Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30470
Diagram: 533
26/06/58 | New to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
09/11/58 | Transferred to | 34B (Hornsey) | |
Apr-60 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
w/e 20/02/77 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
Dec-83 | Depot code change | NC | |
06/10/85 | Withdrawn from | NC (Norwich) |
14th September 1958 - Unit 51261+56419 was on display as part of an exhibition at Wood Green Goods Yard from 12th to 14th September 1958.
56419 - original number
54419 - from Mar-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
51261 | 56419 | As delivered to 40A - 26th June 1958 | |||||||
51261 | 56419 | Noted 12th Sep 1958 | |||||||
51261 | 56419 | Noted 13th October 1958 | |||||||
51261 | 56419 | Transfer to 34B - 09/11/58 | |||||||
51261 | 56419 | Noted 12th Nov 1960 | |||||||
51265 | 56419 | Noted 06/01/73 - at Ipswich1 | |||||||
51265 | 56419 | Noted 08/08/1974 - at Kings Cross2 | |||||||
51280 | 56419 | Noted 17/08/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
51272 | 56419 | Noted 10/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
56419 | Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle, ex-works3 | ||||||||
56419 | Noted 09/12/76 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle3 | ||||||||
50377 | 56419 | Transfer to NR - w/e 20/02/77 | |||||||
50377 | 56419 | Noted 10/10/77 - on 1002 Cambridge-Bishops Stortford | |||||||
33 | 50377 | 56419 | Noted 05/11/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
50594 | 56419 | Noted 23/09/1978 - R.C.T.S. Fensman No.3 Railtour | |||||||
33 | 50377 | 56419 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | ||||||
77 | 50594 | 56419 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | ||||||
51298 | 56419 | Noted 17/01/79 - at Norwich3 | |||||||
51269 | 56419 | Noted 13/04/79 - on early afternoon Cambridge - Ipswich service4 | |||||||
51269 | 56419 | Noted 30/08/1979 - At Cambridge Station5 | |||||||
50371 | 56419 | Noted 17/10/1981 - Bitton Railway Company Ltd The Bitton East Anglian Railtour 56419+50371+56119+51478 | |||||||
50371 | 56419 | Noted 08/05/1982 - Observed at Spalding, train worked unclear | |||||||
67 | 51262 | 54419 | Noted circa 04/19856 |
Formation Sources
1: Ipswich Transport Society
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Phil Shatford
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
Cravens twin set E56419 + E51261 was one of many exhibits at a rolling stock and equipment exhibition at Noel Park Goods Yard (on the Seven Sisters - Palace Gates branch) by the Great Northern line. 24,000 people attended the event held from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th September 1958. British Railways.
E54419 running into Ely around 5pm on the 30th June 1985. Nicholas Youngman.
Cravens Class Set 67 54419 + E51262 are wrapped in polythene at Colchester on the morning of Thursday 25th September 1985. They had been fire damaged at Colchester the previous day. Colin Brooks.
Cravens Class Set 67 54419 + E51262 are wrapped in polythene at Colchester on the morning of Thursday 25th September 1985. They had been fire damaged at Colchester the previous day. Colin Brooks.
In mid-October 1958 two Cravens sets (51257 + 56415 and 51261 + 56419) began working Kings Cross Great Northern line suburban services. This was an initial step towards a planned 20 sets being in operation during the first half of the following year (ultimately there would be 26 sets). The two sets are seen at Palmers Green station circa November 1958. British Railways.
Norwich allocated DMU set 77, formed of Class 104 DMBS E50594 and Class 105 DTCL E56419, at Wisbech with the RCTS Fensman No3 railtour on 23 September 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.
50371 with 56419 arriving at Ipswich. Phil Bidwell.
50371 with 56419 arriving at Ipswich. Phil Bidwell.