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Vehicle 56125 / 54125


Class 105

Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30281
Diagram: 526

Allocations

04/02/57 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
10/03/68 On loan to 40A (Lincoln)
Oct-68 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
w/e 13/02/77 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 21/05/78 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
w/e 03/12/78 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
01/06/86 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
06/07/86 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
28/09/86 Withdrawn from NC (Norwich)

Notes

27th December 1987 - Seen in Tinsley Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56125 - original number
54125 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50370 56125 As delivered to 53C - 4th February 1957
50375 56125 Transfer to 40A - 10/03/68 - on loan
51278 56125 Noted 04/1971 - at Birmingham New Street1
50365 56125 Noted 03/09/71 - at Norwich2
51 50249 56125 Noted circa 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51296 56125 Noted 12/08/72 - on 10:04 Liverpool Street - Sheringham (due 14:07) and 14:42 return (due London 18:22) with 51280 + 56450 and 51281 + 564274
55 51276 56125 Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds3
55 51276 56125 Noted 26/05/73 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51276 56125 Noted 02/09/73 - at Cambridge3
60 51285 56125 Noted 23/02/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
60 51285 56125 Noted 25/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
60 51285 56125 Noted 16/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
36 50382 56125 Noted 30/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
36 50382 56125 Noted 30/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
49 50365 56125 Noted 20/03/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
49 50365 56125 Noted 22/05/75
51120 56125 Noted 01/06/1975 - at Leicester with 51278 and 561411
49 50365 56125 Listed at NR - 19/07/75
49 50365 56125 Noted 14/08/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
50365 56125 Noted 27/09/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51277 56125 Noted Jul-76
62 51283 56125 Noted 15/10/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3
50386 56125 Noted 12/02/77 - at Selby2
51277 56125 Transfer to NR - w/e 03/12/78
51277 56125 Noted 10/01/79 - at Norwich3
53 51277 56125 Noted 17/05/79
51271 56125 Noted 06/09/1980 - Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society GE/GN Joint Freight Lines Railtour 51256-56116 + 51271-56125
49 51271 56125 Noted 09/09/81
46 51273 56125 Noted 04/12/82 - at Bury St Edmunds3
65 51261 56125 Noted circa 07/19835
30 53373 54125 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
30 53373 54125 Listed at NC - Dec-85
30 53373 54125 Noted circa 02/19865
Spare 54125 Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Ipswich Transport Society
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Fakenham

21st April 1979

Set number: 53

The "Fakenham Flyer" railtour from Norwich on 21 April 1979. Closest is DTCL E56125, the coupled DMBS should be E51277. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 105 DMU at Wisbech Goods

6th September 1980

Set number: 56

On 6 September 1980 the Fakenham and Dereham Railway Society ran their "GE/GN Joint Freight Lines Railtour" using a pair of Class 105 Cravens-built two-car diesel units, seen here at Wisbech Goods. The full formation as 56125/51271 + 56116/51256. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 105 DMU at March

6th September 1980

Set number: 56

On 6 September 1980, the Fakenham and Dereham Railway Society GE/GN Joint Freight Lines Railtour ran with a pair Cravens dmu sets. Nearest the camera at March is 56125, then come 51271, 56116 and 51256. Having visited Wisbech, the tour then ran to Sleaford, Bardney, Shirebrook and Lincoln before returning to March. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 105 DMU at Lowestoft

7th July 1981

Set number: 49

The 12:29 to Norwich awaiting departure from Lowestoft station on 7 July 1981. It is formed of 56125 + 51271 (set 49) and 56188 + 51270. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Yarmouth

21st August 1981

Set number: 49

56125 is on the rear of set 49 when seen at Yarmouth on the 21st August 1981. Chris Lings.

Class 105 DMU at Saltley

30th November 1984

Class 105 54125 is seen passing Saltley on it's way to Norwich, 30.11.1984. This was a regular working in 1984, before being replaced by a Class 31/4 are coaching stock. Andy Cole.

Class 105 DMU at Harwich Parkeston Quay

18th March 1985

Set number: 30

Cravens set 30 (presumably 54125 and 53373) with the 11:54 Harwich Town - Manningtree is seen beside 31 424 as it arrived at Harwich Parkeston Quay (at 12XX) on Monday 18th March 1985. Colin Brooks.

