Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30470
Diagram: 533
01/07/58 | New to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
w/e 28/02/59 | Transferred to | 34B (Hornsey) | |
Apr-60 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
w/e 12/02/78 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
w/e 23/04/78 | Transferred to | SF (Stratford) | |
12/05/85 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) | |
Oct-86 | Transferred to | LN (Lincoln) | |
Feb-87 | Withdrawn from | LN (Lincoln) | - also noted W 23/11/86 from NC |
56421 - original number
54421 - from 21/04/83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
51263 | 56421 | As delivered to 40A - 1st July 1958 | |||||||
51263 | 56421 | Transfer to 34B - w/e 28/02/59 | |||||||
51269 | 56421 | Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge1 | |||||||
51269 | 56421 | Noted 04/09/69 - at Kings Cross1 | |||||||
51259 | 56421 | Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross1 | |||||||
51281 | 56421 | Noted 05/04/71 - at Peterborough1 | |||||||
51298 | 56421 | Noted 31/12/1971 - at Kings Cross2 | |||||||
51472 | 56421 | Noted 20/07/73 - at Ipswich3 | |||||||
51295 | 56421 | Noted 08/08/1974 - at Kings Cross2 | |||||||
51295 | 56421 | Noted 10/08/74 - at Peterborough4 | |||||||
50387 | 56421 | Noted 17/08/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51260 | 56421 | Noted 03/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51260 | 56421 | Noted 07/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51290 | 56421 | Noted 11/07/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
56421 | Noted 09/12/76 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle4 | ||||||||
51297 | 56421 | Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot4 | |||||||
51295 | 56421 | Noted 10/10/77 - on 1520 Hintingdon-Kings Cross | |||||||
51292 | 56421 | Noted 14/01/78 - on 1124 Huntingdon-Kings Cross | |||||||
50369 | 56421 | Noted 30th August 1979 | |||||||
50369 | 56421 | Noted circa 12/19815 | |||||||
50368 | 56421 | Noted circa 04/19825 | |||||||
53360 | 54421 | Noted circa 07/19835 | |||||||
53367 | 54421 | Noted circa 01/19845 | |||||||
53367 | 54421 | Noted circa 04/19845 | |||||||
34 | 53366 | 54421 | Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85 | ||||||
34 | 53366 | 54421 | Listed at NC - Dec-85 | ||||||
34 | 53366 | 54421 | Noted 12/04/19865 | ||||||
34 | 53366 | 54421 | Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986 | ||||||
34 | 53366 | 54421 | Noted 11/07/86 | ||||||
34 | 53366 | 54421 | Noted 13/08/86 | ||||||
45 | 53365 | 54421 | Formation change - Norwich - Sep-86 - 54421 replaced 54436 (W) |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
A two-car Cravens Class 105 formed of cars E56421 & E50360 was stood in the bay platform alongside the Great Eastern main line at Romford on May 1st 1980. The unit was working the Romford to Upminister shuttle service. The 3.4 mile line was constructed by the London Tilbury & Southend Railway in 1893 and electrified in 1986. Martyn Hilbert.
A Class 105 Cravens DMU with E56421 + E50360 at Ilford circa 1980. Stratford is on the destination blind. Paul Redmond.
Two-car Cravens DMU 56421 and 50367 at North Woolwich on 4th August 1982. David Scott.
A Cravens 2-car (led by E54421) working between North Woolwich and Camden Road, calls at Dalston Kingsland in April 1984. Kevin Lane.
Class 105 DMU 54421+53368 at Romford with the 09.13 to Upminster, 308-142 passing to the right 13-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
A Class 105 set with 54421 at the front passes Saltley on its way to Norwich on July 6, 1985. Andy Cole.
On Saturday 21st September 1985 Cravens driver trailer 54421 is seen at Norwich along with a Class 120 and 47 582. Colin Brooks.
At Norwich on 15/3/86 is Sheringham bound Set 30 on the left (E54125 closest) alongside Set 34, a relatively recent arrival at Norwich depot, but destined to be one of the final seven sets based there. Formed of E54421 & E53366, the set number is shown in the old destination indicator on the trailer which is possibly unique. Photo by Philip Mott. Gerard Fletcher.
On a couple of Saturdays in 1986, my friend Phil Mott accompanied me on an Anglian Day Ranger ticket. He equipped me with a 'proper' camera and between us we took some black and white pictures on our travels. This in Norwich on 1st April 1986. I suspect it is one of Phil's pictures as I tended to avoid getting people in mine, which in retrospect is a bit of a shame. Mind you, we'd probably be carted off by the BTP if we took a picture like this today. Our aim was to photograph the Cravens 105s and Classic series ETH Class 31/4s, so this was a bit of good fortune, getting a trio of Cravens. Gerard Fletcher.
Cravens unit E54421 and E53366 (Norwich set 34) on a Peterborough to Cambridge working passing Kiln Lane, Ely. 11.07.86. Nicholas Youngman.
Norwich allocated Cravens class 105 dmu made up of cars E54421 + E53366 is seen running along the River Yare, nearing Haddiscoe with a Norwich-Lowestoft service, 13th August 1986. Andrew J Crowther.
A Class 114 DMBS and a Class 105 DTSL on Lincoln depot. The slide process date was April 1987. The Cravens shows signs that it was a former Stratford vehicle (the headlamp brackets) and was also once allocated to Norwich (the set number location on the cab window), which identifies it as 54421, withdrawn from Lincoln in February 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Two DMU twins in London Kings Cross, Class 101 E56372 + 51443 and Class 105 56421 + 51295. The slide process date was January 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Cravens Class 105 2-Car DMU, formed of cars E50360 & E56421, was stood in the the non-electrified bay platform at Upminster, whilst awaiting departure to Romford on May 1st 1980. Martyn Hilbert.
A Class 105 with DMBS E50360 and DTSL E56421 closest departs from Ilford station circa 1980. Paul Redmond.
2 car cravens unit 50367 and 56421 on a service to Woolwich at Canonbury on 4th August 1982. David Scott.
Class 105 DMBS 53367 seen stabled at Stratford depot with 54421 on 16/Jun/1984, after working the Woolwich line. This vehicle was later used in parcels service. Robert Chilton.
Two DMU at Sheringham circa 1985, the closest being set 34, presumably 53366 + 54421, the DMBS still carrying its non-standard headlamps from its time at Stratford (it moved from Stratford to Norwich in March 1985). David Faircloth.