Vehicle 56126 / 54126
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
| 18/02/57 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| Apr-73 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NO | |
| Sep-73 | Depot code change | NR | |
| w/e 19/02/78 | Transferred to | SF (Stratford) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) | |
| 22/06/86 | Withdrawn from | NC (Norwich) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56126 - original number
54126 - from 05/04/83 (53xxx / 54xxx change) - Done in Works
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50371 | 56126 | As delivered to 53C - 18th February 1957 | |||||||
| 51236 | 56126 | Noted 29/08/70 - at York1 | |||||||
| 51246 | 56126 | Noted 12/08/1971 - at York2 | |||||||
| 63 | 51284 | 56126 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 63 | 51284 | 56126 | Noted 13/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 63 | 51284 | 56126 | Noted 16/02/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 63 | 51284 | 56126 | Noted 02/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 63 | 51284 | 56126 | Noted 26/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 63 | 51284 | 56126 | Noted 01/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 58 | 51282 | 56126 | Noted 07/02/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 58 | 51282 | 56126 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | ||||||
| 54 | 51274 | 56126 | Noted 10/07/76 - on Norwich depot3 | ||||||
| 77 | 50594 | 56126 | Noted 20/11/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 54 | 51254 | 56126 | Noted 25/02/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 54 | 51254 | 56126 | Noted 20/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 50362 | 56126 | Transfer to SF - w/e 19/02/78 | |||||||
| 77 | 50594 | 56126 | Noted 09/12/81 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 53364 | 54126 | Noted circa 01/19844 | |||||||
| 53362 | 54126 | Noted 21/07/1985 - at Shenfield. DMBS had silver cab roof.5 | |||||||
| 53359 | 54126 | Noted 01/11/1985 - at Shenfield5 | |||||||
| 53361 | 54126 | Noted 22/03/1986 - at Romford - on Upminster service.5 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
Images:
12th September 1977
Set number: 54
Norwich Cravens DMU set 54 with E56126 closest at Sheringham on 12 September 1977 with the 11:15 to Norwich service. Robert Thomas.
21st October 1979
With the guard walking along the platform, a Cravens Class 105 two-car DMU formed DTCL E56126 and DMBS E50359 was stood at Stratford Low Level after arrival from the terminus at North Woolwich on October 21st 1979. Martyn Hilbert.
13th July 1984
Class 105 Cravens 2-car DMU 54126 + 53361 arriving at Camden Road with the 07-18 to North Woolwich (despite the destination blind) on 13-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
3rd June 1985
Having completed its 11 minute 5 mile journey from Stratford with one intermediate stop at Lea Bridge 2H09 the 16.00 ex Stratford is seen at Tottenham Hale 03/06/85 where it will stand in the down platform before returning back south to Stratford as service 2H14 at 16.26. The origins of this short service go back to the days when the train would have turned left at Tottenham South Junction to call at South Tottenham before taking the now closed Palace Gates branch which lost its passenger service in December 1964. Adrian Nicholls.
8th February 1986
A Cravens Class 105 DMU with the 11:53 Romford - Upminster awaits time at Romford (at 11:50) Saturday 8th February 1986. The black mark above the coupling hooks suggests the vehicle is E54126. Colin Brooks.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 21st October 1979
A Cravens Class 105 two-car DMU formed of cars, E50359 & E56126, was stood at North Woolwich before working back to Stratford Low-Level on October 21st 1979. The Dock Cranes visible in this view were at King George V and the Royal Albert Dock. The redeveloped area between these two former Docks is now the location for London City Airport. The line between Stratford Low-Level and North Woolwich closed in December 2006. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 13th July 1984
Class 105 Cravens 2-car DMU 53361+54126 at North Woolwich with the 08.06 to Camden Road 13-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 25th October 1985
The final months for the Cravens Class 105 DMUs in London with 53362-54126 on depot at Stratford TMD on 25th October 1985, standing between part of the former steam motive power depot and the diesel depot replacement, with a class 37 just visible inside. Gordon Edgar.