Vehicle 56053 / 54053

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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14/06/87	Withdrawn from	HT (Heaton)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 livery

Disposal

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 14/07/1973 - Haltwhistle with 11.50 to Alston & 12.45 return2
	51206	56053							Noted 16/08/1975 - Walkergate on 2N77 16.25 Newcastle to Newcastle via Jesmond & Coast. Walker Gate in timetable but Walkergate on station signs2
	51206	56053							Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot3
	50258	56053							Noted 10/09/1980 - at Sheffield Midland4
	50258	56053							Noted 29/09/1980 - on Botanic Gardens depot4
	50258	56053							Noted circa 10/19815
	50258	56053							Noted 17/07/1982 - at Peterborough4
	50258	56053							Noted 19/09/1982 - on Botanic Gardens depot4
	53258	54053							Noted 02/05/1983 - at Leeds City4
	53258	54053							Noted 10/08/85 - at Norwich - a BG set strengthening a Birmingham - Norwich service3
	53258	54053							Noted circa 05/19865
	53258	54053							Noted 30/11/19865
	53258	54053							Noted 28th December 1986
	53258	54053							Noted 11/04/1987 - Industrial Railway Society Rowntree Requiem Railtour

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Alan N Walker
3: Gerald Brown
4: Martin Lumley
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

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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:

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Date: 8th January 1978

Two-car Class 102 DMU E51435+E56053 is pictured at Platform 1 at Manors on January 8th 1978, heading towards the coast via South Gosforth. Whilst this part of the station was demolished when the Metro system opened, Manors is still a station on the ECML, and Metro trains can still access Manors Metro station from West Jesmond on empty stock workings using part of the original line. The Haymarket to Tynemouth part of the Metro system opened on August 11th 1980. emdjt42.

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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.

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Date: 23rd October 1988

Class 119 51087 with E54053 behind at Snailwell on 23 October 1988. Nicholas Youngman.