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Vehicle 50002 / 53002

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

02/11/56	New to	40A (Lincoln)
May 1973	Depot code change	LN
04/10/87	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
29/07/91	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) PTSX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50002 - original number
53002 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 22/08/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50002	56002	As delivered to 40A - 2nd November 1956
	50002	56002	Noted 25/11/56 - on Stratford depot
	50002	56002	Noted 19th Jul 1959
	50002	56002	Noted May 1968
	50002	56047	Noted 04/08/1971 - at Nottingham¹
	50002	56034	Noted 16/08/1972 - at Nottingham¹
	50002	56023	Noted 07/01/75 - at York²
	50002	56042	Noted 16/01/76 - at Brough³
	56002	50002	Noted 31/03/1976 - In service at the former New Holland Town station working to Grimsby Town
	50002	56026	Noted Sep-76 - at Sheffield³
	50002	56025	Noted 24/02/77 - at Cambridge²
	50002	56027	Noted 12/06/79 - at Norwich with 50016 + 56005 and 50040 + 56049 probably on an excursion/special²
	50002	56002	Noted Oct-79
	50002	56022	Noted circa 10/1982⁴
	50002	56022	Noted circa 02/1983⁴
	53002	54027	Noted circa 05/1984⁴
	53002	54013	Noted circa 07/1985⁴
	53002	54014	Noted circa 10/1985⁴
221	53002	54047	Noted circa 01/1988⁴
T221	53002	54047	Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
	53002	54047	Noted 06/07/88 - on 18:05 Grantham-Boston
	53002	54047	Noted 12/07/88 - on 16:30 Doncaster-Skegness
	53002	54047	Noted 14/07/88 - on 16:30 Doncaster-Skegness
	53002	54047	Noted 06/08/88 - on 10:05 Nottingham - Derby
T221	53002	54047	Noted circa 10/1988⁴
T221	53002	54047	Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T022	53002	54047	Noted circa 10/1989⁴
T022	53002	54047	Noted 14th October 1989 - on Severn Valley Rly for Diesel Weekend
T022	53002	54047	New set number at TS - Nov-89 - ex-T221
T022	53002	54047	Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T022	53002	54047	Listed at TS - mid May-90
T022	53002	54047	Listed at TS - Mar-91

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

Images:

27th February 1982

DMUs in the sidings at Doncaster on 27th February 1982. The 114 on the right seems to be 53002, the 124/123 set on the left with 51954 closest will form the 14:10 service to Manchester (see images 29305 and 29304). Stuart Mackay Collection.

10th September 1988

Set number: T221

114 Set T221 (presumably 53002 + 54047) with the 08:28 Peterbrough - Sleaford after arriving at Spalding on Saturday 10th September 1988. Colin Brooks.

17th September 1988

Set number: T221

Set T221 (53002 + 54047) seen in Nottingham station on the 17th September 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

26th April 1989

Set number: T221

Class 114s were quite a rare sight at Stratford-upon-Avon by 26 April 1989 so when I saw T221 (presumably 53002 + 54047) arrive at the station from my then nearby home I took a camera down for a shot. It is seen here leaving platform 2 with the customary exhaust smoke as the 08.13 to Leamington Spa with the familiar figure of staff member Aubrey Wheeler silhouetted on platform 1. I had good relationships with most of the staff here and Aubrey in particular who always put aside a copy of the week's Special Traffic Notice (STN) for to collect on either Friday evening or Saturday morning. This picture was taken in vertical format on a Mamiya 645 but a large scan has allowed me to crop it to landscape format without any significant loss of quality. Peter Tandy.

15th October 1989

Set number: T022

Loaned from Tyseley and somewhat optimistically displaying ‘Chester’ on its destination blind, Class 114 T022 (53002 + 54047) depart from Bridgnorth with the 10.40am to Bewdley during the Severn Valley Railway’s diesel gala on October 15 1989. Mel Holley.

15th October 1989

Set number: T022

On loan from Tyseley for Severn Valley Railway open day 15th October 1989, Class 114 set T022 passes through Arley station. Consisting of 53002 (nearest camera) and 54047. Andrew Slack.

26th March 1991

Set number: T022

260391 53002+54047 at Sinfin Central with the 1710 to Matlock Jason Hall.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: November 1975

Two Class 114 DMUs in Doncaster station with a Sheffield (Midland) via Rotherham service in November 1975. The vehicles are noted as E50002, E56002, E50017 and E56017. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: November 1975

Two Class 114 DMUs in Doncaster station with a Sheffield (Midland) via Rotherham service in November 1975. The vehicles are noted as E50002, E56002, E50017 and E56017. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: October 1979

Class 114 56002 and 50002, recently ex-works, in front of a two-car refurbished Met-Cam and two two-car refurbished Class 108s at Carnforth in October 1979. Rex Holt.

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