Vehicle 50031 / 53031

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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

24/01/57	New to	40A (Lincoln)
4w/e 23/02/57	Transferred to	30A (Stratford)
3w/e 03/08/57	Transferred to	40A (Lincoln)
4w/e 22/02/58	Transferred to	30A (Stratford)
4w/e 28/03/58	Transferred 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
10/05/87	Stored U.	LN (Lincoln)
29/06/88	Withdrawn from	LN (Lincoln)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50031 - original number
53031 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Oct-79 - AWS fitted
circa Dec-86 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 12/10/1979 released in blue/grey livery

50031 was involved in the following incident:

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28/11/69 - Great Coates Level Crossing near Grimsby, ER

Collision involving Class 114 / Lorry

Info from Bill Read

E50031-E56031 ran through level crossing gates, striking a Dodge articulated lorry and carrying it 46 feet into the station. 3 people needed hospital treatment. Both bogies of E50031 were derailed. The train ran past a red signal.

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Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50031	56031							As delivered to 40A - 24th January 1957
	50031	56031							Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 23/02/57
	50031	56031							Transfer to 40A - 3w/e 03/08/57
	50031	56031							Noted 9th August 1957
	50031	56006							Noted February 1958
	50031	56031							Transfer to 40A - 4w/e 28/04/62
	50031	56042							Noted 24/07/65 - at Brough with 50004 + 560041
	50031	56031							Noted May 1968
	50031	56031							28/11/69
	50031	56015							Noted 02/05/70 - at Doncaster1
	50031	59542	50047						Listed at 40A - Dec-70
	50031	56025							Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster2
	50031	56025							Noted 02/10/1971 - at Sheffield2
	50031	56044							Noted 23/02/76 - at Leeds1
	50031	56033							Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds1
	50031	56033							Noted 21/02/77 - at Doncaster1
	50031	56036							Noted 24/09/77 - in Sheffield Midland3
	50031	56036							Noted 15/11/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3
	50031	56036							Noted 04/07/1979 - Walton Girls Secondary School special train Grantham-Norwich and return 50031-56036 + 56004-50025
	50031	56002							Noted 16/05/81 - at Cambridge3
	50031	56002							Noted circa 04/19824
	53031	54007							Noted circa 11/19834
	53031	54034							Noted circa 01/19844
	53031	54034							Noted 12/10/85
	53031	54012							Noted circa 02/19864
	53031	54012							Noted 20/05/86 - at York3
	53031	54037							Noted 15/10/19864

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

Images:

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Unknown date

53031 leading a Class 114 at Elsham (Lincs) on 15 February 1985. Chris Thorp.

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1984

E53031 seen in Leeds City station in 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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7th July 1984

Class 114 Derby Heavyweight 2-car DMU 53031 + 54034 depart Doncaster for Sheffield on 7-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 12th October 1985

54034 + 53031 head out of Lincoln station with a Nottingham service on the 12th October 1985. Hamish Stevenson.