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Vehicle 56072 / 54072


Class 101

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30262
Diagram: 630

Allocations

31/07/57 New to 54A (Sunderland)
3w/e 30/08/58 Transferred to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
4w/e 02/01/65 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
May-73Depot code changeDN
2w/e 09/05/82 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
16/05/82 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
03/10/82 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
13/05/84 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
27/05/84 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
12/05/85 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
11/05/86 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
22/06/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
Jun-86 Stored
28/09/86 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

Notes

8th August 1986 - Seen stored in Falkland Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56072 - original number
54072 - from Feb-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 03/10/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50220 56072 As delivered to 54A - 31st July 1957
50220 56072 Noted 27th October 1957
50214 56072 Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 02/01/65
50220 56072 Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
50294 56072 Noted 10/09/72 - at Darlington1
50220 56072 Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle2
50220 56072 Noted 29/06/73 - at Darlington1
N155 50294 56072 Noted 29/08/74 - at Darlington, set number on solebar of 560723
50224 56072 Noted 06/09/75 - at Darlington1
50155 56072 Noted 17/11/75 - at Brough1
50155 56072 Noted 03/01/76 - at Darlington1
50200 56072 Noted 22/08/81 - at Darlington
53210 54072 Noted circa 10/19834
53210 54072 Noted 25/05/84 - at Norwich3
86 53210 54072 Noted 16/07/84 - on 12:20 Norwich to Lowestoft
86 53210 54072 Noted circa 10/19844
86 53210 54072 Noted 14/02/19854
51246 54072 Noted circa 02/19864

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Lowestoft

16th July 1984

Set number: 86

Class 101 Metro Cammell 2-car DMU with 54072 foremost (and 53210 behind) after arrival at Lowestoft with the 12-20 ex-Norwich on 16-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 31st August 1975

On 31/08/1975, a Class 101 formation (visible being 56398 + 51219 / 56072 + 50217 / 50182) is seen at Shildon forming a shuttle between there and Darlington. The occasion was the 150th Anniversary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. There was a procession of steam and diesel locomotives running from Shildon Works yard to Aycliffe and on to Darlington. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 22nd August 1981

E50200 + E56072 / E56378 + E50221, Darlington, August 22, 1981. Darlington based Class 101s were always smartly turned out, contrasting with their Heaton based counterparts. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 16th July 1984

Set number: 86

Class 101 Metro Cammell 2-car DMU 53210 + 54072 at Norwich with the 12-20 to Lowestoft, 16-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.