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Vehicle 56114 / 54114

Class 105

Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30281
Diagram: 526

Allocations

10/08/56	New to	53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58	Transferred to	53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)	- (53C closed)
Jan-60	Depot code change	50C
4w/e 09/10/65	On loan to	31A (Cambridge)
w/e 16/10/65	Transferred to	31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 27/11/65	Transferred to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
16/06/68	Transferred to	31A (Cambridge)
4w/e 30/05/70	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
3w/e 30/10/70	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
Jan-72	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
May-73	Depot code change	NO
Sep-73	Depot code change	NR
19/06/83	Transferred to	SF (Stratford)
11/05/86	Withdrawn from	SF (Stratford)

Notes

9th August 1956 - 50359 / 56114 arrived at Hull, allocated to Springhead and would initially be used for crew training on the Hornsea and Withernsea branches.
27th September 1956 - 50359/56114 has been noted at Scarborough on 11th, 18th, 25th and 27th September on trial runs. On 25th and 27th an XP van was attached and carried weights equivalent to that of passengers.
27th December 1987 - Seen in Tinsley Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56114 - original number
54114 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50359	56114	As delivered to 53C - 9th August 1956
	50359	56114	As delivered to 53C - 10th August 1956
	50359	56114	Noted 27th September 1956
	50359	56114	Transfer to 31A - 4w/e 09/10/65 - On loan from NER
	50359	56114	Transfer to 50C - 3w/e 27/11/65
	51116	56114	Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street with 51279 + 56434¹
	51282	56114	Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge¹
	50417	56114	Noted 18/09/70 - at Peterborough¹
	50361	56114	Transfer to 34G - 3w/e 31/10/70
	50361	56114	Noted 06/06/71 - at Kings Cross¹
	51299	56114	Noted 19/06/71 - at Ipswich²
	50361	56114	Transfer to 32A - Jan-72
76	51217	56114	Noted circa mid-1972 - at Bury St Edmunds³
63	51284	56114	Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51284	56114	Noted 09/04/73 - on 1639 Broad Street - Stevenage with 56369 + 51218
46	50359	56114	Noted 28/05/73 - at Bury St Edmunds³
49	50365	56114	Noted 25/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds³
49	50365	56114	Noted 06/03/74 - at Bury St Edmunds³
74	51207	56114	Noted 04/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds³
74	51207	56114	Noted 09/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds³
74	51207	56114	Noted 17/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51207	56114	Noted 26/05/75 - at Bury St Edmunds³
66	50157	56114	Listed at NR - 19/07/75
73	51115	56114	Noted 04/06/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
52	51485	56114	Noted 04/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds³
37	50383	56114	Noted 19/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds³
59	51258	56114	Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
43	51297	56114	Noted 20/01/79 - at Norwich³
	51294	56114	Noted 23/02/80 - 19.28 Peterborough – Cambridge⁴
	51294	56114	Noted 31/05/80 - on 08.50 Norwich – Yarmouth (Via Acle)⁴
59	51258	56114	Noted 09/09/81
	53368	54114	Noted circa 01/1984⁵
	53368	54114	Noted circa 04/1984⁵
	53368	54114	Noted 25/05/84
	53362	54114	Noted 22/03/1986 - in Stratford Works⁶

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Gerald Brown
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton

Images:

circa August 1956

A brand new E56114 and presumably M50359, which were delivered to Hull Springhead in August 1956. This was a commonly used publicity image distributed by Cravens. Cravens.

circa August 1956

The front saloon of a Cravens DTCL, this is assumed to be E56114 when new circa August 1956. Cravens.

circa August 1956

The interior of a Cravens DTCL, this is assumed to be E56114 when new circa August 1956. Taken in the centre saloon looking towards the rear with the toilet on the left. Cravens.

10th July 1969

A mixed livery Cravens set (one green, one blue, both with small yellow panels) at St Ives Junction on July 10, 1969. E56114 is closest. Steve Davies Collection.

10th July 1969

A mixed livery Cravens set (one green, one blue, both with small yellow panels) at St Ives Junction station on July 10, 1969. E56114 is closest. Steve Davies Collection.

6th March 1970

A Cravens DMU at Cambridge on a snowy 6 March 1970, with E56114 at the front of the 13.00 to Birmingham. Tom Burnham.

