Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30210
Diagram: 641
27/02/57 | New to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
2w/e 02/05/59 | Transferred to | 41A (Darnall) | |
Oct-59 | On loan to | NER (NER) | |
31/10/59 | Ex-loan back to | 41A (Darnall) | |
2w/e 30/04/61 | Transferred to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
May 1973 | Depot code change | LN | |
04/10/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
22/01/89 | To Parcels Sector at | CA (Cambridge) | |
p/e 08/12/90 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
09/03/92 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) PCHX | - Conversion work to 977776 already underway for several months |
25/03/92 | To departmental stock | RTC (Derby RTC) | |
1994 | Depot code change | ZA | |
4w/e 20/07/96 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
Jun-00 | Withdrawn |
9th September 1989 - Seen in Royal Mail red livery
56015 - original number
54015 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
54904 - from 17/07/89 (parcels conversion)
977776 - from 25/03/92 (departmental stock)
Automatic Train Protection Test Unit development and training vehicle, then circa 1996 became a route learning and inspection saloon at Bescot. From 3/92 to 6/00.
Preserved - more details.
50015 | 56015 | As delivered to 40A - 27th February 1957 | |||||||
50038 | 56015 | 50039 | Noted 1957 | ||||||
50015 | 56015 | Transfer to 41A - 4w/e 28/11/59 - ex-loan NER | |||||||
50024 | 56015 | Noted Jul-66 - at Brough1 | |||||||
50015 | 56015 | Noted 08/08/68 - in Leeds City1 | |||||||
50015 | 56015 | Noted 31/12/68 - at Doncaster1 | |||||||
50015 | 56015 | Noted 01/04/69 - at Sheffield Midland1 | |||||||
50031 | 56015 | Noted 02/05/70 - at Doncaster1 | |||||||
50015 | 56015 | Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster2 | |||||||
50015 | 56015 | Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
50007 | 56015 | Noted 14/08/1973 - at Derby3 | |||||||
50046 | 56015 | Noted 03/08/1974 - at Nottingham3 | |||||||
50046 | 56015 | Noted 24/08/74 - on Lincoln depot4 | |||||||
50005 | 56015 | Noted 08/07/1975 - at Derby 3 | |||||||
50015 | 56015 | Noted 30/04/76 - at Doncaster4 | |||||||
50015 | 56015 | Noted 12/09/76 - at Doncaster1 | |||||||
50015 | 56015 | Noted 27/08/77 - on 0953 Cleethorpes-Sheffield with 50025 + 56029 | |||||||
50015 | 56015 | Noted 24/09/77 - at Grantham4 | |||||||
50015 | 56015 | Noted 20/12/77 - at Nottingham4 | |||||||
50020 | 56015 | Noted November 1980 | |||||||
53001 | 54015 | Noted 18/02/19845 | |||||||
53001 | 54015 | Noted 24/04/19845 | |||||||
53015 | 54015 | Noted circa 10/19865 | |||||||
TS225 | 53015 | 54015 | Noted circa 02/19885 | ||||||
T225 | 53015 | 54015 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | ||||||
55929 | 54904 | Noted 31/07/896 | |||||||
55929 | 54904 | Noted 22/02/1990 - Passing Iver westbound | |||||||
55929 | 54904 | Noted 29/06/90 - at Norwich4 | |||||||
977775 | 977776 | Listed at ZA - 08/11/93 - test unit |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Graeme Phillips
A class 114 DMU is seen departing ECS after terminating at Nottingham with a service from Lincoln, at 1445 on Tuesday 26/11/1985. Closest is DTCL E54015, the DMBS seems to be E53001. Graeme Phillips Collection.
A Royal Mail liveried parcels Class 114 set is working with a Met-Camm set as it enters Skipton station on a Morecambe - Leeds service on the 4th July 1989. Rex Holt.
977776 during conversion to the ATP unit. Taken on 2/8/91, showing the framework being assembled for the new partitions. John Reddyhoff.
977776 during conversion to the ATP unit. Taken on 2/8/91, showing the framework being assembled for the new partitions. John Reddyhoff.
The kitchen area being constructed in 977776 during conversion to the ATP unit, 8/11/91. John Reddyhoff.
Taken inside 977776 taken during conversion to the ATP unit on 8/11/91. John Reddyhoff.
Inside 977776 during conversion to the ATP unit, 8/11/91. John Reddyhoff.
977776 / 977775 stabled at Warrington Arpley circa 1993/4. Mark Etstall.
977776 / 977775 at Warrington in 1996. Tim Moss.
977776 / 977775 stabled at Warrington Arpley circa 1996. Malcolm Clements.
977776 at Warrington Arpley circa 1996. Malcolm Clements.
977776 at Warrington Arpley circa 1996. Malcolm Clements.
977776 and 977775 at Bescot TMD on the 14th July 1996. S Gaskell.
Class 114 departmental unit 977776 and 977775 at Warrington Arpley on 17 August 1996. Keith Miller.
Departmental Class 114 set (vehicles 977776 + 977775) stabled in Lincoln station, date unknown. Glyn Weigh.
Departmental Class 114 DMU 977776 + 977775 seen at Doncaster on 16/4/97. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Plain blue E50010 is partnered with refurbished E56033, sitting next to blue grey E56015 at Sheffield Midland on 08-03-82. The HST is 43168, Cravens 56472 is on the right. Vincent Haworth.
Two Class 114 DMUs at Boston with a Skegness - Nottingham service on 27 June 1983, the closest being 53001 + 54015. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Peterborough platform 5 in summer 1987 finds a class 114 Derby Heavyweight set as originally delivered - 53015 and 54015. Remarkably although the vehicles were not always so paired throughout the years, they seemed to stay together for most of their lives, even into departmental use and later preservation. Robert Chilton.
Class 114 53015 and 54015 with the 12.10 Sheffield - Hull at Broughton Lane on 25 May 1987. Dave Warby Collection.
Class 114 parcel DMU's 55929 + 54904 + BG 92257 at Queen Adelaide with a Peterborough to Norwich evening working on 11th August 1989. Nicholas Youngman.
Class 128 55991 with Class 114 54904 + 55929 and BG 94124 on the Saturday Only 3E26 17:57 Manchester Piccadilly to Leeds Parcel Depot at New Mills South Junction, 9-9-89. Kevin Dowd.
Barry Open Day 18th August 1990. In common with most open days in wales the weather was raining so as you can imagine everyone went for the cover of the engine shed. The vehicles, from left to right, are Class 128 55993 and Class 114 55929 + 54904. Alex Drennan.
Withdrawn Class 114 DPU 55929 and presumably 54904 stabled at Derby Etches Park on 11 November 1990. It would be selected by the nearby EDU for conversion to the ATP test unit. Robert Thomas.
Class 114 2-car DMU unit Nos. ADB977775 & ADB977776 [55929 and 54904] stands outside the Railway Technical Centre at Derby on 14 March 1992. Brian Creasey.
Class 114 977775 + 977776 is seen at Crewe on 07.08.1996. Andy Cole.
977775 / 977776 seen at Warrington Arpley, 7th August 1996. Paul Moxon.
Transrail route learner 977775 + 977776 at Nottingham on 9th December 1996. David Page.