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Vehicle 56468 / 54468


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)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
4w/e 29/06/74 Stored S.
17/05/75 Reinstated BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 29/11/75 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
12/10/86 Withdrawn from NC (Norwich)

Notes

27th December 1987 - Seen in Tinsley Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56468 - original number
54468 - from May-85 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51479 56468 As delivered to 61A - 16th March 1959
51479 56468 Transfer to 64H - 2w/e 12/03/66
51479 56468 Transfer to 66C - Apr-66
51479 56468 Noted 15/08/70 - on Hamilton depot1
51479 56468 Noted 11/09/71 - at Glasgow Works1
40 51479 56468 Listed at 66C - 1972
51479 56468 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2
50381 56468 Noted 08/09/75 - at Brough1
50381 56468 Noted 16/09/75 - at Hull1
50381 56468 Noted 06/10/75 - at Brough1
50381 56468 Noted 01/11/75 - at Brough1
53 51489 56468 Noted 18/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51278 56468 Noted 26/09/1976 - at Birmingham New Street 4
59 51278 56468 Noted 28/09/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3
59 51278 56468 Noted 05/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3
59 51278 56468 Noted 09/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51278 56468 Noted 17/03/77 - on Cambridge depot3
74 51124 56468 Noted circa 10/19785
49 51271 56468 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
44 51289 56468 Noted 04/01/79 - at Norwich3
44 51289 56468 Noted 09/02/79 - at Norwich3
44 51289 56468 Noted 19/05/79
51254 56468 Noted 24/05/80 - at Norwich3
51257 56468 Noted 17/04/81 - at Bury St Edmunds3
45 51298 56468 Noted circa 07/19835
31 53375 54468 Noted 08/01/85
31 53375 54468 Noted circa 04/19855
31 53375 54468 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
31 53375 54468 Listed at NC - Dec-85
31 53361 54468 Noted 20/05/86 - at Norwich3
31 53361 54468 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
31 53361 54468 Noted 02/08/86

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

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Norwich

10th March 1979

Set number: 44

Cravens Class 105 DMU set 44, formed E56468 + E51289, in Norwich station with a Yarmouth service on 10 March 1979. Michael Mensing.

Class 105 DMU at Acle

10th March 1979

Set number: 44

Cravens Class 105 DMU set 44 (E56468 + E51289) arrives at Acle with a Yarmouth - Norwich service on 10 March 1979. Michael Mensing.

Class 105 DMU at Ipswich

Unknown date

Set number: 31

Class 105 DMU E54468 at Ipswich. Date unknown. Stuart Pearce.

Class 105 DMU at Ely

8th January 1985

Set number: 31

E54468 and E53375 Norwich set 31 in the carriage sidings at Ely on 08.01.85. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 105 DMU at Ely

May 1985

E54468 + E53375 near Ely North Junction on a Norwich to Ely working in May 1985. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 105 DMU at Colchester

13th February 1986

Set number: 31

Class 105 Set 31 (presumably 54468 closest) with the 1747 Colchester - Sudbury and DAF trucks being loaded in the former Sudbury Dock bay at Colchester on Thursday 13th February 1986. Colin Brooks.

Class 105 DMU at Ely

2nd August 1986

Set number: 31

E54468 + E53361 with the 15.10 Peterborough to Cambridge at Ely on August 2nd, 1986. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 10th March 1979

Set number: 44

DMBS E51289 leads Cravens DMU set 44 (with DTCL E56468) past the fuelling point on its departure from Norwich with a Yarmouth service on 10 March 1979. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 19th May 1979

Set number: 33

On May 19th 1979, WAMRAC (the Wisbech & March Railway Action Committee) organised a special train from the goods terminus at Wisbech and this is seen there on arrival back from Cambridge. E50377 is shown leading trailer E56434 formed as Set 33. The other unit at the rear was Set 44, E51289 + E56468. Gerard Fletcher.

DMU

Date: 31st December 1982

Set number: 31

The 2-car class 105 'Cravens' DMU sets were synonymous with East Anglia in the BR era as Norwich Thorpe depot had a large allocation. This scene on December 31, 1982 depicts an afternoon gathering of the class at Ipswich where five Norwich sets are captured line a breast but only four were placed conveniently side by side. Set 61 in the platform with people boarding was working 2R22 the 12.52 via the East Suffolk line to Lowestoft. The line up left to right comprises; set 31. 53375+54468, set 52. 51299+54429, set 66. 51260+54130, set 61. 51290+54462, and 51478 on the very left. Adrian Nicholls.

DMU

Date: 16th August 1985

Set number: 31

Norwich allocated Cravens class 105 dmu made up of cars E53375 & E54468 pulls into the then newly opened Roughton Road station, with a Sheringham-Norwich service. 16th August 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

DMU

Date: 20th August 1985

Set number: 31

Norwich allocated Cravens class 105 dmu made up of cars E53375 & E54468, stands at the then newly opened Roughton Road station on the outskirts of Cromer, with a Sheringham-Norwich service. 20th August 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

DMU

Date: 8th February 1986

Set number: 31

Cravens Class 105 DMU set 31 (53375 + 54468) on the blocks at Norwich, possibly 8-2-86. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 12th June 1986

Set number: 31

Class 105 Cravens 2-car DMU set 31 (53375 + 54468) at Cleethorpes on 12th June 1986. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.