Vehicle 56001 / 54001

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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
Lot Number: 30210
Diagram: 641

Allocations

15/10/56	New to	40A (Lincoln)
May 1973	Depot code change	LN
10/05/87	Stored U.	LN (Lincoln)
Jun-87	Reinstated	LN (Lincoln)
Jun-87	To Parcels Sector at	CA (Cambridge)
11/01/88	Withdrawn

Notes

20th October 1956 - 50001 / 56001 made numerous test runs from Lincoln to Cleethorpes, Retford, Skegness, etc. from 15th - 20th October 1956. Brake blocks placed on sacking on the floor were used as additional weight.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56001 - original number
54001 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Dec-86 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated circa 1980 released in blue/grey livery - Exact date unknown, released by late January 1981.

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50001	56001							As delivered to 40A - 15th October 1956
	50001	56001							Noted 20th October 1956
	50038	56001							Noted 17/09/66 - at Hull with 56035 + 500351
	50014	56001							Noted 27/07/67 - at Doncaster1
	50023	56001							Noted 16th May 1968
	50001	56001							Noted 30th May 1968
	50035	56001							Noted 01/04/69 - in Sheffield Midland1
	50001	56001							Noted 02/05/70 - at Sheffield1
	50008	56001							Noted 24/08/74 - at Grantham2
	50044	56001							Noted 13/02/76 - at Brough1
	50044	56001							Noted 03/04/76 - at York2
	50017	56001							Noted 24/09/77 - at Darnall and Sheffield Midland2
	50008	56001							Noted 27/08/1979 - on 13:38 Doncaster to Cleethorpes3
	50018	56001							Noted 31/01/81
	50039	56001							Noted circa 04/19824
	50039	56001							Noted 08/05/1982 - Special Train Cleethorpes-Spalding 50039-56001+56049-50033+50012-56043
	50010	56001							Noted circa 10/19824
	50032	56001							Noted circa 02/19834
	50007	56001							Noted 29/03/83
	53007	54001							Noted circa 11/19834
	53007	54001							Noted circa 02/19864
	53017	54001	53739						Noted 27/06/1987 - at Ely on rear of Cambridge to Doncaster.5
	53017	54001	53739						Noted 05/07/1987 - at Stockport - parcels set6

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Nicholas Youngman
6: Robert Chilton

Images:

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13th March 1979

Class 114 DTC E56001 in Doncaster Works on March 13, 1979. Class 124 51978 is on the right. Steve Davies Collection.

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13th March 1979

E56001 at Doncaster Works on March 13, 1979, the cab door is missing and some bodyside repairs are underway. Steve Davies Collection.

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25th September 1982

The Platform ends at Cleethorpes station on 25th September 1982 with Cravens and Derby built DMUs in different liveries. The Derby unit is headed by coach E56001 (a Class 114), the Cravens by E51280 (a Class 105). Bob Belcher.

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29th March 1983

Working the 12:09 to Cleethorpes at Barton-on-Humber on the 29th March 1983 is a Class 114 DMU formed of E56001 + E50007. Hamish Stevenson.

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16th April 1988

Class 114 DTS in Snailwell on April 16, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: circa October 1956

An official image (Derby Works negative 56/834) showing the first Derby Heavyweight set formed E50001/E56001 on the Wirksworth branch. British Railways.