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Vehicle 56136 / 54136


Class 105

Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30283
Diagram: 526

Allocations

01/05/57 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
May-73Depot code changeBG
w/e 24/10/76 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
w/e 22/06/80 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
26/04/81 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
21/11/82 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
12/12/82 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
22/06/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
Jun-86 Stored AY (Ayr)
28/09/86 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56136 - original number
54136 - from Feb-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

56136 was involved in the following incident:


105 DMU at Prudhoe

circa late 1970s - Prudhoe, ER

Collision involving Class 105

Info from Tim Gornall

A Class 105 (thought to be E56136) hit the buffer stop at Prudhoe. The unit had been put into the old coal siding opposite the signal box for some reason. However, the driver managed to hit the buffer stop and push it into the road. Unit was recovered the next morning.


Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50381 56136 As delivered to 53C - 1st May 1957
50380 56136 Noted 15/08/1970 - at York1
50380 56136 Noted 29/08/70 - at York2
50388 56136 Noted 17/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street 1
50374 56136 Noted 29/08/74 - at Ferriby3
50374 56136 Noted 03/01/75 - in Leeds City3
50373 56136 Noted 09/09/75 - at Brough2
50373 56136 Noted 11/09/75 - at Brough2
51489 56136 Noted 19/09/75 - at Brough2
51236 56136 Noted 17/11/75 - at Brough2
50374 56136 Noted 19/11/75 - at Brough2
50379 56136 Noted 30/12/75 - at York2
51213 56136 Noted 05/01/76 - at Brough2
50379 56136 Noted 10/01/76 - at Brough2
50379 56136 Noted 15/01/76 - at Brough2
50379 56136 Noted 10/02/76 - at Brough2
50379 56136 Noted 06/03/76 - on Botanic Gardens depot2
50379 56136 Noted Jun-76 - at Brough2
51439 56136 Noted 22/01/78 - at Longbenton
51279 56136 Noted circa 03/19794
51279 56136 Noted 04/04/80
70 50380 54136 Noted 21/03/83 - at Norwich3
44 51289 54136 Noted 28/07/83
44 51289 54136 Noted circa 03/19844
51 51269 54136 Noted circa 04/19854
51 51299 54136 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
51 51269 54136 Listed at NC - Dec-85
51 51269 54136 Noted circa 02/19864
51 51269 54136 Noted 22/03/19864
51 51269 54136 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
54136 Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard4

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

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Manors

22nd January 1978

A Cravens set, with 56136 at the rear (and 51439), is seen departing from Manors, 22/1/78. Ian Francis.

Class 105 DMU at Prudhoe

circa late 1970s

Taken at Prudhoe circa late 1970s, the unit had been put into the old coal siding opposite the signal box for some reason. However, the driver managed to hit the buffer stop and push it into the road. Unit was recovered the next morning. The vehicle seems to be E56136. Tim Gornall.

Class 105 DMU at Prudhoe

circa late 1970s

Taken at Prudhoe circa late 1970s, the unit had been put into the old coal siding opposite the signal box for some reason the night before. However, the driver managed to hit the buffer stop and push it into the road. This is the unit being recovered the next morning. The vehicle seems to be E56136. Tim Gornall.

Class 105 DMU at Prudhoe

circa late 1970s

Taken at Prudhoe circa late 1970s, the unit had been put into the old coal siding opposite the signal box for some reason the night before. However, the driver managed to hit the buffer stop and push it into the road. This is the unit being recovered the next morning, the vehicle is thought to be E56136. Tim Gornall.

Class 105 DMU at Prudhoe

circa late 1970s

Taken at Prudhoe circa late 1970s, the unit had been put into the old coal siding opposite the signal box for some reason the night before. However, the driver managed to hit the buffer stop and push it into the road. This is the unit being recovered the next morning, the vehicle is thought to be E56136. The vehicle behind was presumably its partner at the time - a Class 101 DMBS. Tim Gornall.

Class 105 DMU at Prudhoe

circa late 1970s

Taken at Prudhoe circa late 1970s, the unit had been put into the old coal siding opposite the signal box for some reason the night before. However, the driver managed to hit the buffer stop and push it into the road. This is the unit being recovered the next morning, the vehicle is thought to be E56136. Tim Gornall.

Class 105 DMU at Gateshead

4th April 1980

Cars E56136 E51279 are seen working a Newcastle-South Shields service on 4/4/1980... not giving much away about the location, this shot was taken from Park Lane, Gateshead. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Leicester

June 1983

Set number: 44

Cravens DTC E54136 at the end of a row of eight DMU vehicles in Leicester in June 1983. Dennis Taylor.

Class 105 DMU at Leicester

June 1983

Set number: 44

Class 105 DTC E54136 stabled at Leicester in June 1983. Dennis Taylor.

Class 105 DMU at West Runton

4th August 1984

Two twin car Norwich allocated Cravens class 105 dmu's (closest is E54136 and E51289) both still with their 1st Class accommodation, calls at West Runton with a Sheringham - Norwich service on 4th August 1984. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 105 DMU at Saltley

8th September 1984

Class 105 54136 is seen passing Saltley on it's way to Norwich, 08.09.1984. Note the First class section at the front. Andy Cole.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 22nd January 1978

Class 101 DMBS 51439 seen paired with Class 105 DTC 56136 at Longbenton, 22/1/78. They are heading in the South Gosforth direction, the chimney on the left is believed to be part of the Lucozade factory. Ian Francis.

DMU

Date: 29th July 1981

Set number: 46

Left to right: E56187 + E51273, E56136 + E50594, E56439 + E51297, 31259, 47135. Ipswich, 29/7/81. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 1st June 1983

Set number: 44

Class 105 Cravens 2-car DMU 51289 + 54136 stabled at Leicester on 1-6-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 28th July 1983

Set number: 44

On a swelteringly hot July 28th 1983, Norwich Cravens twin set no. 44 : E51289 +E54136 approaches Manea working the 14.52 Cambridge - Peterborough service. These units gave sterling service in East Anglia, though many had followed the example of E51289 by initially working off Lincoln depot for a few weeks when new in 1958, then going south to become part of the Hornsey /Finsbury Park allocation. E51289 arrived at Norwich in February 1978 and finished its career there in September 1985. Like most of its type, it met its end at the Snailwell yard of Mayer Newman. Gerard Fletcher.

DMU

Date: 15th March 1986

Set number: 102

Lowestoft station on 15 March 1986. Class 101 set 102 - 53193 + 59084 + 53180 is on the left forming 16.30 to Ipswich, on the right is Class 105 set 51 - 54136 + 51269 - forming 16.26 to Norwich. Rob Paterson.

DMU

Date: 6th December 1987

E51269 at Snailwell on 6th December 1987. When this was reallocated from Norwich to Ayr I didn't think I would see it again. It's trailer (later at Norwich) 54136 went to Vic Berrys. Nicholas Youngman.