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Vehicle 50018 / 53018 / 55928

Class 114

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Leyland 150hp / Albion 238hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30209
Diagram: 516

Allocations

01/01/57	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
04/10/87	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
22/01/89	To Parcels Sector at	CA (Cambridge) RPXN
p/e 08/12/90	Transferred to	CH (Chester) PCHX
24/05/91	Withdrawn from	CH (Chester) PXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50018 - original number
53018 - from Nov-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
55928 - from Jun-89 (parcels conversion)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 26/08/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50018	56018		As delivered to 40A - 1st January 1957
	50018	56018		Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City¹
	50018	56037		Noted 02/01/70 - in Sheffield Midland²
	50018	56018		Noted 15/08/1970³
	50003	59542	50018	Noted Aug-71 - at Grantham
	50018	56018		Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster with 50042 + 56042¹
	50018	56018		Noted 24/08/74 - at Grantham²
	50018	56003		Noted 19/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds²
	50018	56003		Noted 10/09/76 - at Doncaster¹
	50018	56001		Noted 31/01/81
	50018	56039		Noted circa 02/1983⁴
	50018	56019		Noted circa 03/1983⁴
	50018	56019		Noted 30/04/1983 - Leeds⁴
	53018	54033		Noted circa 05/1984⁴
	53018	54003		Noted circa 04/1985⁴
	53018	54041		Noted circa 01/1986⁴
	53018	54041		Noted circa 08/1986⁴
	53018	54041		Noted 19th August 1986
	53018	54006		Noted 11/06/87 - dragged by 47224 on 2B27 1726 Sheffield-Sleaford
T226	53018	54010		Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T226	53018	54010		Noted circa 05/1988⁴
	55928	54903		Noted 09/07/1989 - DPU used to transport disabled passengers from Didcot station to GWS museum
	55928	54903		Noted 04/10/89 - at Norwich²

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

Images:

August 1971

A hybrid set at Grantham in August 1971 - E50018 + E59542 + E50003. The Met-Camm centre car was a Lincoln vehicle from June 1970 to February 1972. Mel Smith.

circa May 1984

A Class 114 DMU (53018 closest) in Doncaster station, Cleethorpes is on the destination blind. The slide process date was May 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

7th November 1987

Class 114 53018 is seen stabled at Tyseley on 07.11.1987. Andy Cole.

Unknown date

55928 (formerly 53018) at Cambridge. Date unknown, circa 1990. Malcolm Clements.

Unknown date

55928 at Cambridge circa 1990. The seats were left in the front saloons of the five red powers, and the windows in the saloon left unpainted. Malcolm Clements.

Unknown date

The centre section of 55928 showing the TL11 engine, the extra bodyside air intake grille for the replacement engine and the roller shutter door. At Cambridge circa 1990. Malcolm Clements.

Unknown date

Details of the lettering on Class 114 55928. Three of the five red sets had "Royal Mail" and two had "Royal Mail Letters". The grille is the air intake for the heater. At Cambridge circa 1990. Malcolm Clements.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: circa January 1957

A screen grab from the British Transport Films "The Diesel Train Driver - Dealing With Faults" film. Derby Heavyweight set E50018/E56018 spent time in the Dereham area for the filming, fitted with an appropriate destination blind. Also notable was that neither vehicle had a top marker light. British Transport Films.

Date: August 1971

A couple of slightly unusual Derby Heavyweight units at Grantham in August 1971. On the left E56019 carries an early version of the rail blue livery with just a yellow panel and the BR logo on the cab door. On the right the set of formed of two DMBSs with a Met-Camm centre car inbetween (E50018 + E59542 + E50003). Mel Smith.

Date: 21st March 1987

Class 114 DMU vehicles E54008 + E53018 are seen at Grimsby Town on Saturday 21/03/1987. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 1988

Set number: T226

Two car class 114 T226 (54010 + 53018) is leaving the Stratford-upon-Avon branch at Hatton in 1988 just before making its stop for any passengers and then crossing to the up main line for the rest of the journey to Warwick and Leamington Spa. As with everywhere on the network this location has suffered from largely unchecked vegetation growth and there isn't a clear shot here in 2022. Peter Tandy.

Date: 1st September 1989

A Royal Mail liveried Class 114 parcels set (54903 and presumably 55928) at Reading on the 1st September 1989. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: January 1990

A Royal Mail Class 114 set (presumably 54903 + 55928) seen at Southall in January 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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