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<- 56171 | 56172 | 56173 ->

Vehicle 56172

Class 109

BR Diagram 607

Builder: Wickham
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30289
Diagram: 607

Allocations

29/11/57 New to 30A (Stratford)
4w/e 24/01/59 Transferred to 31A (Cambridge)
4w/e 30/05/70 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
w/e 06/11/71 Withdrawn from 32A (Norwich)

Disposal

Scrapped by TW Ward, Beighton

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50417 56172 As delivered to 30A - 29th November 1957
50417 56172 Noted 2nd March 1958
50417 56172 Noted 26th May 1958
50417 56172 Transfer to 31A - 4w/e 24/01/59
50417 56172 Noted 20/04/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1
50153 56172 Noted 21/12/70 - at Norwich2
51223 56172 Noted 04/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51222 56172 Noted 31/07/1971 - at Cochester4

Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork

Images:

Class 109 DMU at Somersham

February 1967

A Wickham DMU - E56172 and presumably E50417 - departs from Somersham station with a Cambridge service in February 1967. The last passenger service from the station ran a few weeks later on 4 March 1967. John Clark / Adrian Sutterby Collection.

Class 109 DMU at Cambridge

7th November 1967

Wickham DMU set 56172 + 50417 stabled at Cambridge on 7 November 1967. It and the Derby Lightweight it is facing have the rubber protection panels behind the cab doors. Note also both Wickham vehicles have a white sign in the centre side window. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 109 DMU at Beighton Junction

24th June 1974

On Monday 24 June 1974 at 16:00, Wickham Driving Trailer Composite (L) E56172 is seen at TW Ward's Beighton scrap yard. It is facing another member of the Class, presumably 56173. Mr Deltic.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 7th October 1970

The 08.55 from Ipswich is seen near Brookfields footbridge, Cambridge, on 7 October 1970. The Norman cement works at Cherry Hinton can be seen in the background. I have the cars recorded as E56122 and E50153, the Cravens DTCL would move to Finsbury Park the same month, the Met-Camm DMBS remained allocated to Norwich a while longer and would soon be noted paired with Wickham DTCL 56172. Tom Burnham.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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