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Vehicle 50046 / 53046

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

29/03/57	New to	40A (Lincoln)
May 1973	Depot code change	LN
21/06/87	Stored U.	LN (Lincoln)
04/10/87	To Parcels Sector at	CA (Cambridge)
circa Dec-88	Sector Change to	RPXN
06/09/90	Withdrawn from	CA (Cambridge) RPXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50046 - original number
53046 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Sep-79 - AWS fitted
circa Dec-86 - AWS fitted
Oct-87 - Converted for parcels use

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 14/09/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

50046	56046	As delivered to 40A - 29th March 1957
50046	56004	Noted 23/07/66 - at Brough with 50029 + 56031¹
50046	56028	Noted 01/06/67 - at Leeds City with 50033 + 56033¹
50046	56026	Noted 01/04/69 - at Sheffield Midland¹
50046	56044	Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster¹
50046	56044	Noted 17/08/1973 - at Grantham²
50046	56015	Noted 03/08/1974 - at Nottingham²
50046	56015	Noted 24/08/74 - on Lincoln depot³
50046	56043	Noted 29/10/75 - at York with 50001/56021¹
50046	56043	Noted 10/01/76 - at Brough¹
50046	56011	Noted 17/06/76 - at Cambridge³
50046	56013	Noted 21/02/77 - at Lincoln with 50027/56016¹
50046	56040	Noted 24/09/77 - in Sheffield Midland³
50046	56036	Noted circa 04/1982⁴
53046	54036	Noted circa 09/1983⁴
53046	54036	Noted 18/07/84 - on 0959 York-Carlisle with 78958 + 78708 and 51210 + 54398
53046	54030	Noted circa 04/1985⁴
53046	54030	Noted 12/04/85 - at Norwich³
53046	54045	Noted 21/11/86 - at Norwich³
53046	54045	Noted 04/12/1986⁴
53046	54042	Noted 30/05/87 - on 16:05 Hull - Sheffield via Rotherham Central⁵
53020	53046	Noted 31/01/88
53020	53046	Noted 02/06/88 - at Norwich³
53020	53046	Noted 10/06/89
53027	53046	Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot⁶

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

Images:

31st August 1976

A Class 114 DMU formed of E50046 + E56011 is seen at Shepley with the 11:29 Sheffield-Huddersfield service on 31 August 1976. Robert Thomas.

15th May 1979

New Holland Town on 15/5/79. The class 114 DMU has the road for Cleethorpes. The other signal is for the section to Barton upon Humber as I recall. Stephen Burdett.

15th May 1979

This Class 114 unit with E50046 at the front has some young admirers at New Holland Town after arrival from New Holland Pier with a Cleethorpes service on 15/5/79. Stephen Burdett.

15th May 1979

A Class 114 DMU in New Holland Pier station on 15/5/79. It's waiting to depart on a Cleethorpes service. Stephen Burdett.

15th May 1979

New Holland Pier on 15/5/79. The station served an area of North Lincolnshire for ferry services across the Humber to Hull. Services ceased in August 1981, when the Humber Bridge was opened. A Class 114 sits in the station with a Cleethorpes service. The walkway is like a long platform with New Holland Town station. Stephen Burdett.

30th October 1980

The 10.26 Doncaster - Cambridge dmu service, one of three southbound passenger services still serving the joint line in 1980. The setting is Murrow West. This was at one time the site of a flat crossing with the M&GN Peterborough - Wisbech - Sutton Bridge line on which, until its closure in 1959, the hamlet of Murrow had the extravagant facilities of a further station named Murrow East. On 30th October 1980 motoring past are Lincoln based Class 114 Derby 'heavyweight' set E50046 + E56026 leading Norwich allocated Cravens Class 105 unit E56480 + E51261 (set 65). Gerard Fletcher.

8th May 1982

Saturday May 8th 1982 was a much busier day than usual on the old joint line from Spalding to March, due to it being Spalding tulip parade which saw numerous special trains and associated stock and loco movements along the line. Here one of the regular service trains, the 10.29 Doncaster - Cambridge approaches the site of the flat crossing with the M & GN at Murrow formed by Derby Heavyweight set E50046 + E56036. Gerard Fletcher.

circa 1988

A parcels Class 114 at Leeds. Date unknown, circa 1988. Andrew Pilkington.

31st January 1988

E53046 + E53020 + 93096 with Peterborough to Cambridge parcels at Ely, 31.01.88. Nicholas Youngman.

10th January 1989

A Class 114 2-car dmu (53046 + 50020) arrives at Northampton on 10 January 1989. This was, at this time, working for the parcels sector, and that sector's logo can be seen on the side of the leading vehicle. Lewis Bevan.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 18th July 1984

On 18/07/1984, a mixed DMU formation consisting of Class 111 cars 78958 + 78708, Class 114 cars 53046 + 54036 and Class 101 cars 51210 + 54398 are seen departing from Settle with 0959 York-Carlisle. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 9th March 1985

Set number: 74

Cambridge with 54373/51225 on the left, with 53215/54368 to the right ahead of class 114, 53046/54030. 9 March 1985. Rob Paterson.

Date: 14th June 1987

The 49-strong fleet of Class 114 2-car DMUs spent most of their working lives based at Lincoln depot. Although a local type with standard bus seating, they had a wide sphere of operation in Eastern England, covering Lincolnshire, Humberside, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire, but regularly worked deeper into West / North Yorkshire, reaching Darlington in the north and Peterborough in the south. They often worked into Leeds on services to / from Sheffield, and here, 53046 & 54042 are sen at City station with a Sheffield service on 14/06/1987. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 2nd May 1988

Converted Derby Class 114 2-car DPU, 55933+55930 (former 54034+53010), stabled Cambridge 2-5-88. On the right in blue/grey is 53046. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Date: 2nd May 1988

Derby Class 114 DMU DMBS twin in parcels use, 53020+53046, stabled at Cambridge on 2-5-88, 55933 behind. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

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