Vehicle 50026 / 53026

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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

17/01/57	New to	40A (Lincoln)
3w/e 04/07/59	Transferred to	41A (Darnall)
4w/e 28/04/62	Transferred to	40A (Lincoln)
May 1973	Depot code change	LN
04/10/87	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
20/03/89	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) PTSX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50026 - original number
53026 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Jul-79 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 06/08/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50026	56026							As delivered to 40A - 17th January 1957
	50026	56026							Transfer to 40A - 4w/e 28/04/62
	50026	56026							Noted Summer 1964 - at Brough with 50035 + 560091
	50026	56026							Noted 22/04/66 - in Doncaster1
	50026	56042							Noted 03/11/66 - at Doncaster with 50023 + 560231
	50026	56026							Noted May 1968
	50026	56011							Noted 14/04/69 - in Doncaster with 50021 + 560211
	50026	56026							Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster2
	50026	56026							Noted 28/04/73 - at Neville Hill open day1
	50026	56034							Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster1
	50026	56034							Noted 16/08/1973 - at Matlock on 13:05 service to Derby3
	50026	56046							Noted 16/03/1974 - at York3
	50026	56002							Noted 08/09/75 - at Doncaster with 50030/560411
	50026	56040							Noted 30/04/76 - at Doncaster4
	50026	56045							Noted 04/09/76 - at Sheffield1
	50026	56013							Noted 03/10/77 - at Bury St Edmunds4
	50026	56013							Noted 24/05/80
	50026	56015							Noted 08/08/81 - on 11.20 Cambridge - Doncaster5
	50026	56013							Noted circa 02/19836
	53026	54013							Noted 24/09/83 - on Norwich depot4
	53026	54013							Noted 01/09/1984 - 53026-54013+54092-53135+53045-54004 Special Train from Blackpool to Finningley Airshow and return
	53026	54026							Noted 20/05/86 - at Peterborough4
TS229	53026	54013							Noted circa 01/19886
TS229	53026	54013							Noted 24/01/88 - at Norwich4
T229	53026	54013							Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T229	53026	54013							Noted circa 03/19896

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

Images:

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13th March 1980

The length of 50026 means it's a tight fit in this curved bay platform at Derby on 13/3/80. Chris Lings.

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26th July 1980

On 26th July 1980 Class 114 unit 50026 + 56013 is stabled in York down through road as Inter City 125 HST 254 032 (with power car 43119 leading) gets underway from York for London King's Cross. Gordon Edgar.

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21st March 1987

Class 114 DMBS no. E53026 is at the rear of this service seen calling at Habrough, North East Lincolnshire, on Saturday 21/03/1987. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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22nd February 1991

Set number: T229

53026 set number T229 at Snailwell 22nd February 1991. Nicholas Youngman.

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2nd March 1991

Set number: T229

53026 (T229), 53158 (CH642) Mayer Parrys, Snailwell 2-3-91. Note the diagonal stripe on the blue square coupling marking. Kevin Dowd.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 12th July 1987

Keith has noted Class 105 Departmental DMU TDB977453, DMUs 53026, 54026, 54039 and 53005 in this view of Lincoln depot on 12 July 1987. In the platform on the left are the two departmental 100s: 975539 + 975349 and 975637 + 975664; it looks like the Cravens is next in that line, presumably its partner is 977454. Keith Miller.