Vehicle 56045 / 54045

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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

29/03/57	New to	40A (Lincoln)
May 1973	Depot code change	LN
10/05/87	Stored U.	LN (Lincoln)
29/06/88	Withdrawn from	LN (Lincoln)	- no published date found, presume same as other LN(U) vehicles

Notes

1957 - Stored near Sleaford South Junction while power car used as extra power in other unit

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56045 - original number
54045 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Mar-79 - AWS fitted
circa Dec-86 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 23/03/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50045	56045							As delivered to 40A - 29th March 1957
	50045	56045							Noted 22/04/66 - in Doncaster1
	50045	56045							Noted 05/08/66 - at Wakefield Kirkgate1
	50045	56045							Noted 07/10/67 - at Leeds City with 50010 + 560101
	50045	56045							Noted 01/04/69 - in Doncaster1
	50045	56045							Noted 09/11/69 - at Doncaster1
	50045	56045							Noted 17/08/1972 - at Derby2
	50021	56045							Noted 16/03/1974 - at Derby2
	50021	56045							Noted 16/03/1974 - at Derby2
	50040	56045							Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster2
	50040	56045							Noted 08/01/75 - at Stainforth & Hatfield3
	50040	56045							Noted 08/07/1975 - at Derby 2
	50026	56045							Noted 04/09/76 - at Sheffield1
	50045	56045							Noted 24/09/77 - at Grantham3
	50045	56045							Noted 12/10/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3
	50033	56045							Noted 15/08/80
	53009	54045							Noted circa 05/19844
	53046	54045							Noted 21/11/86 - at Norwich3
	53046	54045							Noted 04/12/19864

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

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7th March 1970

E56045 and E50045 at Boston (Lincs) on March 7, 1970 with the 15.34 from Grimsby to Peterborough. Tom Burnham.

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12th June 1979

A Class 114 DMU formed of E56045 + E50033 at Lincoln on 12 June 1979. Brian Daniels.

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1980

56045 stands at Boston in 1980 prior to departure to Nottingham. Peter (LEYTR).

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15th August 1980

In refurbished livery, a Class 114 set formed of 56045 / 50033 runs into Keighley on the 15th August 1980. Robert Frise.

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18th October 1983

A Class 114 on a Beverley - Hull service arrives at Cottingham on 18th October 1983. Cottingham North signalbox, which can be seen in the background, has subsequently been preserved. Syd Young.

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19th July 1985

A trio of DMUs at Sheffield on 19 July 1985, with Class 114 54045 in the centre. Jonathan Hazan.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 22nd May 1982

Set number: 37

The 12.40 Doncaster - Cambridge has Cravens set 37 trailer E56457 with a Stratford painted silver roof, while alongside just arriving is the 14.30 Cambridge - Lincoln Central with Derby heavyweight Class 114 E50013 + E56045. In March station on May 22nd 1982. Gerard Fletcher.

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Date: circa mid-1982

Class 111 DMBS E50286 outside Doncaster Works. Date unknown, possibly mid-1982 when it would undergo conversion to a single engine vehicle. The Class 114 on the left appears to be E56045. Paul Redmond.