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Vehicle 56467 / 54467

Class 105

Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30504
Diagram: 549

Allocations

16/03/59	New to	61A (Kittybrewster)
2w/e 12/03/66	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
4w/e 04/11/67	Transferred to	61B (Aberdeen Ferryhill)
May-68	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
May-73	Depot code change	HN
4w/e 29/06/74	Stored S.
w/e 13/07/74	Reinstated	HN (Hamilton)
17/05/75	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
2w/e 08/08/76	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
01/06/86	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge)
22/06/86	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
Jun-86	Stored	AY (Ayr)
28/09/86	Withdrawn from	AY (Ayr)

Notes

8th August 1986 - Seen stored in Falkland Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56467 - original number
54467 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51478	56467		As delivered to 61A - 16th March 1959
	51478	56467		Transfer to 64H - 2w/e 12/03/66
	51478	56467		Transfer to 61B - 4w/e 04/11/67
	51478	56467		Noted 11/09/71 - on Hamilton depot¹
39	51478	56467		Listed at 66C - 1972
	51478	56467		Noted 06/04/72 - passing Polmadie¹
	51478	56467		Noted 17/04/73 - in Glasgow Central²
	51478	56467		Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central³
15	51478	56467		Noted 04/09/73 - on Hamilton depot²
22/23	51489	56467	51490	Listed at Hamilton - circa Aug-74 - Two brake vehicles, one carrying 22 the other 23.
	51124	56467		Noted 25/10/75 - at Leeds¹
	51124	56467		Noted 29/03/1976 - at Leeds⁴
	51124	56467		Noted 26/07/76 - at Bury St Edmunds²
74	51124	56467		Noted 02/09/76 - at Bury St Edmunds²
31	50371	56467		Noted 18/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds²
48	51291	56467		Noted 10/03/78 - at Bury St Edmunds²
48	51291	56467		Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
48	51291	56467		Noted 07/02/79 - at Norwich²
	51260	56467		Noted 30/08/1979 - At Cambridge Station⁵
	51265	56467		Noted circa 02/1983⁶
	51265	56467		Noted circa 02/1983⁶
	53379	54467		Noted 20/04/83 - at Norwich²
72	53379	54467		Noted 20/05/83 - at Norwich²
72	53379	54467		Noted 24/09/83
45	51298	54467		Noted circa 04/1985⁶
70	53380	54467		Noted 04/05/85
70	53380	54467		Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
70	53380	54467		Listed at NC - Dec-85
70	53380	54467		Noted circa 02/1986⁶
70	53380	54467		Noted 12/04/1986⁶
Spare	54467			Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986
	53380	54467		Transfer to AY - 22/06/86

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn

Images:

17th July 1964

A Cravens twin formed of Sc56467 and Sc51478 is seen on the Ballater Branch on 17 July 1964. Michael Mensing.

17th July 1964

A Cravens twin DMU formed of Sc56467 and Sc51478 is seen west of Banchory with the 3.45pm Aberdeen - Ballater service on 17 July 1964. Michael Mensing.

17th July 1964

A Cravens twin DMU formed of Sc56467 and Sc51478 is seen west of Banchory with the 3.45pm Aberdeen - Ballater service on 17 July 1964. Note the bolt heads on the vehicle where the footsteps have been removed, the board above the gangway remains. Michael Mensing.

19th April 1965

A Cravens diesel multiple unit at St Combs station in Aberdeenshire on 19 April 1965, the terminus of the light railway from Fraserburgh which closed just over two weeks later on 5 May. These Kittybrewster allocated sets seemed to keep their original formations, so the DMBS partner to DTCL Sc56467 should be Sc51478. Tom Burnham.

10th March 1979

Cravens DTCL E56467 and Class 100 set 74 in Yarmouth Vauxhall station on 10 March 1979. Michael Mensing.

28th April 1980

Set number: 74

Stood at the former Great Eastern Railway terminus at Felixstowe Town, A Cravens Class 105 two-car DMU formed of Driving Trailer Composite Lavatory (DTCL) E56467 & Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) E51265, had arrived with a service from Ipswich on April 28th 1980. Rationalisation had taken place at Felixstowe Town with the track layout reduced to just a single line. The station still had some 1950's British Railways Dark Blue, Eastern Region enamel signs in-situ. Martyn Hilbert.

24th September 1983

Set number: 72

At Ipswich, set 72 contains 54467 and 53379 on the 24th September 1983. Jerry Glover.

4th May 1985

Set number: 70

Norwich allocated Cravens class 105 dmu set 70, made up of cars E54467 & E53380, which have just reached their destination of Spalding, on the occasion of the annual Flower Parade Day. 4th May 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 17th July 1964

Sc51478 and Sc56467 on a late afternoon Ballater to Aberdeen service somewhere on the Ballater branch, July 17th, 1964. Michael Mensing.

Date: 10th March 1979

Set number: 48

Norwich-allocated Cravens Class 105 DMU set 48 in Brundall station with the 14:24 Yarmouth to Norwich on 10 March 1979. The DMBS (closest) is unknown, the DTC is E56467. Michael Mensing.

Date: 10th March 1979

Set number: 48

Norwich-allocated Cravens Class 105 DMU set 48 in Yarmouth Vauxhall station with the 14:24 to Norwich on 10 March 1979. The DMBS (closest) is unknown, the DTC is E56467. Michael Mensing.

Date: 2nd September 1981

E56467, E50007 and E50618 at Doncaster on September 2, 1981. John Carter.

Date: 15th July 1983

Set number: 33

Class 105 Cravens DMUs in the bays at Cambridge 50377+56134 on left, 54467 on right. 15-7-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 15th February 1986

DMUs in the south end bay platforms at Cambridge on February 15, 1986. On the left is E54467 (set 70) and on the right E51225. Tom Burnham.

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