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Vehicle 50012 / 53012

Class 114

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Leyland 150hp / Albion 238hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30209
Diagram: 516

Allocations

27/11/56	New to	40A (Lincoln)
May 1973	Depot code change	LN
10/05/87	Stored U.	LN (Lincoln)
29/06/88	Withdrawn from	LN (Lincoln)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50012 - original number
53012 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 16/12/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

50012	56012		As delivered to 40A - 27th November 1956
50011	56012	50012	Noted 1957
50012	56012		Noted Jul-70 - in Sheffield Midland¹
50012	56012		Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster²
50012	56012		Noted 03/09/1971 - at York²
50012	56021		Noted 20/04/73 - at Sleaford³
50012	56021		Noted 09/06/1973 - New Holland Pier with 07.05 to Cleethorpes⁴
50012	56021		Noted 14/06/1973 - New Holland Pier with 16.40 shuttle to Barton-on-Humber & 17.35 return⁴
50012	56021		Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster⁵
50012	56039		Noted 24/08/74 - at Cleethorpes³
50012	56011		Noted 27/08/1974 - at Doncaster⁶
50012	56027		Noted 03/01/75 - in Leeds City³
50012	56026		Noted 13/09/1975 - at Cleethorpes⁶
50012	56026		Noted 27/10/75 - at Brough⁵
50012	56030		Noted 08/04/1976 - at Retford⁶
50012	56021		Noted 23/11/77 - at Bury St Edmunds³
50012	56040		Noted 11/03/79 - in Sheffield Midland¹
50012	56030		Noted 03/06/79 - in Sheffield Midland¹
50012	56021		Noted 30/03/1980 - 8 car 114 noted working Louth-York and return 50009-56030+56014-50019+56007-50043+50012-56021 [car 56021 assumed]
50012	56043		Noted 08/05/1982 - Special Train Cleethorpes-Spalding 50039-56001+56049-50033+50012-56043
53012	54043		Noted 28/05/1983 - at Sheffield Midland¹
53012	54043		Noted circa 10/1983⁷
53012	54033		Noted circa 01/1986⁷
53012	54033		Noted 17/05/86 - on 15:47 Leeds - Blackpool North diverted due to Holme Tunnel blockage⁸
53012	54033		Noted 27/05/1986 - at Penrith ¹
53012	54033		Noted 07/02/87 - on 1710 Cleethorpes-Doncaster hauled by 37065, unit failed at Scunthorpe, also hauled by 37065 on 1945 Doncaster-Lincoln.
53012	54003		Noted 26/05/1987 - L.C.G.B. (North West Branch) The South Yorkshireman Railtour 78714-78964 + 53012-54003

Formation Sources
1: Martin Lumley
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Alan N Walker
5: Leonard Rogers
6: Peter Wallwork
7: Eddie Knorn
8: Martin Baumann

Images:

Unknown date

Two Derby Heavyweight sets in Lincoln Central station, date unknown. E50012 is on the right. Stuart Mackay Collection.

28th May 1978

Lots of Rail Blue at the east end of Sheffield Midland station on 28th May 1978 but not many passengers about. I suspect these two BR Derby Class 114 dmus are stabled between duties while the one on the far left (Metro-Cam Class 101) had just arrived from Doncaster. Pete LG99.

Unknown date

A Class 114 DMU with DMBS E50012 closest - the DTCL is probably E56040 - on a Doncaster service seen in platform 1a on Sheffield station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

January 1983

A Huddersfield-bound DMU pulls into the staggered platforms at Shepley station on the Penistone line in January 1983. It is formed of a Class 114 - E50012 seems to be leading - and a two-car Met-Camm. Andrew Walker.

25th May 1987

Class 114s 53012 + 54003 with the 10.20 Grimsby Town - Sheffield at Broughton Lane on 25 May 1987. Dave Warby Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 10th June 1978

Derby Class 114 DMU 56021 + 50012 at Sheffield, 10th June 1978. Tiptree Jon.

Date: unknown

A Class 114 DMU with DTCL E56040 closest - the DMBS is probably E50012 - on a Doncaster service seen in platform 1a on Sheffield station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Date: 26th May 1987

The LCGB South Yorkshireman railtour during the photo stop at Wadsley Bridge on 26 May 1987. I gather it was supposed to be two 114s, but we got a 114 (54003 + 53012) and a 111 (78964 + 78714). I recall reading later that the 114 had been stored (u) at Lincoln before the tour, which the website pages confirm. The unit wasn't in the best of health as its engines cut out several times during the day, leaving the 111 to do all the work. Even so, even though we left Sheffield 26 minutes late, we got back just 1 minute late! I've never been sure if the 114 was taken out of store specially for the tour. Andrew Phillips.

Date: 26th May 1987

The LCGB South Yorkshireman railtour during the photo stop at Wadsley Bridge on 26 May 1987. I gather it was supposed to be two 114s, but we got a 111 (78714 + 78964) and a 114 (53012 + 54003). I recall reading later that the 114 had been stored (u) at Lincoln before the tour, which the website pages confirm. The unit wasn't in the best of health as its engines cut out several times during the day, leaving the 111 to do all the work. Even so, even though we left Sheffield 26 minutes late, we got back just 1 minute late! I've never been sure if the 114 was taken out of store specially for the tour. Andrew Phillips.

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