Vehicle 50000
50000 / 56000
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: -
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Rolls Royce 238hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30341
Diagram: 632
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| 15/10/67 | Withdrawn from | 40A (Lincoln) |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| 50000 | 56000 | Noted 30/05/70 - at Stratford (withdrawn)1 |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:
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.
circa early 1957
E50000 + E56000 on test on the Wirksworth branch, probably early in 1957. Rolls Royce.
circa early 1957
E50000 underframe detail; Smiths heater with engine behind, radiator to the right. Circa early 1957. Rolls Royce.
circa early 1957
E50000 details; Smiths heater with engine behind, radiator to the right. Circa early 1957. Rolls Royce.
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.
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.
circa early 1957
A driver poses at the controls of Rolls-Royce powered Derby Heavyweight power car E50000 in this Derby Works image (negative 57/606). Note the Westinghouse branded engine control panel to the drivers left. There are 12 engine start buttons and 12 engine lamps. The two bottom buttons are stop (left) and governor over ride (right). British Railways.
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.
23rd October 1971
E50000 at Stratford MPD presumably withdrawn. Phil Bidwell.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa early 1957
E56000 + E50000 on test in Duffield station on the Wirksworth branch, probably early in 1957. Rolls Royce.
Date: unknown
Thought to be withdrawn 56000/50000. Date unknown. Tony Wilkins.