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Vehicle 50047 / 53047

Class 114

BR Diagram 516

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

17/04/57 New to 40A (Lincoln)
May 1973Depot code changeLN
04/10/87 Stored U.
29/06/88 Withdrawn from LN (Lincoln)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50047 - original number
53047 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 09/05/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50047 56047 As delivered to 40A - 17th April 1957
50031 59542 50047 Listed at 40A - Dec-70
50047 56005 Noted 28/04/73 - at Neville Hill open day1
50047 56013 Noted 16/03/1974 - at Sheffield Midland 2
50047 56008 Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster2
50047 56008 Noted 09/09/1975 - at Retford2
50047 56008 Noted 29/10/75 - at York with 50035/560091
50047 56008 Noted 09/02/76 - at Brough1
50047 56041 Noted 21/02/77 - at Lincoln1
50047 56041 Noted 24/03/77 - at Cambridge3
50047 56030 Noted 02/12/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3
50047 56034 Noted 29/08/80
53047 54023 Noted circa 05/19844
53047 54012 Noted circa 04/19854
53047 54012 Noted 09/08/85 - at Norwich3
53047 54012 Noted 18/12/85
53047 54018 Noted 25/05/86 - on 16:22 Carlisle - Leeds with 51425 + 51504 / 78712 + 789625
53047 54018 Noted circa 08/19864
53047 54018 Noted 16/08/86
53047 54018 Noted 25/11/86
53047 54018 Noted 04/04/87
53047 54018 Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds6
53047 54018 Noted 24/04/1987 - at Barnsley6
53047 54018 Noted 06/07/87

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 114 DMU at Leeds

27th May 1978

E50047 at Leeds on the 27th May 1978. The KDH Archive.

Class 114 DMU at Gainsborough Central

6th July 1978

A Class 114 DMU with DMBS E50047 closest in Gainsborough Central station with a Cleethorpes service on 6 July 1978. Michael Mensing.

Class 114 DMU at Cleethorpes

29th August 1980

A Class 114 set formed of E50047 + E56034 stand at between services Cleethorpes on 29/08/1980. It may be heading back to Newark. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 114 DMU at Pontefract Baghill

1981

A Class 114 set with E50047 on the rear, seen at Pontefract Baghill in 1981. The destination blind reads Sheffield so it's probably one of the infrequent York - Sheffield direct services. Note the South Yorkshire Transport logo. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 114 DMU at Worksop

circa early 1980s

A Class 114 DMU with DMBS E50047 and DTCL E56014 at Worksop, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 114 DMU at Grantham

7th July 1984

Class 114 Derby 2-car DMU 53047 + 54023 arriving Grantham with the 5-38 to Skegness on 7-7-84. HST power car 43074 with the Down service on the right On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 114 DMU at Skegness

7th July 1984

Class 114 DMUs 53047 + 54023 with 54040 + 53003 with the 17-30 to Nottingham at Skegness on 7-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 114 DMU at March

16th August 1986

Passing March East Junc signal box on 16th August 1986 is a Lincoln based Derby Heavyweight class 114 dmu, made up of cars E53047 & E54018 whilst on the left, probably stabled for the weekend is class 45/0 locomotive 45051 (D74). Andrew J Crowther.

Class 114 DMU at Rotherham Masborough

25th November 1986

On railtour duty are 2+2 Derby built class 114 dmu's comprising of cars E53047 + E54018 / E54044 + E53013, pause for a photo stop at Rotherham Masborough's platform 4. I have no real recollection of this tour, where it started or finished, who ran it, I've no paperwork for it, Six Bells Junction has drawn a blank, all I know it also visited Wakefield and went through Tinsley Yard, I've a few naff photo's to tell me that, so has anybody out there got any idea's? Rotherham Masborough closed on the 3rd October 1988, replaced by Rotherham Central, although the line is still in use. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 114 DMU at Rotherham Masborough

25th November 1986

On railtour duty are 2+2 Derby built class 114 dmu's comprising of cars E53047 + E54018 / E54044 + E53013, pause for a photo stop at Rotherham Masborough's platform 4, 25th November 1986. I have no real recollection of this tour, where it started or finished, who ran it, i've no paperwork for it, Six Bells Junction has drawn a blank, all i know it also visited Wakefield and went through Tinsley Yard, i've a few naff photo's to tell me that, so has anybody out there got any idea's? Rotherham Masborough closed on the 3rd October 1988, replaced by Rotherham Central, although the line is still in use. Andrew J Crowther.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 11th March 1978

Two Class 114 DMUs stabled in the centre roads at Sheffield, the closest being E56025 + E50047. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: 23rd July 1981

An oval buffered refurbished Class 114 set seen in Cleethorpes in the morning of 23 July 1981. Another Class 114 with DMBS E50047 is on the right. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: circa early 1980s

A Class 114 DMU with DTCL E56014 and DMBS E50047 at Worksop, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: 11th June 1982

Set number: EP519

Class 120 DMU EP519 (M50736 + M59290 + M50651) in York station on June 11th, 1982 with a charter from Burton. On the right is Class 114 E50047. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 4th April 1987

Class 114 E54018 + 53047 and class 101 54379+53293 with the 08.49 Lincoln to Cambridge seen between Chettisham and Ely West Junction, 04.04.87. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 6th July 1987

Class 114 DMU E54018 + E53047 at York, July 6th 1987. Nicholas Youngman.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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