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Vehicle 56036 / 54036 / 54902

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

22/02/57	New to	40A (Lincoln)
4w/e 28/11/59	Transferred to	41A (Darnall)
4w/e 28/04/62	Transferred to	40A (Lincoln)
May 1973	Depot code change	LN
21/06/87	Stored	LN (Lincoln)
09/08/87	To Parcels Sector at	CA (Cambridge)
Oct-87	Transferred to	RTC (Derby RTC)
08/03/88	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
27/11/88	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge) RPXN
p/e 08/12/90	Transferred to	CH (Chester) PCHX
24/05/91	Withdrawn from	CH (Chester) PXXZ

Notes

Jan-88 - 54036 was allocated the number 55932 during roller shutter door conversion, the number was never carried and it emerged from Derby RTC as 54902.
23rd April 1988 - Seen in Royal Mail red livery

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56036 - original number
54036 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
54902 - from Jan-88 (parcels conversion)

Modifications

circa Dec-86 - AWS fitted
Aug-87 - Converted for parcels use - as DTP
Mar-88 - Roller Shutter Doors Fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 07/09/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50036	56036	As delivered to 40A - 22nd February 1957
	50036	56036	Transfer to 41A - 4w/e 28/11/59
	50036	56036	Noted 17/06/61 - working the North Derbyshire Rail Tour.
	50036	56036	Transfer to 40A - 4w/e 28/04/62
	50019	56036	Noted 03/11/66 - at Doncaster¹
	50040	56036	Noted 25/11/67 - at Leeds City with 50021 + 56021¹
	50036	56036	Noted May 1968
	50036	56036	Noted 01/04/69 - in Sheffield Midland¹
	50020	56036	Noted 02/05/70 - at Doncaster¹
	50022	56036	Noted 02/01/71
	50045	56036	Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster¹
	50045	56036	Noted 17/08/1973 - at Grantham²
	50036	56036	Noted 25/05/1974 - at Derby²
	50005	56036	Noted 09/01/75 - at Doncaster³
	50006	56036	Noted 03/04/76 - at Doncaster³
	50044	56036	Noted 12/09/76 - at Doncaster¹
	50031	56036	Noted 24/09/77 - in Sheffield Midland³
	50031	56036	Noted 15/11/77 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50031	56036	Noted 04/07/1979 - Walton Girls Secondary School special train Grantham-Norwich and return 50031-56036 + 56004-50025
	50006	56036	Noted 26/11/81
	50046	56036	Noted circa 04/1982⁴
	53046	54036	Noted circa 09/1983⁴
	53046	54036	Noted 18/07/84 - on 0959 York-Carlisle with 78958 + 78708 and 51210 + 54398
	53033	54036	Noted circa 05/1986⁴
	53007	54036	Noted 10/02/87 - at Norwich³
TS001	55932	54902	Noted circa 04/1988 - Parcels converted.⁴
T001	55932	54902	Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T001	55932	54902	Noted 23rd April 1988
T001	55932	54902	Formed at TS circa May-88
	55932	54902	Noted 14/12/88 - at Norwich³
	55932	54902	Noted 06/02/89 - parcels⁵
	55932	54902	Noted 27/05/89
	53032	54902	Noted 2nd September 1989 - towing a GUV

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

Images:

6th July 1978

Two Class 114 sets arrive into Retford with the 5.32pm Lincoln - Sheffield on July 6th, 1978. E56036 is at the front, it would later become one of the Royal Mail red parcel cars. Michael Mensing.

2nd April 1988

Class 114 54902 is seen at Tyseley on 02.04.1988 not long after conversion to a Parcels unit from 54036. It had been fitted with roller doors, and painted into Royal Mail red livery. Andy Cole.

26th June 1988

Converted Class 114 DTCL 54036 now 54902 on the blocks at Piccadilly showing the roller doors 26-6-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

circa July 1988

Set number: TS001

A rail themed event at Henley in Arden station in the summer of 1988 brought a rare visit from a two car former class 114 DMU (54902 + 55932) converted for carrying parcels as a "star exhibit". Bob Belcher.

