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Vehicle 56389 / 54389


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 24/05/58 New to 62B (Dundee)
Jun-59 Transferred to Leith Central
Nov-59Depot code change64H
4w/e 21/11/59 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 02/10/69 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
Feb-72 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
May-73Depot code changeDE
4w/e 02/07/77 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
05/11/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
3w/e 04/02/79 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
28/09/86 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

Notes

15th May 1958 - Seen in 8-car set passing through Preston en route from Metro-Cammell to Cowlairs.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56389 - original number
54389 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 09/02/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51231 56389 Noted 15th May 1958 - en route from Saltley to Cowlairs
51231 56389 As delivered to 62B - May 1958
51231 56389 Noted 11th August 1958
51231 56389 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 21/11/59
51231 56389 Transfer to 64H - 4w/e 02/10/69
50291 56389 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley1
51239 56389 Noted 30/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley2
51483 56389 51520 Noted 11/10/77 - on 2G83 1716 North Berwick-Edinburgh
51463 56389 51520 Noted 14/10/77 - on 2H66 1918 Edinburgh-Dunblane
191 51224 56389 51533 Listed at ED - mid-May-78
50167 56389 Noted circa 08/19813
50167 56389 Noted circa 03/19833
53167 54389 Noted 27/09/1983 - Manchester Picc3
53230 54389 Noted 16/05/19843
53230 54389 Noted 22/07/84 - at Hull Paragon
53230 54389 Noted 03/05/19863

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Hull Paragon

25th April 1987

A pair of Metro-Cammell sets wait under Hull Paragon's roof on 25th April 1987. The leading car on the left is E54389 and on the far right, the new perspex waiting room is under construction. Syd Young.