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Vehicle 56000


50000 / 56000

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: -
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30342
Diagram: 641

Allocations

Mar-57 New to ER (Eastern Region)
24/06/57 Transferred to 40A (Lincoln)
15/10/67 Withdrawn from 40A (Lincoln)

Notes

1st February 1957 - E50000 and E56000 were noted on the 1st February 1957 with a Dynamometer Car returning from tests on the Carlisle - Newcastle line.

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Norwich

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50000 56000 Noted 1st February 1957 - On test.
50000 56000 Noted 30/05/70 - at Stratford (withdrawn)1

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers

Images:

Class 50000 DMU at Duffield

circa early 1957

E56000 + E50000 on test in Duffield station on the Wirksworth branch, probably early in 1957. Rolls Royce.

Class 50000 DMU at an unknown location

Unknown date

Thought to be withdrawn 56000/50000. Date unknown. Tony Wilkins.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa early 1957

A Rolls Royce image showing E50000/56000 on the Wirksworth branch circa early 1957, the power car being fitted with their engines. The image was used in a report they produced on cooling and performance tests done between Manchester Victoria-Rochdale and Carlisle-Skipton. Rolls Royce.

DMU

Date: circa early 1957

E50000 + E56000 on test on the Wirksworth branch, probably early in 1957. Rolls Royce.

DMU

Date: circa early 1957

Official image (Derby Works negative 57/603) of 50000 + 56000, likely to be somewhere on the Wirksworth branch circa early 1957. British Railways.

DMU

Date: circa early 1957

A Derby Works image (negative 57/604) showing the Rolls-Royce powered Derby Heavyweight set E50000 + E56000 on a test run circa mid-1957 on the Wirksworth branch platform of Duffield station. British Railways.

DMU

Date: circa early 1957

A Derby Works image (negative 57/607) showing the inner ends of E50000 (right) and E56000 (left) - the Rolls-Royce powered Derby Heavyweight. British Railways.