Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30470
Diagram: 533
18/12/58 | New to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
2w/e 31/05/59 | Transferred to | 34B (Hornsey) | |
Apr-60 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
2w/e 27/03/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
w/e 05/10/80 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
w/e 19/10/80 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) | |
Jan-81 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
14/10/84 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
56453 - original number
54453 - from Oct-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
51295 | 56453 | As delivered to 40A - 18th December 1958 | |||||||
51269 | 56453 | Noted 12th Nov 1960 | |||||||
51471 | 56453 | Noted 02/09/67 - in Cambridge station1 | |||||||
51267 | 56453 | Noted 04/09/69 - at Kings Cross2 | |||||||
51471 | 56453 | Noted 21/12/70 - on Cambridge depot2 | |||||||
51259 | 56453 | Noted 21/07/73 - at Ipswich3 | |||||||
51259 | 56453 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||||
51292 | 56453 | Noted 08/08/1974 - at Kings Cross4 | |||||||
51267 | 56453 | Noted 03/02/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||||
50384 | 56453 | Noted 11/06/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||||
50384 | 56453 | Noted 10/03/77 - on Cambridge depot1 | |||||||
50384 | 56453 | Noted 13/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||||
51127 | 56453 | Transfer to LO - w/e 19/10/80 | |||||||
51127 | 56453 | Transfer to NH - Jan-81 | |||||||
51127 | 56453 | Noted circa 04/19825 | |||||||
NH349 | 51127 | 56453 | Noted circa 10/19825 | ||||||
51127 | 56453 | Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 07.15 Manchester Victoria to Blackpool with 51585-59587-51581.5 | |||||||
50463 | 56453 | Noted circa 12/19825 | |||||||
50463 | 56453 | Noted circa 03/19835 | |||||||
53463 | 54453 | Noted circa 08/19835 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
A Cravens twin is seen between Luton Hoo and Luton with the 12.14pm Welwyn Garden City to Dunstable North on 15 February 1964. E56453 leads, allocated to Finsbury Park at the time. Michael Mensing.
Class 105 DTSL E56453 in Manchester Victoria, date unknown, Southport on the destination blind. It is paired with a Class 100 DMBS - probably 51127 which it worked with circa 1980-1982. Paul Redmond.
Class 100/105 hybrid M51127 + M56453 at St Annes on 26 August 1982. David Mant.