Vehicle 56296
Class 122
Builder: GRC&W
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30420
Diagram: 538
Allocations
| 2w/e 12/07/58 | New to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| Jul-75 | Stored | ||
| w/e 11/10/75 | Reinstated | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 22/11/82 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 55016 | 56296 | Noted 8th July 1958 - at Southall | |||||||
| 56293 | 56295 | 56296 | Noted 29/09/1968 - at Tyseley Open Day, apparently spare 1 | ||||||
| 55017 | 56296 | Noted 01/04/69 - at Tyseley2 | |||||||
| 56293 | 56295 | 56296 | Noted 28/09/1969 - at Tyseley Open Day, in same siding as previous year 1 | ||||||
| 50854 | 56296 | 50907 | Noted 20/12/77 - at Nottingham3 | ||||||
| 50854 | 56296 | 50907 | Noted 04/01/78 | ||||||
| 51110 | 56296 | 50766 | Noted 21/03/78 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 51110 | 56296 | 50766 | Noted 08/04/1978 - at Burton-on-Trent1 | ||||||
| TS404 | 50766 | 56296 | 51110 | Listed at TS - circa Sep-78 | |||||
| TS403 | 50786 | 56296 | 50325 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 - 50325 was running int TS406 in place of fire-damaged 50326 | |||||
| 56296 | Noted 15/06/1980 - loose vehicle on Tyseley depot 1 | ||||||||
| 56296 | Noted 02/08/1980 - in Swindon Works 1 | ||||||||
| 56295 | 56296 | Noted 13/02/1983 - spare cars on Tyseley depot 1 |
Formation Sources
1: Martin Lumley
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
Images:
25th August 1959
GRC&W DTS W56296 is attached to the front of two Class 116 sets on the 4.25pm Wellington - Lapworth service seen approaching Bentley Heath crossing on the 25th August 1959. Michael Mensing.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 2nd August 1978
Set number: TS404
A hybrid dmu set, with the set number TS404, waits between duties at Leicester station on 2 August 1978. The individual car numbers are: 51110 - Class 100 DMBS; 56296 - Class 122 DTS; 50766 - Class 105 DMBS. Lewis Bevan.