July 1972

Set number: 76

Norwich Cravens set 76 (likely to be E56114 + E51217) leads a DMU formation into Birmingham New Street in July 1972. Alistair Ness.

12th July 1978

Set number: 43

Class 105 DMU set 43 (56114 + 51297) arriving at Felixstowe on 12 July 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

12th September 1978

Set number: 43

51297 + 56114 leads a service from Norwich arriving at Felixstowe on 12 September 1978. The set number is a little blurry but the power car, noted as E51297, would be in set 43 and it looks like a possibility. Stuart Mackay Collection.

22nd March 1980

This is the old Sudbury station; the line was later cut back about one hundred yards and the former station site is now a leisure centre. Working on Colchester services are Class 105 DTCL E56114 and Class 100 DMBS E50346 on March 22, 1980. Jeremy Chapter.

29th April 1980

Set number: 39

At the northern stub of the surviving portion of the former Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GNJR) still in use as part of the national network, a Cravens Class 105 two-car DMU formed of cars E56114 & E51293 had arrived at Sheringham with a service from Norwich via a reversal at Cromer on April 29th 1980. The single platform terminus at Sheringham, complete with its BR Eastern Region dark blue enamel sign, opened on January 2nd 1967 enabling the closure of the adjacent level crossing and the original M&GNJR station (now owned by the North Norfolk Railway). The single platform was intended as a temporary station as the line was scheduled for closure. In the event, it has gone on to be upgraded to accommodate the new Greater Anglia Class 755 DMU's. A connection from the Network Rail line at Sheringham to the North Norfolk Railway was opened in 2010. Martyn Hilbert.

9th September 1981

Set number: 59

It's funny how you can curse things, but then years later find that they add a strange charm to a photograph. I'm not sure which is the most rateable here, the Cravens or the classic pushchair? The occupant of the latter if favoured with longevity must be over 30 now! This is Norwich set 59, E56114 + E51258 simmering at Ipswich before departure as the 10.48 to Lowestoft via the East Suffolk line. 9/9/81. Gerard Fletcher.

26th March 1989

E54114 in Snailwell on 26th March 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: circa August 1956

A Cravens publicity image showing 50359 + 56114: un-matted version. Cravens.

Date: circa August 1956

A Cravens publicity image showing 50359 + 56114: matted version. Cravens.

Date: 17th August 1979

Set number: 68

E50346 at March on a very damp August 17th 1979 in ex works condition with domino style headcode display. After this hasty (and somewhat blurred) photo had been taken, I went down to the platform where further scrutiny revealed a paint date of 29/7/79. It was paired here with a rather less sparkling Cravens trailer, E56114, they were working the 17.10 Cambridge to Peterborough service. Gerard Fletcher.

Date: 22nd March 1980

Set number: 68

E50346 is seen at Colchester with E56114 forming a Sudbury service on March 22, 1980. Jeremy Chapter.

Date: 27th April 1980

Set number: 59

Cravens Class 105 (Norwich set 59) formed of cars E51258 & E56114 was stood at Lowestoft on April 27th 1980. Martyn Hilbert.

Date: 29th April 1980

Set number: 39

At the one-time Cromer Beach terminus of the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GNJR), a Cravens Class 105 two-car DMU, formed of cars E51294 & M56114 had arrived from Norwich on April 29th 1980. The driver is changing ends for the run to the small terminus at Sheringham. The station at Cromer had just one platform face in use, the station being surrounded by empty and redundant railway land, a legacy from the days when the station here handled heavy Summer holiday traffic from the North and the Midlands via the now closed M&GNJR. Martyn Hilbert.

Date: 16th October 1980

The very rare sight of a DMU (classes 114 & 105) on a Liverpool Street - Cambridge service: E50003, E56014, E56114 and E51294 head the 12.05 Liverpool Street - Cambridge at Hackney Downs presumably due to shortage of loco or stock. The same unit worked Up on the 09.27 Cambridge - Liverpool Street and it wasn't doing too badly at only 8 minutes late! 16/Oct/1980. Robert Chilton.

Date: 29th July 1981

Set number: 59

E51258 + E56114 depart from March with a Peterborough - Cambridge service on 29/7/81. The locos are 31 297 and 47 203. John Carter.

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