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Vehicle 56458 / 54458

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

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-73Depot code changeFP
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Jun-81 Withdrawn from NR (Norwich)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28/09/86 Withdrawn from LN (Lincoln)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
51284 54458 Noted circa 05/19845
51298 54458 Noted 12/02/86 - at Norwich3
51298 54458 Noted 20/07/86
51298 54458 Noted 25/07/86
51298 54458 Noted circa 09/19865
51298 54458 Noted 30/10/19865

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

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Norwich

25th March 1979

Set number: 34

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

Class 105 DMU at Oulton Broad North

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.

Class 105 DMU at Sheffield

27th July 1985

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

Class 105 DMU at Lincoln depot

Unknown date

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

Class 105 DMU at Peterborough

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.

Class 105 DMU at York

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.

Class 105 DMU at Hull Paragon

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.

Class 105 DMU at Snailwell

4th February 1989

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

Class 105 DMU at Snailwell

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:

DMU

Date: 31st May 1981

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

DMU

Date: 4th February 1989

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

                                                                                                                                                                             


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