Vehicle 56458 / 54458

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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

21/01/59	New to	40A (Lincoln)
3w/e 01/08/59	Transferred to	34B (Hornsey)
27/09/59	Transferred to	40A (Lincoln)
4w/e 01/10/60	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
4w/e 03/03/62	Transferred to	40A (Lincoln)
Sep-64	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73	Depot code change	FP
w/e 12/02/78	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Jun-81	Withdrawn from	NR (Norwich)
Jun-81	Reinstated	NR (Norwich)
06/11/83	Transferred to	LN (Lincoln)
28/09/86	Withdrawn from	LN (Lincoln)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56458 - original number
54458 - from 1985 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51300	56458							As delivered to 40A - 21st January 1959
	51300	56458							Transfer to 40A - 27/09/59
	51300	56458							Transfer to 34G - 4w/e 01/10/60
	51294	56458							Noted 12th Nov 1960
	51300	56458							Transfer to 40A - 4w/e 03/03/62
	51275	56458							Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge1
	51275	56458							Noted 25/08/69 - at Hitchin1
	51275	56458							Noted 01/09/69 - at Finsbury Park with 51265 + 564331
	51299	56458							Noted 04/09/69 - at Kings Cross1
	51298	56458							Noted 06/06/71 - at Kings Cross1
	51257	56458							Noted 13/07/73 - at Ipswich2
	51257	56458							Noted 11/08/73 - on a Liverpool Street - Sheringham service with 51281 + 56452 and 51297 + 564203
	51299	56458							Noted 04/08/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
	51299	56458							Noted 10/08/1974 - at Kings Cross4
	51279	56458							Noted 10/08/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
	51472	56458							Noted 28/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3
	51289	56458							Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot3
	51289	56458							Noted 12/01/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3
	51289	56458							Noted 22/01/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3
	51289	56458							Noted 13/07/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3
	51272	56458							Noted 18/05/78 - at Norwich3
	51272	56458							Noted 07/10/78 - on 0640 Norwich-Peterborough
	50376	56458							Noted 17/04/79 - at Norwich3
	51290	56458							Noted 27/09/80 - on 08.13 Cambridge – Peterborough5
	51284	54458							Noted circa 05/19846
	51298	54458							Noted 12/02/86 - at Norwich3
	51298	54458							Noted 20/07/86
	51298	54458							Noted 25/07/86
	51298	54458							Noted circa 09/19866
	51298	54458							Noted 30/10/19866

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Phil Shatford
6: Eddie Knorn

Images:

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25th March 1979

Set number: 34

E56458 and E50376 (set 34) at Norwich Station on March 25th 1979. Ian Charles.

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29th August 1981

Set number: 57

Class 105 DMU set 57 (56458 + 51263) approaches Oulton Broad North on a Norwich - Lowestoft service on 29 August 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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27th July 1985

E54458 + E51284 at Sheffield on July 25, 1985. John Carter.

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Unknown date

E54458 + E51298 on Lincoln depot in the mid-1980s. Glyn Weigh.

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15th March 1986

E54458 at Peterborough on March 15th, 1986. This one took us by surprise. Most of the time the Doncaster - Lincoln - Peterborough dmu services were operated by the Derby Heavyweight Class 114 units, but here one of Lincoln's Class 105s arrives instead. Photo by Phil Mott. Gerard Fletcher.

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25th July 1986

Vehicles E54458 E51298 are seen entering what was then platform 8 of York station with the 16:42 York - Doncaster via Selby, 25/07/1986. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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23rd October 1986

A two car class 105 set (54458/51298) sits in Hull Paragon station on the afternoon of 23/10/86. It will form the 16.53 to Doncaster. Leonard Rogers.

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4th February 1989

Cravens E54458 at Snailwell on the 4th February 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

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4th February 1989

Looking towards E54458. E54443 is trailing unit nearest at Snailwell on February 4th 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 31st May 1981

Cravens class 105 DMU, E51290 & E56458 at Ipswich, 31st May 1981. Paul James.

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Date: 4th February 1989

Looking at E54443 with E54458 trailing nearest at Snailwell on 4 February 1989. Nicholas Youngman.