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Vehicle 50047 / 53047

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

17/04/57	New to	40A (Lincoln)
May 1973	Depot code change	LN
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29/06/88	Withdrawn from	LN (Lincoln)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	54023		Noted 11/07/1984 - 0908 Sheffield - Manchester Piccadilly⁵
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 + 78962⁶
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 Leeds⁷
53047	54018		Noted 24/04/1987 - at Barnsley⁷
53047	54018		Noted 06/07/87

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

Images:

circa late 1970s

A Class 114, E50047 leading, with a four-car Class 124 seen in Buxworth Cutting. Date unknown, circa late 1970s. Stuart Mackay Collection.

27th May 1978

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

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.

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.

circa early 1980s

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

Date: 11th March 1978

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

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.

Date: circa early 1980s

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

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.

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.

Date: 6th July 1987

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

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