Vehicle 56016 / 54016 / 54901

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Class 114

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30210
Diagram: 641

Allocations

11/12/56	New to	40A (Lincoln)
2w/e 02/05/59	Transferred to	41A (Darnall)
2w/e 30/04/61	Transferred to	40A (Lincoln)
May 1973	Depot code change	LN
10/05/87	Stored U.	LN (Lincoln)
13/06/88	To Parcels Sector at	CA (Cambridge)
circa Dec-88	Sector Change to	RPXN
p/e 08/12/90	Transferred to	CH (Chester) PCHX
24/05/91	Withdrawn from	CH (Chester) PXXZ

Notes

1957 - Stored at Blankney and Metheringham while power car used as extra power in other unit

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56016 - original number
54016 - from Feb-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
54901 - from Jan-88 (parcels conversion)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 30/12/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50016	56016							As delivered to 40A - 11th December 1956
	50016	56016							Noted 07/10/67 - at Normanton1
	50010	56016							Noted 02/05/70 - at Sheffield1
	50010	56016							Noted 14/08/70 - in Sheffield Midland2
	50016	56016							Noted 17/08/1973 - at Derby3
	50016	56016							Noted 05/08/1974 - at Sheffield 3
	50016	56016							Noted 24/08/74 - at Lincoln St Marks2
	50016	56016							Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster 3
	50016	56016							Noted 02/01/75 - at York2
	50016	56016							Noted 12/09/1975 - at Retford3
	50016	56016							Noted 04/09/76 - at Sheffield1
	50027	56016							Noted 21/02/77 - at Lincoln with 50046/560131
	50007	56016							Noted circa 02/19834
	53032	54016							Noted 18/02/19844
	53032	54016							Noted circa 05/19844
	53032	54016							Noted circa 05/19864
	53032	54016							Noted 28/02/87 - on 14:57 Cleethorpes - Newark Nortgate5
	53032	54016							Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds6
	55931	54901							Noted 16/08/88 - at Norwich2
	55931	54016							Noted 04/09/88
	55931	54901							Noted 25/06/90

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: Robert Chilton

Images:

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2nd June 1984

A Class 114 DMU formed of E54016 and E53032 on a down service at Spalding on 2 June 1984. On the rights is 31291. Phil Bevan.

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7th February 1988

Class 114 54016 is seen at Tyseley on 07.02.1988 with a Vic Berry poster in the first window. It had been to Leicester for asbestos removal, and was converted to parcels car 54901. Andy Cole.

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10th August 1988

Class 114 54901 is seen at Leeds on 10.08.1988 after conversion to a Parcels car from 54016. It had been fitted with roller doors and had been painted into BR blue and grey. It was soon repainted into Royal Mail red. Andy Cole.

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Unknown date

Royal Mail Class 114 vehicles 54901 and 55931 stabled at Cambridge. Circa late 1980s. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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1989

Class 114 parcels conversion 54901 in Leeds station, it appears recently painted into red, making it 1989. The conversion was done at Ilford the previous year, it initially ran with roller shutters in regular blue / grey livery (no yellow stripe) until repainted at Doncaster in early 1989. Malcolm Clements.

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21st March 1989

Class 114 parcels conversion 54901 (and presumably 55931) and 55991 on the rear at Leeds on March 21, 1989. John Carter.

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25th March 1989

54901 Class 114 is seen in Royal Mail Parcels livery at Leeds on 25.03.1989. It had been converted from 54016 and was originally released in blue and grey livery. Andy Cole.

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7th June 1989

Class 114 parcel conversion 54901 at Cambridge on June 7, 1989. John Carter.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 1978

Set number: 710

A Swindon DMU with Class 123 E52090 closest in Doncaster station on a rainy day in 1978. The Class 114 to the right seems to be E56016. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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Date: 14th September 1988

Class 114 55931, converted to a Parcels unit (with converted 54016 behind) and Cravens Ex-Class 105 TDB977124 which is in Departmental use as a route-learning vehicle await their respective next turns in the bay platforms at York on 14th September 1988. Syd Young.

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Date: 1989

Class 114 55931 sandwiched between 55991 and 54901 in Leeds station. The former 53040 had the roller shutter doors added at Ilford in late 1987, initially running in the plain blue parcels livery with yellow stripe. It visited Doncaster Works in early 1989 for fitting of Leyland TL11 engines and repaint into red. Malcolm Clements.

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Date: 19th March 1989

Class 114 55931 + 54901 and van 92208 at Ely North Junction, 19.03.89. Nicholas Youngman.

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Date: 21st March 1989

55991 with (presumably 55931) and 54901 at Leeds on March 21, 1989. John Carter.

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Date: 28th April 1989

55931, 54901, 55994, 55930, 54900 stabled in the Wall Siding at Leeds station 28th April 1989. They have arrived from Neville Hill and will be transferred to the PCD by the Leeds shunt driver to work overnight Royal Mail trains. Keith Long.

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Date: 4th May 1989

55931 + 54901, rebuilt with roller-shutter doors and painted in Royal-Mail livery, at Bletchley station on 4th May 1989. AndrewHA.

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Date: October 1989

Parcels Class 114 DMU 55931 (and presumably 54901) sits alongside 142 015 in York station in October 1989. George Woods.

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Date: unknown

55931 and 54901 stabled at Cambridge. Date unknown, circa 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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Date: 12th May 1990

55931 + 54901 on the very last DPU diagrammed 3E26 17:57 Man Piccadilly to Leeds mail at New Mills South Junction, 12-5-90. Kevin Dowd.