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Vehicle 56317


Class 100

Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30445
Diagram: 537

Allocations

w/e 23/02/58 New to 64A (St Margarets)
c. summer-58 Transferred to Leith Central
Nov-59Depot code change64H
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 17/06/67 On loan to South Gosforth
2w/e 01/07/67 Transferred to South Gosforth
3w/e 15/03/69 Transferred to 31A (Cambridge)
4w/e 30/05/70 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
11/10/73 Withdrawn from NR (Norwich)
p/e 29/12/73 Reinstated NR (Norwich) - (store)
w/e 04/05/74 Withdrawn from NR (Norwich)

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51125 56317 As delivered to 64A - February 1958
51125 56317 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 07/05/66
51114 56317 Noted 18/08/69 - at Peterborough1
50417 56317 Noted circa Sep-70 - at Ipswich2
50346 56317 Noted 18/09/70 - at Peterborough1
51123 56317 Noted 03/09/71 - at Ipswich1
49 50365 56317 Noted circa 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51 50249 56317 Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds3
58 51282 56317 Noted 07/04/73 - on Norwich depot2
51120 56317 Noted 20/05/73
63 51284 56317 Noted 23/06/73 - at Bury St Edmunds3
65 51114 56317 Noted 22/09/73 - at Bury St Edmunds3
65 51114 56317 Noted 01/11/73 - at Bury St Edmunds3

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Gerald Brown

Images:

Class 100 DMU at Craiglockhart

6th September 1962

A GRC&W twin DMU in Craiglockhart station on Edinburgh Inner Circle service on 6 September 1962. DTCL Sc56317 is closest, allocated to Leith Central depot (64H) at the time. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 100 DMU at Drem Junction

2nd May 1964

SC56317 leads a Gloucester twin on a North Berwick service at Drem Junction on 2 May 1964. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 100 DMU at Carmarthen

22nd November 1975

Class 100 DTCL E56317 is seen stabled in a siding at Carmarthen on 22 November 1975 awaiting movement to a new life in preservation on the Gwili Railway. The vehicle had spent just 16 years in service with BR, it would stay on the Gwili Railway for almost 20 years. This was followed by 20 years of storage at a variety of other sites before disposal in 2016. Robert Thomas.

Class 100 DMU at Carmarthen

8th May 1976

Class 100 DTCL E56317 stabled at Carmarthen on 8 May 1976. It was awaiting movement to preservation. Note the roof has been painted in two different shades.From memory the other side was painted red as part of a livery experiment. Robert Thomas.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 7th April 1974

Views of the experimental liveries applied to E56315 (white-orange) and E56317 (blue) at Wolverton on 7th April 1974. Keith Gunner.

DMU

Date: 7th April 1974

Experimental liveries applied to E56315 (yellow) and E56317 (red), seen at Wolverton on 7th April 1974. Neither vehicle seems to have returned to passenger traffic, 56315 became part of the Fisons weedkiller train in July '74 and 56317 was in preservation by 1975 at the Gwilli Railway. Keith Gunner.