Vehicle 56000
50000 / 56000
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: -
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30342
Diagram: 641
Allocations
| Mar-57 | New to | ER (Eastern Region) | |
| 24/06/57 | Transferred to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
| 15/10/67 | Withdrawn from | 40A (Lincoln) |
Notes
1st February 1957 - E50000 and E56000 were noted on the 1st February 1957 with a Dynamometer Car returning from tests on the Carlisle - Newcastle line.
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Norwich
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50000 | 56000 | Noted 1st February 1957 - On test. | |||||||
| 50000 | 56000 | Noted 30/05/70 - at Stratford (withdrawn)1 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
Images:
circa early 1957
E56000 + E50000 on test in Duffield station on the Wirksworth branch, probably early in 1957. Rolls Royce.
Unknown date
Thought to be withdrawn 56000/50000. Date unknown. Tony Wilkins.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa early 1957
A Rolls Royce image showing E50000/56000 on the Wirksworth branch circa early 1957, the power car being fitted with their engines. The image was used in a report they produced on cooling and performance tests done between Manchester Victoria-Rochdale and Carlisle-Skipton. Rolls Royce.
Date: circa early 1957
E50000 + E56000 on test on the Wirksworth branch, probably early in 1957. Rolls Royce.
Date: circa early 1957
Official image (Derby Works negative 57/603) of 50000 + 56000, likely to be somewhere on the Wirksworth branch circa early 1957. British Railways.
Date: circa early 1957
A Derby Works image (negative 57/604) showing the Rolls-Royce powered Derby Heavyweight set E50000 + E56000 on a test run circa mid-1957 on the Wirksworth branch platform of Duffield station. British Railways.
Date: circa early 1957
A Derby Works image (negative 57/607) showing the inner ends of E50000 (right) and E56000 (left) - the Rolls-Royce powered Derby Heavyweight. British Railways.