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Vehicle 56431 / 54431

Class 105

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

Allocations

03/09/58	New to	31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 04/07/59	Transferred to	34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73	Depot code change	FP
w/e 12/02/78	Transferred to	LN (Lincoln)
23/09/84	Withdrawn from	LN (Lincoln)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56431 - original number
54431 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

51273	56431	As delivered to 31A - 3rd September 1958
51471	56431	Noted 03/06/72 - at Ipswich¹
51301	56431	Noted 02/05/73 - at Cambridge²
51301	56431	Noted 09/06/73 - at Ipswich¹
51289	56431	Noted 30/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
51263	56431	Noted 10/08/1974 - at Kings Cross³
51290	56431	Noted 12/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
51290	56431	Noted 12/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
51290	56431	Noted 17/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
51269	56431	Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot²
51269	56431	Noted 09/12/76 - on Cambridge depot²
51298	56431	Noted 08/01/78
51298	56431	Noted 08/01/1978 - RCTS Great Northern Outer Suburban Railtour 51301-56433+51298-56431
51296	56431	Transfer to LN - w/e 12/02/78
51288	56431	Noted circa 02/1983⁴
51288	54431	Noted circa 11/1983⁴

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

Images:

8th January 1978

Two Finsbury Park based class 105 sets with 56431 leading 51298, 56433 and 51301 on a RCTS special to Peterborough for the N.V.R. at a photo-stop at Royston on the 8th January 1978. Robert Chilton.

8th January 1978

Two Finsbury Park based class 105 sets with 56431 leading 51298, 56433 and 51301 on a RCTS special to Peterborough for the N.V.R. seen at Hertford North on the 8th January 1978. Robert Chilton.

23rd October 1982

A Class 105 56431 + 51288 Cravens 2-car DMU with set leading arriving Doncaster 23-10-82 On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

circa 1983

E54431 at York circa 1983/4. Curly42.

4th December 1983

51278 (left) and 54431 (right) seen at Doncaster on the 4th December 1983. Chris Lings.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: unknown

Cravens DMUs in the early Rail Blue era. The driver trailer (possibly E56431) has no sign that first class is on offer, no yellow stripe or transfers on the windows. It has yellow cab doors, the vehicle facing has another short-lived variation from this era, a small yellow panel. Date / location unknown. Graham Clark.

Date: 8th January 1978

Two Finsbury Park based class 105 2-car sets with 51301 leading 56433, 51298 and 56431 on a RCTS special to Peterborough for the N.V.R. at London Kings Cross, alongside some Mk.1 sleepers on the 8th January 1978. Robert Chilton.

Date: 23rd November 1980

At Doncaster on 23/11/80 is a Lincoln Cravens set including DTC 56431. Cleethorpes is on the destination blind. Chris Lings.

Date: 30th September 1981

At York station on 30 September 1981 are 08197 (Rowntrees-Dringhouses trip) and E51296 + 56431 (Scarborough-Sheffield). John Carter.

Date: 25th August 1984

On 25th Aug 1984, instead of chasing 40s across the north-west, I chose to take the only scheduled service that was still booked a Class 40, the Man Picc-Skegness (SO) and return. Here we have reached the loop at Sleaford station behind 40 012 'Aureol', after traversing the single-line curve between Sleaford North and Sleaford West Junctions. A six-car DMU set passes us heading for Nottingham Midland, made up of a 2-car Cravens unit with DMBS power trailer E51288 leading, E54431 behind, and two pairs of Lincoln-based Class 114 Derby Heavyweights. Chris McKee.

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