Vehicle 56002 / 54002

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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

02/11/56	New to	40A (Lincoln)
May 1973	Depot code change	LN
21/06/87	Stored U.	LN (Lincoln)
29/06/88	Withdrawn from	LN (Lincoln)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56002 - original number
54002 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

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

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50002	56002							As delivered to 40A - 2nd November 1956
	50002	56002							Noted 25/11/56 - on Stratford depot
	50002	56002							Noted 19th Jul 1959
	50001	56002							Noted 02/07/66 - at Brough with 50040 + 560401
	50002	56002							Noted May 1968
	50013	56002							Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster with 51814 + 59809 + 518321
	50013	56002							Noted 17/08/1973 - at Grantham 2
	50026	56002							Noted 08/09/75 - at Doncaster with 50030/560411
	56002	50002							Noted 31/03/1976 - In service at the former New Holland Town station working to Grimsby Town
	50025	56002							Noted 04/09/76 - at Sheffield1
	50006	56002							Noted 11/06/77 - on 0953 Cleethorpes-Sheffield with 51287 + 56445
	50032	56002							Noted 13/04/79 - on 20:06 Ipswich - Cambridge3
	50002	56002							Noted Oct-79
	50031	56002							Noted 16/05/81 - at Cambridge4
	50031	56002							Noted circa 04/19825
	53013	54002							Noted circa 11/19835
	53042	54002							Noted circa 02/19865
	53042	54002							Noted 06/06/87 - on 08:38 Retford - Sheffield6

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Phil Shatford
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: David Bellamy

Images:

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Unknown date

Two Derby Heavyweight sets seen in Lincoln Central station, E56002 closest, date unknown. Boston is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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Unknown date

Two Class 114 sets with E56002 closest stopped at Ancaster on their journey to Mablethorpe. Date unknown. Steve Davies Collection.

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Unknown date

E56002 at the front of a pair of Class 114s at Swineshead, a stop on it's journey to Mablethorpe. Date unknown. Steve Davies Collection.

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Unknown date

Blue E56002 with a green DMBS. Mablethorpe is on the blinds, seen at Mumbly Road station which appears closed. Steve Davies Collection.

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9th August 1969

A Class 114 passes a loco-hauled set (with the 13:40 Mablethorpe - Sheffield) at Willoughby on its way to Mablethorpe on August 9, 1969. E56002 is closest. Steve Davies Collection.

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Unknown date

Two Class 114 DMUs at Sleaford, date unknown. Closest is DTCL E56002. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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October 1979

Class 114 56002 and 50002, recently ex-works, in front of a two-car refurbished Met-Cam and two two-car refurbished Class 108s at Carnforth in October 1979. Rex Holt.

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Unknown date

A Class 114 DMU with DTCL E56002 on the right at Nottingham, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

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17th September 1988

Three condemned Class 114 units at Holmes Yard, Lincoln on the 17th September 1988. E54002 + 53042 are closest. Hamish Stevenson.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: November 1975

Two Class 114 DMUs in Doncaster station with a Sheffield (Midland) via Rotherham service in November 1975. The vehicles are noted as E50002, E56002, E50017 and E56017. Hugh Llewelyn.

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Date: November 1975

Two Class 114 DMUs in Doncaster station with a Sheffield (Midland) via Rotherham service in November 1975. The vehicles are noted as E50002, E56002, E50017 and E56017. Hugh Llewelyn.

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Date: 7th July 1984

Class 114 Derby Heavyweight 2-car DMU 53013 + 54002 at Cleethorpes on 7-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.