Vehicle 50023 / 53023

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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

09/01/57	New to	40A (Lincoln)
2w/e 02/05/59	Transferred to	41A (Darnall)
2w/e 30/04/61	Transferred to	40A (Lincoln)
May 1973	Depot code change	LN
03/05/87	Stored U.	LN (Lincoln)
11/01/88	Withdrawn from	LN (Lincoln)

Notes

May-87 - 53023 been shown as transferred to parcels stock as DMBP on 10/05/87, and transferred to CA on 21/06/87. This was later corrected, the vehicle had been placed in store at LN.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50023 - original number
53023 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 02/02/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50023	56023							As delivered to 40A - 9th January 1957
	50023	56023							Noted 02/09/65 - at Hull with 50024 + 560241
	50023	56023							Noted 09/07/66 - at Brough with 50013 + 560131
	50023	56023							Noted 03/11/66 - at Doncaster with 50026 + 560421
	50023	56040							Noted 01/06/67 - at Leeds City with 50038 + 560381
	50023	56001							Noted 16th May 1968
	50023	56023							Noted 5th June 1968
	50023	56039							Noted 02/05/70 - at Sheffield1
	50023	56010							Noted 15/08/1971 - at Leeds2
	50023	56023							Noted 16/03/1974 - at Doncaster 3
	50023	56029							Noted 24/08/74 - at Grimsby Town4
	50023	56029							Noted 07/01/75 - at York4
	50023	56029							Noted 02/04/1976 - at Sheffield3
	50023	56004							Noted Jun-76 - at Sheffield1
	50023	56023							Noted 24/09/77 - at Grantham4
	50023	56023							Noted 07/11/77 - at Bury St Edmunds4
	50023	56029							Noted circa 02/19835
	53023	54021							Noted circa 09/19865

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

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Unknown date

A Class 114 DMU with DMBS E50023 closest at Worksop, date unknown. Its partner is probably E56009, Lincoln is on the destination blind likely on a service from Sheffield. Paul Redmond.

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25th August 1979

Class 114 DMBS no. 50023 leading DTCL no. 56036 at Skegness, having just been parted from another set - if you look closely you can see all the hoses dangling rather than stowed away and the MW jumper cables are just lying on the track! Robert Chilton.

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27th November 1982

The last day of the GN/GE joint line from March to Spalding on Saturday November 27th 1982 with the Lincoln twin unit E50023 + E56028 receiving much attention from a throng of interested parties before departing northbound. Gerard Fletcher.

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16th April 1988

Class 114 DMBS 53023 at Snailwell on April 16, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: unknown

A Class 114 DMU with DTCL E56009 closest at Worksop, date unknown. Its partner is probably E50023. Paul Redmond.

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Date: 27th November 1982

Two trainspotters, cameras at the ready, prepare to snap for posterity the 14.30 Cambridge - Lincoln Central dmu, formed of Lincoln based Derby Heavyweight set E56028 (nearest the camera) trailing E50023, as it departs from March on a gloomy Saturday November 27th 1982 - the final day of services on the March - Spalding section. Gerard Fletcher.