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Vehicle 56421 / 54421

Class 105

BR Diagram 533

Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30470
Diagram: 533

Allocations

01/07/58 New to 40A (Lincoln)
w/e 28/02/59 Transferred to 34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
w/e 12/02/78 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
w/e 23/04/78 Transferred to SF (Stratford)
12/05/85 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
Oct-86 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
Feb-87 Withdrawn from LN (Lincoln) - also noted W 23/11/86 from NC

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56421 - original number
54421 - from 21/04/83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51263 56421 As delivered to 40A - 1st July 1958
51263 56421 Transfer to 34B - w/e 28/02/59
51269 56421 Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge1
51269 56421 Noted 04/09/69 - at Kings Cross1
51259 56421 Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross1
51281 56421 Noted 05/04/71 - at Peterborough1
51298 56421 Noted 31/12/1971 - at Kings Cross2
51472 56421 Noted 20/07/73 - at Ipswich3
51295 56421 Noted 08/08/1974 - at Kings Cross2
51295 56421 Noted 10/08/74 - at Peterborough4
50387 56421 Noted 17/08/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51260 56421 Noted 03/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51260 56421 Noted 07/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51290 56421 Noted 11/07/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
56421 Noted 09/12/76 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle4
51297 56421 Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot4
51295 56421 Noted 10/10/77 - on 1520 Hintingdon-Kings Cross
51292 56421 Noted 14/01/78 - on 1124 Huntingdon-Kings Cross
50369 56421 Noted 30th August 1979
50369 56421 Noted circa 12/19815
50368 56421 Noted circa 04/19825
53360 54421 Noted circa 07/19835
53367 54421 Noted circa 01/19845
53367 54421 Noted circa 04/19845
34 53366 54421 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
34 53366 54421 Listed at NC - Dec-85
34 53366 54421 Noted 12/04/19865
34 53366 54421 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
34 53366 54421 Noted 11/07/86
34 53366 54421 Noted 13/08/86
45 53365 54421 Formation change - Norwich - Sep-86 - 54421 replaced 54436 (W)

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

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Romford

1st May 1980

A two-car Cravens Class 105 formed of cars E56421 & E50360 was stood in the bay platform alongside the Great Eastern main line at Romford on May 1st 1980. The unit was working the Romford to Upminister shuttle service. The 3.4 mile line was constructed by the London Tilbury & Southend Railway in 1893 and electrified in 1986. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 105 DMU at Ilford

circa 1980

A Class 105 Cravens DMU with E56421 + E50360 at Ilford circa 1980. Stratford is on the destination blind. Paul Redmond.

Class 105 DMU at North Woolwich

4th August 1982

Two-car Cravens DMU 56421 and 50367 at North Woolwich on 4th August 1982. David Scott.

Class 105 DMU at Dalston Kingsland

April 1984

A Cravens 2-car (led by E54421) working between North Woolwich and Camden Road, calls at Dalston Kingsland in April 1984. Kevin Lane.

Class 105 DMU at Romford

13th July 1984

Class 105 DMU 54421+53368 at Romford with the 09.13 to Upminster, 308-142 passing to the right 13-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 105 DMU at Saltley

6th July 1985

A Class 105 set with 54421 at the front passes Saltley on its way to Norwich on July 6, 1985. Andy Cole.

Class 105 DMU at Norwich

21st September 1985

On Saturday 21st September 1985 Cravens driver trailer 54421 is seen at Norwich along with a Class 120 and 47 582. Colin Brooks.

Class 105 DMU at Norwich

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.

Class 105 DMU at Norwich

1st April 1986

On a couple of Saturdays in 1986, my friend Phil Mott accompanied me on an Anglian Day Ranger ticket. He equipped me with a 'proper' camera and between us we took some black and white pictures on our travels. This in Norwich on 1st April 1986. I suspect it is one of Phil's pictures as I tended to avoid getting people in mine, which in retrospect is a bit of a shame. Mind you, we'd probably be carted off by the BTP if we took a picture like this today. Our aim was to photograph the Cravens 105s and Classic series ETH Class 31/4s, so this was a bit of good fortune, getting a trio of Cravens. Gerard Fletcher.

Class 105 DMU at Ely

11th July 1986

Set number: 34

Cravens unit E54421 and E53366 (Norwich set 34) on a Peterborough to Cambridge working passing Kiln Lane, Ely. 11.07.86. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 105 DMU at Haddiscoe

13th August 1986

Set number: 34

Norwich allocated Cravens class 105 dmu made up of cars E54421 + E53366 is seen running along the River Yare, nearing Haddiscoe with a Norwich-Lowestoft service, 13th August 1986. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 105 DMU at Lincoln depot

circa April 1987

A Class 114 DMBS and a Class 105 DTSL on Lincoln depot. The slide process date was April 1987. The Cravens shows signs that it was a former Stratford vehicle (the headlamp brackets) and was also once allocated to Norwich (the set number location on the cab window), which identifies it as 54421, withdrawn from Lincoln in February 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa January 1978

Two DMU twins in London Kings Cross, Class 101 E56372 + 51443 and Class 105 56421 + 51295. The slide process date was January 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 1st May 1980

Cravens Class 105 2-Car DMU, formed of cars E50360 & E56421, was stood in the the non-electrified bay platform at Upminster, whilst awaiting departure to Romford on May 1st 1980. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: circa 1980

A Class 105 with DMBS E50360 and DTSL E56421 closest departs from Ilford station circa 1980. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: 4th August 1982

2 car cravens unit 50367 and 56421 on a service to Woolwich at Canonbury on 4th August 1982. David Scott.

DMU

Date: 16th June 1984

Class 105 DMBS 53367 seen stabled at Stratford depot with 54421 on 16/Jun/1984, after working the Woolwich line. This vehicle was later used in parcels service. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: circa 1985

Set number: 34

Two DMU at Sheringham circa 1985, the closest being set 34, presumably 53366 + 54421, the DMBS still carrying its non-standard headlamps from its time at Stratford (it moved from Stratford to Norwich in March 1985). David Faircloth.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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