Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30470
Diagram: 533
29/07/58 | New to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
3w/e 04/07/59 | Transferred to | 34B (Hornsey) | |
Apr-60 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
w/e 13/03/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
w/e 22/06/80 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
17/10/82 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
Dec-83 | Depot code change | NC | |
19/05/85 | Withdrawn from | NC (Norwich) |
56426 - original number
54426 - from May-85 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
51268 | 56426 | As delivered to 31A - 29th July 1958 | |||||||
51290 | 56426 | Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge1 | |||||||
51297 | 56426 | Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross1 | |||||||
51266 | 56426 | Noted 27/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||||
51266 | 56426 | Noted 04/08/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||||
51266 | 56426 | Noted 03/02/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||||
51289 | 56426 | Noted 06/02/76 - on Cambridge depot2 | |||||||
51273 | 56426 | Noted 06/03/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||||
51273 | 56426 | Noted 15/05/1976 - R.C.T.S. Tinsley Tyke Railtour 51290-56451+51273-56426 | |||||||
51273 | 56426 | Noted 18/09/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||||
51229 | 56426 | Noted 22/03/80 - on a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with E51427 + E56470 | |||||||
51299 | 56426 | Transfer to BG - w/e 22/06/80 | |||||||
50381 | 56426 | Noted 11/08/82 | |||||||
71 | 50381 | 56426 | Noted 11/11/82 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
71 | 53381 | 54426 | Noted circa 03/19843 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
Class 105 DTS(L) no E56426 at Doncaster TMD, 1/2/81. With the destination blind reading Alnmouth, this car had been working in north-east England. Graeme Phillips Collection.
E56426 and E50381 heads out of Selby station with the 10:27 York - Hull service on August 11, 1982. John Carter.
A pair of Cravens units await departure from the north end bays at Cambridge on Monday 5th September 1983. Driving Trailer Composite E56426 leads the unit on the left which forms the 10:48 service to Ipswich via Newmarket and Bury St Edmunds. Set 65 on the right will follow on three minutes later with the 10:51 Cambridge to Doncaster via March, Peterborough, Spalding, Sleaford, Lincoln and Gainsborough, finally arriving in Doncaster at 14:23. A bit of an endurance test but I can’t help thinking it must have been quite relaxing in the 1st Class section behind the driver’s cab, especially if the blinds were up. Brian McDevitt.
E51299 + E56426 / E56470 + E51427 with a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service at Stockton on March 22, 1980. John Carter.
E54132 and E54426 are seen at Norwich Saturday 21st September 1985. Colin Brooks.