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Vehicle 50032 / 53032 / 55932

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

05/02/57	New to	40A (Lincoln)
05/02/57	Transferred to	30A (Stratford)
4w/e 02/11/57	Transferred to	40A (Lincoln)
4w/e 22/02/58	Transferred to	30A (Stratford)
4w/e 28/03/58	Transferred to	40A (Lincoln)
May 1973	Depot code change	LN
10/05/87	Stored U.	LN (Lincoln)
Oct-87	Transferred to	RTC (Derby RTC)
08/03/88	To Parcels Sector at	TS (Tyseley)
27/11/88	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge) RPXN
p/e 08/12/90	Transferred to	CH (Chester) PCHX
24/05/91	Withdrawn from	CH (Chester) PXXZ

Notes

23rd April 1988 - Seen in Royal Mail red livery

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50032 - original number
53032 - from Feb-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
55932 - from Jan-88 (parcels conversion)

Modifications

16/02/80 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 22/02/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50032	56032	As delivered to 40A - 5th February 1957 - then 30A
	50032	56032	Noted 25/05/1957 - Noted in Romford Platform 1 leading a 4 car set to Upminster
	50032	56032	Transfer to 40A - Oct-57
	50032	56032	Noted 29th October 1957
	50032	56038	Noted February 1958
	50032	56032	Noted May 1968
	50032	56012	Noted 15/08/1970 - at Sheffield Midland¹
	50032	56032	Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster²
	50032	56032	Noted 29/08/74 - in Sheffield Midland³
	50032	56022	Noted 25/10/75 - at Brough with 50049/56027⁴
	50032	56037	Noted 30/12/75 - at York with 51287/56445⁴
	50032	56002	Noted 13/04/79 - on 20:06 Ipswich - Cambridge⁵
	50032	56001	Noted circa 02/1983⁶
	53032	54016	Noted 18/02/1984⁶
	53032	54016	Noted circa 05/1984⁶
	53032	54016	Noted circa 05/1986⁶
	53032	54016	Noted 28/02/87 - on 14:57 Cleethorpes - Newark Nortgate⁷
	53032	54016	Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds⁸
TS001	55932	54902	Noted circa 04/1988 - Parcels converted.⁶
T001	55932	54902	Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T001	55932	54902	Noted 23rd April 1988
T001	55932	54902	Formed at TS circa May-88
	55932	54902	Noted 14/12/88 - at Norwich³
	55932	54902	Noted 06/02/89 - parcels⁹
	55932	54902	Noted 27/05/89
	53032	54902	Noted 2nd September 1989 - towing a GUV

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Phil Shatford
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Martin Baumann
8: Robert Chilton
9: Graeme Phillips

Images:

7th April 1957

A Derby Heavyweight DMU on Stratford depot on 7 April 1957. Closest is E50032, presumably paired with E56032. Stuart Mackay Collection.

19th March 1988

Class 114 55932 is seen at Tyseley on 19.03.1988 having just been converted from 53032. It had been fitted with roller doors and repainted into Parcels red. Andy Cole.

19th May 1988

Set number: 001

Class 114 parcels set 55932 + 54902 sits in the sidings opposite Cardiff Canton depot. Photo taken sometime between 18th & 21st May 1988. Paul James.

26th June 1988

Set number: TS001

Class 114 Derby heavyweight 2-car DMU converted renumbered 55932+54902 Manchester Piccadilly 26-6-88, the former 53032+54036. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

circa July 1988

Set number: TS001

A rail themed event at Henley in Arden station in the summer of 1988 brought a rare visit from a two car former class 1114 DMU converted for carrying parcels as a "star exhibit". With unit number "001" in the cab window the vehicles making up this unit are 55932 and 54902. Bob Belcher.

circa summer1988

Converted Class 114 parcels vehicles 55932 + 54902 with a Class 128 and a Newspaper GUV at Bedford circa summer 1988. Brian Ward.

1988

Set number: TS001

A Royal Mail Class 114 and blue-grey set in Crewe in 1988. 55932 is closest. John Law.

1988

Class 114 DPU 55932 in York station sometime in 1988. Nigel Walls.

14th February 1989

Three Royal Mail units, the first a Class 114 with 55932 closest, the other two are 101s. Seen stabled at Leeds on the 14th February 1989. Mike Dean.

23rd May 1989

Class 114 Derby 2-car parcel DMU 55932 + 54902 at Lancaster on 23-5-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

18th August 1990

Class 114 DPU 55932 in Cardiff Central platform 9 on a rainy August 18, 1990. Alex Drennan.

1990

Royal Mail Class 114 vehicles 55932 and 54902 in London Paddington, probably in late 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

1990

Royal Mail Class 114 vehicles 55932 and 54902 in London Paddington station, probably in late 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

11th November 1990

Stored DPU sets at Derby Etches Park depot on 11 November 1990, with Class 114 55932 centre stage. Robert Thomas.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 8th September 1981

E56009 (with E50032) at Barton-on-Humber on September 8, 1981. John Carter.

Date: 2nd June 1984

A Class 114 DMU formed of E54016 and E53032 on a down service at Spalding on 2 June 1984. On the rights is 31291. Phil Bevan.

Date: 19th June 1988

Class 105 54122 and 53359 are seen at Tyseley on 19.06.1988. Not the best photo, but the only time I saw the Green Class 105 at Tyseley. Note the Class 114 in Parcels red to the left, 55932. Andy Cole.

Date: circa July 1988

Set number: TS001

A rail themed event at Henley in Arden station in the summer of 1988 brought a rare visit from a two car former class 114 DMU (54902 + 55932) converted for carrying parcels as a "star exhibit". Bob Belcher.

Date: 4th September 1988

Set number: TS001

Converted from a former Class 114 DMU, a Royal Mail/Parcels DPU formed of 54902 + 55932 approaches Hereford station, heading for Cardiff. 4th September 1988. John Crooks.

Date: 2nd May 1989

54902 + 55932 with a Peterborough to Norwich Parcels working seen at Ely North Junction on 02/05/89. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 20th June 1989

Class 128/114/BG 55993 / 55994 / 55932 + 54902 / 84114 on a Peterborough to Norwich parcels at Queen Adelaide (Ely), 20/06/89. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 18th August 1990

Set number: C392

Class 116 set C392 (presumably 51134 + 51147) leads a formation into Cardiff Central on August 18, 1990. On the left is DMU 55932. Alex Drennan.

Date: 18th August 1990

DMU parcel units in Cardiff Central platform 9 on August 18, 1990. On the right is a 114 pair, DMP 55932 and DTP 54902, and on the left is a Class 128. Alex Drennan.

Date: 1990

54902 and 55932 at Paddington. Date unknown, but I'm guessing this was late 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 6th March 1991

Withdrawn Class 114 and 128 parcel DMUs at Inverness on March 6, 1991. 54902 with 55932 54900 55930 55993 and 55994. Roddy MacPhee.

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