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Vehicle 50006 / 53006


Class 114

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Leyland 150hp / Albion 238hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30209
Diagram: 516

Allocations

20/11/56 New to 40A (Lincoln)
May 1973Depot code changeLN
27/08/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
29/07/91 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) PTSX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50006 - original number
53006 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Dec-86 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 11/09/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50006 56006 As delivered to 40A - 20th November 1956
50006 56006 Noted 16th Aug 1959
50006 56006 Noted May 1968
50006 56006 Noted 31/12/68 - at Sheffield Midland1
50006 56006 Noted 02/01/70 - in Sheffield Midland2
50006 56005 Noted 18/08/1972 - at Derby3
50006 56008 Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster with 50020 + 560101
50006 56047 Noted 06/09/75 - at York1
50006 56047 Noted 06/11/75 - at Brough with 50024/560241
50006 56027 Noted 17/11/75 - at Brough1
50006 56047 Noted 28/02/76 - at York2
50006 56036 Noted 03/04/76 - at Doncaster2
50006 56002 Noted 11/06/77 - on 0953 Cleethorpes-Sheffield with 51287 + 56445
50006 56006 Noted 01/09/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50006 56006 Noted 27/05/78 - on 1522 Leeds-Sheffield
50006 56036 Noted 26/11/81
50006 56018 Noted circa 04/19824
50006 56012 Noted circa 02/19834
53006 54028 Noted circa 01/19844
53006 54039 Noted circa 05/19844
53006 54038 Noted circa 02/19864
53006 54038 Noted 02/12/19864
53006 54038 Noted 30/03/87 - on 18:05 Wakefield Westgate - Wakefield Kirkgate5
53006 54038 Noted 30/03/87 - on 18:11 Wakefield Kirkgate - Huddersfield5
53006 54009 Noted 04/07/87 - at Norwich2
T223 53006 54009 Formed at TS Aug-87 - from LN
T223 53006 54009 Noted circa 09/19874
53006 54009 Noted 14/10/87
T223 53006 54009 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T223 53006 54010 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T026 53006 54010 New set number at TS - Nov-89 - ex-T223
T026 53006 54010 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
53006 54010 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot6
T026 53006 54010 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T026 53006 54010 Noted 19/01/1991 - 11.30 Lydney - Cardiff Central Rugby Special
T026 53006 54010 Listed at TS - Mar-91
spare 53006 Listed at TS - Jul-91

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

Images:

Class 114 DMU at Grantham

November 1980

A Class 114 DMU in the bay at Grantham in November 1980. DMBS E50006 has Skegness on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 114 DMU at York

26th November 1981

It is 10.10pm by the station clock and the fume-filled York station is captured during a brief period of inactivity as Lincoln-allocated and Derby 1956-built class 114 unit No.50006-56036 gurgles away in the bay platform 11 forming a late-evening stopping service to Sheffield on 26th November 1981. My overnight on the station was just unfolding with much action to be witnessed over the next 10 hours! Gordon Edgar.

Class 114 DMU at Lincoln depot

19th January 1986

An interior view of the maintenance depot at Lincoln, seen on Sunday 19th January 1986. Among the many DMUs on shed is a solitary Class 08, no. 08102. The nearest DMU on the right is no. E53006, which on this occasion was paired with no. E54038. Andrew Walker.

Class 114 DMU at Doncaster

1988

Set number: T223

WMPTE lettered Class 114 set T223 (the DMBS is presumably 53006) at Doncaster in 1988. John Law.

Class 114 DMU at Hereford

27th October 1989

Set number: T026

Tyseley Class 114 DMU, set T026 (presumably 53006 + 54010), sits in Bay Platform 4 in Hereford station on 27th October 1989. Class 114's were not a common DMU type to be seen at Hereford, although in later years Tyseley acquired a right mix of DMU classes/types to keep a service going. Paul James.

Class 114 DMU at Stratford-upon-Avon

25th January 1990

Set number: T026

The 14:06 ex-Leamington Spa at Stratford-upon-Avon on the 25th January 1990 formed of 53006 + 54010. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 114 DMU at Stratford-upon-Avon

4th September 1990

Set number: T026

Class 114 set T026, 53006 closest - presumably with 54010, at Stratford-uoon-Avon on September 4, 1990. John Carter.

Class 114 DMU at Leamington Spa

4th September 1990

Set number: T026

53006 in Leamington Spa, September 4, 1990. John Carter.

Class 114 DMU at Snailwell

11th November 1991

Set number: T026

Class 114 DMBS 53006 (T026) at Snailwell on 11th November 1991. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 22nd November 1981

In contrasting liveries, a Class 114 'Derby Heavyweight' two-car DMU formed of cars E56018 & E50006 was approaching Doncaster with a Sheffield to Cleethorpes service on November 22nd 1981. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 9th April 1985

A Class 114 DMU formed of 54038 + 53006 approaches Doncaster station on Tuesday 9th April 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 27th October 1987

Set number: T223

Class 114 set T223 (54009 + 53006) seen at Ely on the 07.20 Birmingham to Cambridge, 27/10/87. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: June 1989

Set number: T223

An unusual visitor to Hereford, at that time, in the form of a Class 114 'Derby Heavyweight' DMU, set T223 (presumably 54040 + 53006), sits in bay platform 4 at Hereford station. Photo taken sometime between 5th & 8th June 1989. Paul James.

DMU

Date: 11th January 1990

Set number: T026

This is a colour version of B & W shot image 24444 showing class 114 T026 (54010 + 53006) at Stratford-upon-Avon dated 11 January 1990 but after the staff member had moved away. The train is the 17:07 to Leamington. The colour of the sky hasn't been manipulated but is a consequence of the long exposure, 20 seconds at f5.6 on 100asa film, needed to get a well-exposed image in the days before very bright LED platform lights Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 11th January 1990

Set number: T026

One of my favourite times of day for photography was when it was dark enough to require a tripod for time exposure (pre full-frame digital equipment!) but with some light left in the sky. This image from Stratford-upon-Avon was taken at Stratford-upon-Avon on 11 January 1990 as class 114 T026 (54010 + 53006) stood in platform 2 waiting to form an evening train to Leamington Spa. One of the Stratford drivers, Oliver, is on P1 while the train driver relaxes for a few minutes as he has nearly 30 minutes to wait until departure time. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 25th January 1990

Set number: T026

T026 (54010 + 53006) reversing out of Stratford-upon-Avon station on the 25th January 1990. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 19th March 1990

Set number: T026

Class 114 T026 (54010 + 53006) at Stratford-upon-Avon and taken on the late morning of 19 March 1990. The unit would have later formed the 12.12 to Leamington Spa. Prominent in the picture are the gasholders, still in use at that time, and the mix of lower and upper quadrant semaphore signals every sign of which have now gone. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 27th April 1990

Set number: T026

In 1990 some Derby Heavyweight DMMUs were allocated to Tyseley and were often used on the infrequent shuttle service between Leamington Spa and Stratford-upon-Avon. On 27 April 1990 I went to the lineside near where I lived at the time and took shot of T026 (presumably 54010 + 53006) about to arrive at the station with the 07.30 from Leamington. The Down Goods Loop was about to be disconnected and then lifted and the associated smaller arm on the signal gantry removed. There were few opportunities to take a shot with this arm lowered in my time photographing there I have. This was done for me by a kind signalman with whom I was friendly. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 10th May 1990

Set number: T026

Class 115 DMU set T026 (54010 + 53006) at Derby on 10 May 1990. Sparegang.