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Vehicle 56411 / 54411


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)
w/e 07/05/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
Aug-67 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
Sep-67 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-68 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 30/04/72 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
May-73Depot code changeDE
Jun-74 Stored S.
w/e 13/07/74 Reinstated DE (Dundee)
w/e 24/05/75 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
w/e 28/06/75 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
3w/e 27/09/75 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
3w/e 30/06/79 Transferred to LO (Longsight)
Feb-81 Transferred to CH (Chester)
22/03/87 Withdrawn from CH (Chester)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56411 - original number
54411 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51253 56411 As delivered to 62B - July 1958
51253 56411 Transfer to 64H - Aug-67
51253 56411 Transfer to 66C - Sep-67
51235 56411 Noted 16/08/70 - at Leith Central1
51253 56411 Noted 11/09/71 - at Edinburgh Waverley1
51457 56411 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley2
51117 56411 Transfer to NH - w/e 28/06/75
51117 56411 Noted 27/07/1975 - 1L80 Pendleton-Llandudno3
TS413 51119 56411 50786 Noted 18/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 4
TS413 51119 56411 50786 Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham New Street5
51196 56411 Noted circa 04/19816
50938 56411 Noted circa 05/19826
50938 56411 Noted circa 10/19826
53938 54411 Noted circa 04/19836
53938 54411 Noted circa 08/19836
53938 54411 Noted 29/05/84 - at Chester
53938 54411 Noted 26/04/86 - on 10:50 Shrewsbury - Chester with 51911 + 54496 / 53222 + 533377
53938 54411 Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 - 54411 due to be exchanged with spare 54501
53938 54411 Noted 05/06/19866

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Chris Moxon
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Gerald Brown
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Helsby

27th July 1975

Ex Scottish twin 56411 & 51117 on the rear of a 1L80 Pendleton-Llandudno service at Helsby, 27/7/75. Anthony Griffiths.

Class 101 DMU at Chester station

29th May 1984

Hybrid Class 108/101 DMU set 53938-54411 led by 54411 seen in Chester station on 29th May 1984. S Gaskell.

Class 101 DMU at Manchester Victoria

September 1984

Class 101 DTS 54411 and a Class 108 DMBS (presumably 53938) reverses out of Manchester Victoria in September 1984 while changing platforms. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Manchester Victoria

September 1984

Class 101 DTS 54411 and a Class 108 DMBS (presumably 53938) at Manchester Victoria in September 1984 during a move to change platforms. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 1976

Set number: TS413

Tyseley set TS413 with Class 105 DMCL M50786 and a Class 101 DTCL, presumably M56411, in view at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 16th April 1983

On 16 April 1983 Chester allocated Class 108 DMBS M53938 and its Class 101 partner - presumably 56411 - is seen at Swansea with a Class 101 on the rear with the 10:08 service to Shrewsbury. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 21st September 1984

Class 108 DMBS M53938 leads a Class 101 DTS(L), presumably 54411, on 21/09/1984 about half a mile south-east of Mostyn. The large ship in the background is the Duke of Lancaster, abandoned there in 1979. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 10th June 1986

53938 leads a 101 DTC (presumably 54411) into Machynlleth, 10/6/86. Tim Stubbs.