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Vehicle 56409 / 54409


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 26/07/58 New to 62B (Dundee)
4w/e 29/08/59 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
2w/e 18/11/61 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 30/04/72 Transferred to 62B (Dundee) - Leith depot closed
May-73Depot code changeDE
4w/e 29/06/74 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
4w/e 28/09/74 Transferred to HN (Hamilton)
4w/e 04/06/77 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
4w/e 02/07/77 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
w/e 21/08/77 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
16/03/86 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
12/04/87 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
14/06/87 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56409 - original number
54409 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 05/10/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51251 56409 As delivered to 62B - July 1958
51229 56409 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 29/08/59
51229 56409 Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66
51242 56409 Noted 16/08/70 - at Leith Central1
51242 56409 Noted 17/08/70 - at Edinburgh2
51224 56409 Noted 26/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley3
51224 56409 Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket2
51228 56409 Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh 4
188 51523 56409 51466 Noted 26/08/74 - in Glasgow Queen Street2
50209 56409 Transfer to HN - 4w/e 28/09/74
50225 56409 Noted 22/03/80 - with E51226 + E56370 on Newcastle - Middlesbrough service
50220 56409 Noted 15/02/81 - on a Darlington - Hartlepool service with E51478 + E56365 / E51499 + E56089
51214 56409 Noted circa 12/19815
50293 56409 Noted circa 10/19825
51204 56409 Noted circa 02/19835
53293 54409 Noted 30/11/1983 - at Carlisle5
51223 54409 Noted circa 03/19855
53199 54409 Noted circa 02/19865
53229 54409 Transfer to NC - 16/03/86 - from HT
82 53229 54409 Formed at NC Mar-86
82 53229 54409 Noted circa 04/19865
82 53229 54409 Noted 14/04/86 - at Norwich2
82 53229 54409 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
82 53229 54409 Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich2
82 53229 54409 Noted 13/09/1986 - at Peterborough6
82 53229 54409 Noted 03/10/19865
82 53229 54409 Listed at NC - Apr-87

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Polmadie

29th September 1959

The number on this DTC appears to read SC56409, and is seen passing Polmadie on the 29th September 1959. The vehicle, which had been delivered new to Dundee, had been transferred to Hamilton the previous month with DMBS 51229. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

26th March 1989

Set number: 82

Met-Camm driver trailer E54409 still with Norwich set number 82 in the front window at Snailwell on 26 March 1989. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 3rd August 1963

At Lanark station on the 3rd August 1963 is a Cravens set with the 9.25am to Douglas West, led by SC56474, and a Met-Camm set on the 9.30am to Glasgow Central, led by SC56409. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 22nd March 1980

E56370 + E51226 / E50225 + E56409 with a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service at North Shore, Stockton, on March 22, 1980. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 15th February 1981

A formation containing E51499, E56089, E51478, E56365, E56409 and E50220 diverted at Stockton on a Darlington - Hartlepool working on February 15, 1981. The locos are 37 029 and 31 292. John Carter.