4th September 1988

Set number: TS001

Converted from a former Class 114 DMU, a Royal Mail/Parcels DPU formed of 54902 + 55932 approaches Hereford station, heading for Cardiff. 4th September 1988. John Crooks.

Unknown date

Royal Mail Class 114 54902 at Leeds, date unknown. Andrew Pilkington.

23rd March 1989

54902 at the end of a rake of Class 114 parcels cars at Leeds on 23/03/89. Wilson Adams.

2nd May 1989

54902 + 55932 with a Peterborough to Norwich Parcels working seen at Ely North Junction on 02/05/89. Nicholas Youngman.

18th August 1990

DMU parcel units in Cardiff Central platform 9 on August 18, 1990. On the right is a 114 pair, DMP 55932 and DTP 54902, and on the left is a Class 128. Alex Drennan.

1990

54902 and 55932 at Paddington. Date unknown, but I'm guessing this was late 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

6th March 1991

Withdrawn Class 114 and 128 parcel DMUs at Inverness on March 6, 1991. 54902 with 55932 54900 55930 55993 and 55994. Roddy MacPhee.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 25th August 1979

Class 114 DMBS no. 50023 leading DTCL no. 56036 at Skegness, having just been parted from another set - if you look closely you can see all the hoses dangling rather than stowed away and the MW jumper cables are just lying on the track! Robert Chilton.

Date: 26th November 1981

It is 10.10pm by the station clock and the fume-filled York station is captured during a brief period of inactivity as Lincoln-allocated and Derby 1956-built class 114 unit No.50006-56036 gurgles away in the bay platform 11 forming a late-evening stopping service to Sheffield on 26th November 1981. My overnight on the station was just unfolding with much action to be witnessed over the next 10 hours! Gordon Edgar.

Date: 8th May 1982

Saturday May 8th 1982 was a much busier day than usual on the old joint line from Spalding to March, due to it being Spalding tulip parade which saw numerous special trains and associated stock and loco movements along the line. Here one of the regular service trains, the 10.29 Doncaster - Cambridge approaches the site of the flat crossing with the M & GN at Murrow formed by Derby Heavyweight set E50046 + E56036. Gerard Fletcher.

Date: 18th July 1984

On 18/07/1984, a mixed DMU formation consisting of Class 111 cars 78958 + 78708, Class 114 cars 53046 + 54036 and Class 101 cars 51210 + 54398 are seen departing from Settle with 0959 York-Carlisle. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 19th May 1988

Set number: 001

Class 114 parcels set 55932 + 54902 sits in the sidings opposite Cardiff Canton depot. Photo taken sometime between 18th & 21st May 1988. Paul James.

Date: 26th June 1988

Set number: TS001

Class 114 Derby heavyweight 2-car DMU converted renumbered 55932+54902 Manchester Piccadilly 26-6-88, the former 53032+54036. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Date: circa summer1988

Converted Class 114 parcels vehicles 55932 + 54902 with a Class 128 and a Newspaper GUV at Bedford circa summer 1988. Brian Ward.

Date: circa July 1988

Set number: TS001

A rail themed event at Henley in Arden station in the summer of 1988 brought a rare visit from a two car former class 1114 DMU converted for carrying parcels as a "star exhibit". With unit number "001" in the cab window the vehicles making up this unit are 55932 and 54902. Bob Belcher.

Date: 23rd May 1989

Class 114 Derby 2-car parcel DMU 55932 + 54902 at Lancaster on 23-5-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Date: 20th June 1989

Class 128/114/BG 55993 / 55994 / 55932 + 54902 / 84114 on a Peterborough to Norwich parcels at Queen Adelaide (Ely), 20/06/89. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 18th August 1990

Present on a wet Sunday morning (August 18, 1990) was an unknown Class 128 DMPV and a Class 114 2-car Parcel conversions, 54902 visible, in the old parcels platform at Cardiff Central. Alex Drennan.

Date: 1990

Royal Mail Class 114 vehicles 55932 and 54902 in London Paddington, probably in late 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 1990

Royal Mail Class 114 vehicles 55932 and 54902 in London Paddington station, probably in late 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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