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Vehicle 56454 / 54454

Class 105

BR Diagram 533

Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30470
Diagram: 533

Allocations

31/12/58 New to 31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 04/06/59 Transferred to 34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
4w/e 29/06/63 Transferred to 40A (Lincoln)
Sep-64 Transferred to 31A (Cambridge)
May-65 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
4w/e 02/10/65 Transferred to 31A (Cambridge)
Nov-69 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
4w/e 30/05/70 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
2w/e 10/10/70 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
Jan-72 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
w/e 16/11/74 Transferred to FP (Finsbury Park)
w/e 12/02/78 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
2w/e 11/06/78 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
28/09/86 Withdrawn from LN (Lincoln)

Notes

31st October 1987 - Seen at Tinsley Yard
27th December 1987 - Seen in Tinsley Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56454 - original number
54454 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51296 56454 As delivered to 31A - 31st December 1958
51296 56454 Transfer to 40A - 4w/e 29/06/63
51296 56454 Transfer to 31A - Sep-64
51296 56454 Transfer to 31A - 4w/e 02/10/65
51296 56454 Transfer to 34G - Nov-69
51296 56454 Noted 18/09/70 - at Cambridge1
51296 56454 Transfer to 34G - 2w/e 10/10/70
59 51296 56454 Noted circa e1972 - at Bury St Edmunds2
45 50368 56454 Noted circa mid-1972 - at Bury St Edmunds2
49 50365 56454 Noted 24/05/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2
49 50365 56454 Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford2
51 50249 56454 Noted 12/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51 50249 56454 Noted 06/12/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2
54 51274 56454 Noted 09/02/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
54 51274 56454 Noted 09/03/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
54 51274 56454 Noted 20/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
54 51274 56454 Noted 24/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51293 56454 Noted 27/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51274 56454 Noted 01/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
54 51274 56454 Noted 01/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51279 56454 Transfer to FP - w/e 16/11/74
51263 56454 Noted 08/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51263 56454 Noted 06/06/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50367 56454 Noted 16/07/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51259 56454 Noted 10/09/76 - at Kings Cross1
51259 56454 Noted 13/11/76
56454 Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle2
56454 Noted 27/01/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle2
51281 56454 Noted 28/12/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51284 56454 Noted 04/11/80 - on 08.26 Cleethorpes to New Holland Pier and Barton
51284 56454 Noted 03/12/80 - on 10.26 Doncaster - Cambridge
50386 56454 Noted 15/02/1981 - Formed 09.20 Newcastle to Middlesbrough.3
51285 56454 Noted circa 04/19823
51278 56454 Noted circa 03/19833
51276 54454 Noted 11/06/1985 - 1238 Nottingham - Skegness4
51278 54454 Noted 30/12/85
51278 54454 Noted circa 01/19863
53375 54454 Noted 01/12/19863

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: MidlandDeltic

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Cambridge

22nd October 1967

Cravens DTCL E56454 in Cambridge station on 22 October 1967. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Cambridge

22nd October 1967

Cravens DTCL E56454 in Cambridge station on 22 October 1967. This gives a good view of the rubber panel next to the driver's door. The first class seats seem to be covered in the gold/black moquette. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Cambridge

22nd October 1967

A detail shot of the rear half of Cravens DTCL E56454 in Cambridge station on 22 October 1967. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Cambridge

22nd October 1967

A detail shot of the rear end of Cravens DTCL E56454 in Cambridge station on 22 October 1967. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at possibly Doncaster Works

Unknown date

Class 105 DTCL E56454, possibly in Doncaster Works, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 105 DMU at Worksop

Unknown date

A Cravens Class 105 DMU with E56454 closest in Worksop station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 105 DMU at Grantham

26th August 1979

A two-car Cravens DMU set with 56454 nearest stabled at Grantham on 26th August 1979. David Scott.

Class 105 DMU at March

3rd December 1980

The low winter sun highlights the puddles at March as the 10.26 Doncaster - Cambridge service pulls in off the joint line from Spalding. Cravens Class 105 E56454 + E51284 was one of nine sets of its type allocated to Lincoln depot often used on these long distance stopping trains. Scan of a print taken with a pocket camera. 3rd December 1980. Gerard Fletcher.

Class 105 DMU at Leeds

26th June 1982

A Cravens Class 105 DMU, E56454 closest, heading for Doncaster pictured at Leeds on 26 June 1982. Commander Bond.

Class 105 DMU at Sheffield

2nd May 1985

54454 at Sheffield on the 2nd May 1985. Malcolm Clements.

Class 105 DMU at Buxworth Curve

12th August 1985

E54454 leads a New Mills - Sheffield working around Buxworth Curve on 12 August 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Snailwell

31st July 1988

E54454 at Snailwell on 31st July 1988. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 18th April 1981

Seen outside the Works at Doncaster on April 18 1981 are, from right to left, 08 745, 56039 + 50010 and 51284 + 56454. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 30th December 1985

A Cravens set formed of 51278 and 54454 and a Met-Camm set are seen in Nottingham Midland station on the 30th December 1985. Chris Lings.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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