Class 105 DMU at Cromer

22nd August 1985

The site of the former Cromer Junction which gave access to Cromer High, the first station in the town which opened in 1877, Cromer High was closed to passengers in 1954 and freight in 1960. Here we see a Norwich allocated Cravens class 105 dmu made up of cars E54125 + E53373, with a Sheringham-Norwich service, which calls at Cromer (Beach) and as the name implies is far more conveniently situated in the town. 22nd August 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 105 DMU at Norwich

15th March 1986

Set number: 30

Our train to Sheringham simmering at Norwich on March 15th 1986 with Cravens set E54125 + E53373 numbered set 30. Weeks later it was transferred to Cambridge for DPU use. By November a new (and final) set 30 had been formed, the famous Stratford painted 'Green Cravens'. Photo by Philip Mott. Gerard Fletcher.

Class 105 DMU at Ely Dock

12th July 1988

Boarded up on the inside, Class 105 trailer E54125 is in a trainload of condemned vehicles bound for Snailwell. Seen at Ely Dock on July 12th 1988 behind 47 323. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 16th July 1976

Set number: 58

An Ipswich to Lowestoft service approaching Brampton on the East Suffolk Line on 16 July 1976. The vehicles are E56307 (presumably with E51282) and E51277 + E56125. Phil Bevan.

DMU

Date: 21st April 1979

Set number: 62

The "Fakenham Flyer" railtour is seen at its destination on 21 April 1979 formed of two Norwich 2-car class 105 Cravens units, 56116, an unknown DMBS, 51277 and 56125. Jeremy Chapter.

DMU

Date: 21st April 1979

Set number: 62

The Wymondham & Dereham Rail Action Committee (WyDRAC), the Railway Development Society (RDS) and the newly-formed Fakenham and Dereham Railway Society chartered two 2-car Class 105 DMU sets to operate the 'Fakenham Flyer' on 21/Apr/1979. It ran to Dereham before heading to Fakenham and then operating a shuttle service to Ryburgh, County School, North Elmham and back to Dereham and Fakenham. Seen at Norwich. The lead car was 56116 and the rest of the formation included 51277 and 56125 but one of the DMBSs went unrecorded. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: 26th April 1980

Set number: 53

With the red tail light illuminated, rusty track in the foreground was marking the limit of travel at the single track terminus at the market town of Sudbury on April 26th 1980. A Cravens Class 105 two-car DMU formed of cars E51277 & E56125 was awaiting departure with the 16.69 mile return journey to Colchester, joining the Great Eastern main line en-route at Marks Tey. Sudbury was once on a through route to and from Cambridge, the line was closed West of Sudbury in March 1967. The station in this view has since closed, with a new station being opened in 1991. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 6th September 1980

Set number: 49

Bardney station in Lincolnshire was only open for occasional sugar beet traffic by 1980. On 6 September of that year, the Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society ran a railtour which visited the branch. Another railtour in February 1981 was the last passenger train to reach this point where passenger trains had been withdrawn in 1970. Car 51271 is nearest the camera, other vehicles included 56116, 51256 and 56125. Jeremy Chapter.

DMU

Date: 9th September 1981

Set number: 49

Ipswich and Cravens Class 105 E51271 + E56125 forming Norwich set no. 49. The train is the 06.58 Leicester to Harwich Parkeston Quay which I'd travelled on from March on 9/9/81. Later in the day this unit was seen forming the 14.50 Ipswich to Stamford service. Some late 70s fashion still in evidence here, even if it is 1981. Gerard Fletcher.

DMU

Date: 16th July 1984

Set number: 56

Class 105 Cravens DMUs awaits their next duties at Norwich Thorpe, L to R F to B 51472 + 54125, 51247 (Met Cam) + 53380, 16-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 15th March 1986

Set number: 34

At Norwich on 15/3/86 is Sheringham bound Set 30 on the left (E54125 closest) alongside Set 34, a relatively recent arrival at Norwich depot, but destined to be one of the final seven sets based there. Formed of E54421 & E53366, the set number is shown in the old destination indicator on the trailer which is possibly unique. Photo by Philip Mott. Gerard Fletcher.

DMU

Date: 15th March 1986

Set number: 30

A lovely afternoon at Cromer with Cravens set 30, E53373 + E54125 loading up for Sheringham. Note the driver walking to the other end of the train and the young guard watching out for the lady with her pram. 15/3/86. Photo by Phil Mott. Gerard Fletcher.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1988

47 323 is seen at Ely Dock with a trainload of condemned DMUs (and a brakedown van) bound for Snailwell on July 12th, 1988. The first Class 105 vehicle behind the loco is E54125, the last Class 101 at the far end is E54384. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1988

The March tool van and E54384 nearest pass Ely Dock with a rake to Snailwell, July 12th 1988. Behind loco 47 323 is E54125. Nicholas Youngman.