Vehicle 56423 / 54423
Class 105
Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30470
Diagram: 533
Allocations
| 23/07/58 | New to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 3w/e 04/07/59 | Transferred to | 34B (Hornsey) | |
| Apr-60 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
| 4w/e 29/06/63 | Transferred to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
| Sep-64 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
| w/e 27/11/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| p/e 05/04/81 | Transferred to | SF (Stratford) | |
| 07/07/85 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) | |
| 01/06/86 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) | |
| 06/07/86 | Withdrawn from | CA (Cambridge) |
Notes
27th December 1987 - Seen in Tinsley Yard
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56423 - original number
54423 - from 12/04/83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51265 | 56423 | As delivered to 31A - 23rd July 1958 | |||||||
| 51265 | 56423 | Transfer to 40A - 4w/e 29/06/63 | |||||||
| 51263 | 56423 | Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge1 | |||||||
| 51472 | 56423 | Noted 01/01/1972 - at Kings Cross2 | |||||||
| 51294 | 56423 | Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross2 | |||||||
| 51294 | 56423 | Noted 04/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
| 51294 | 56423 | Noted 04/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
| 51294 | 56423 | Noted 09/02/1975 - at Kings Cross 2 | |||||||
| 51297 | 56423 | Noted 05/07/1975 - at Nottingham2 | |||||||
| 51472 | 56423 | Noted 17/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
| 50376 | 56423 | Noted 15/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
| 50376 | 56423 | Noted 03/07/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
| 50376 | 56423 | Noted 17/07/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
| 51280 | 56423 | Noted 27/01/77 - on Cambridge depot, 51280 ex-works3 | |||||||
| 56423 | Noted 10/02/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle3 | ||||||||
| 51471 | 56423 | Transfer to GF - w/e 27/11/77 | |||||||
| 50602 | 56423 | Noted 15/04/1978 - at Newcastle 2 | |||||||
| 50291 | 56423 | Noted 16/11/80 - on a Middlesbrough - Newcastle service | |||||||
| 51489 | 56423 | Noted 12/04/1981 - Worked 09.40 Middlesbrough to Newcastle.4 | |||||||
| 50364 | 56423 | Noted circa 04/19824 | |||||||
| 53359 | 54423 | Noted circa 08/19844 | |||||||
| 53364 | 54423 | Noted 05/07/85 - at Norwich3 | |||||||
| 53364 | 54423 | Transfer to NR - 07/07/85 - from SF | |||||||
| 35 | 53364 | 54423 | Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85 | ||||||
| 35 | 53364 | 54423 | Listed at NC - Dec-85 | ||||||
| 35 | 53364 | 54423 | Noted circa 02/19864 | ||||||
| Spare | 54423 | Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
16th November 1980
E56423 + E50291 on a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service at Tees Yard, Newport, Middlesbrough on 16/11/1980, diverted via the goods lines and Tees Yard due to engineering work. John Carter.
15th March 1986
Set number: 35
Shortly to be transferred to Cambridge depot for DPU use was Cravens set 35, E54423 + E53364, seen here in the Norwich Jubilee sidings awaiting its next turn. 15/3/86. Photo by Philip Mott. Gerard Fletcher.
4th July 1988
Set number: 35
Class 105 DTS E54423 at Snailwell on July 4th, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 16th November 1980
E50291 + E56423 on a Middlesbrough - Newcastle at Thornaby on 16/11/1980, diverted via the goods lines due to engineering work. John Carter.
Date: 4th July 1988
Near Kiln Lane, Ely. From the left - part of 55939 (M51582) then 55934 (M51573), E54423, E54193 and pair of Class 20's. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 4th July 1988
Part of E54390 nearest then 59108, 55939 (M51582), 55934 (M51573), E54423, E54193 and pair of Class 20's. Seen near Kiln Lane Ely on July 4, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.