BR 56317 Class 100 DMU: Driving Trailer Compo Lav.(scrapped) built 1958

BR 56317 Class 100 DMU: Driving Trailer Compo Lav.(scrapped) built 1958

BR 56317 Class 100 DMU: Driving Trailer Compo Lav.(scrapped) built 1958
BR 56317 Class 100 DMU: Driving Trailer Compo Lav.(scrapped) built 1958

 

Present Location Whitwell & Reepham (scrapped)
County Location Norfolk
Designed For BR
Built by Gloucester
Diagram number 537
Lot number 30445
Type DTCL
First Number 56317
Present Number E56317
Current Livery BR Rail Blue
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes P 1977. Gwili till 1995, Swindon & Cricklade till 1996, Stratford & Broadway,Sutton Hall, Rochford by 12/99, MoD Shoeburyness 10/00, then Boxted, Essex 11/01. To NETS at Great Yeldham (nr Halstead, Essex) by 10/08. To Reids Transport Yard, then to Whitwell and Reepham Station Museum by 05/13 for storage - see photos below. Poor condition. By 05/15: at Allely's Heavy Haulage, Studley, Warwickshire. By 12/16: at EMR, Kingsbury scrap processor site and scrapped by 01/17.
External Structural Condition Poor but Substantially Complete
Internal Structural Condition Poor and Incomplete
Underframe Condition Satisfactory
External Finish Fair
Internal Finish Poor and Incomplete
Degree of External Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of Internal Originality Poor and Incomplete
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of External Authenticity Very Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Very Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Very Good
Rarity Few
Historical Importance Some Importance
Operating No
Survey Date 29/08/2009
Surveyor Kevin Stroud
Photo Date 25/05/2014
Photo by Chris Moxon
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 16/08/2019

Gutted interior. 29/08/2009
Gutted interior. 29/08/2009

At Whitwell & Reepham Station Musuem 05/13
At Whitwell & Reepham Station Musuem 05/13


 

 

















 

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