e 13/07/74	Reinstated	HN (Hamilton)
17/05/75	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
3w/e 04/01/76	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
23/09/87	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
10/03/88	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)	- as LMR list, ER had to Crewe 28/02
Mar-88	Stored	CP
3w/e 20/05/88	Reinstated	TS (Tyseley)
Nov-88	Stored S.	CP PSPX
17/05/89	Withdrawn from	CP PXXZ

Notes

January 1989 - Seen stored in Crewe carriage sidings

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56401 - original number
54401 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 02/06/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51243	56401	As delivered to 62B - June 1958
	51253	56401	Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 30/04/66
	51244	56401	Noted 16/08/70 - at Leith Central¹
	51242	56401	Transfer to 66C - May-71
31	51242	56401	Listed at 66C - 1972
	51242	56401	Transfer to 62B - 4w/e 04/11/72
	51239	56401	Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley²
	51224	56401	Transfer to HN - w/e 06/04/74
54	51274	56401	Noted 05/07/75 - at Bury St Edmunds³
54	51274	56401	Listed at NR - 19/07/75
54	51274	56401	Noted 02/08/1975 - at Birmingham New Street ⁴
	51207	56401	Noted 30/12/75 - at Brough¹
	51207	56401	Transfer to NL - 3w/e 04/01/76
	50224	56401	Noted circa 01/1977⁵
	50224	56401	Noted 04/08/79 - at Keighley
	50224	56401	Noted circa 10/1982⁵
	50224	56401	Noted 19/01/83 - at Clayton West
	50224	56401	Noted circa 03/1983⁵
	53224	54401	Noted 16/05/1984⁵
	53224	54401	Listed at NL - 01/01/85
	53224	54401	Noted circa 07/1985⁵
	53224	54401	Noted circa 09/1986⁵
T212	53866	54401	Formed at TS circa May-88

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

Images:

1977

A two-car Met-Camm power-trailer set at Skipton in 1977. E56401 leads with Leeds on its destination blind. Michael Mensing.

4th August 1979

Refurbished set 56401 / 50224 seen at Keighley on 4/8/79. Robert Frise.

19th January 1983

E56401 and E50224 waiting to depart from Clayton West with 2L74 the 1250 to Huddersfield 19th January 1983, three days before closure of the branch. Keith Long.

September 1984

DTC E54401 is at the front of a two-car Met-Camm / three-car Class 104 set departing from Southport for Manchester in September 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

24th April 1988

Class 101 DTS 54401 is seen at Tyseley on April 24, 1988. Recently transferred from Heaton, it still carries MetroTrain branding. Andy Cole.

28th March 1989

54401 stored in Crewe Carriage Sidings on March 28, 1989. Colin Brooks.

28th March 1989

DMU vehicles in Crewe Carriage Sidings on March 28, 1989, 54401 on the left. Colin Brooks.

21st February 1992

Set number: T212

Class 101 DTSL 54401 at Snailwell on 21 February 1992. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 18th June 1978

A two-car Class 101 DMU formed of E50224 and presumably E56401 at Bradford Hammerton Street on 18 June 1978. Brian Daniels.

Date: 19th January 1983

E50224 and E56401 waiting to depart from Clayton West with 2L74 the 1250 to Huddersfield 19th January 1983, three days before closure of the branch. Keith Long.

Date: 19th January 1983

E50224 and E56401 waiting to depart from Clayton West with 2L74 the 1250 to Huddersfield 19th January 1983, three days before closure of the branch. Keith Long.

Date: 17th September 1988

Set number: T230

T230 (54011 + 53030) on the 09:53 Skegness - Grantham taken from T212 (M53866 + 54401) at Sleaford, 17th September 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

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