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Vehicle 56004 / 54004

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

07/11/56	New to	40A (Lincoln)
May 1973	Depot code change	LN
16/08/87	Stored U.	LN (Lincoln)
29/06/88	Withdrawn from	LN (Lincoln)

Notes

1957 - Stored near Sleaford South Junction while power car used as extra power in other unit

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56004 - original number
54004 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 15/12/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

50004	56004	As delivered to 40A - 7th November 1956
50004	56004	Noted 16th Aug 1959
50004	56004	Noted 24/07/65 - at Brough with 50031 + 56042¹
50046	56004	Noted 23/07/66 - at Brough with 50029 + 56031¹
50004	56004	Noted May 1968
50001	56004	Noted 19/08/70 - at Leeds with 50029/56029¹
50025	56004	Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster²
50004	56004	Noted 01/10/1972 - 50017-56043 + 50004-56004 working Grantham to Keighley and return special
50004	56004	Noted 01/10/1972 - with 50017 + 56043 on unknown railtour in Grantham / Doncaster / Leeds area.
50004	56004	Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster with 50005 + 56013¹
50004	56004	Noted 24/08/74 - on Lincoln depot³
50004	56004	Noted 24/08/74 - at Cleethorpes³
50004	56004	Noted 27/08/1974 - at York⁴
50023	56004	Noted Jun-76 - at Sheffield¹
50004	56004	Noted 24/09/77 - at Retford and Sheffield Midland³
50025	56004	Noted 20/06/1979 - Seen at Barrow in Furness on a school excursion with 50017-56032⁵
50025	56004	Noted 04/07/1979 - Walton Girls Secondary School special train Grantham-Norwich and return 50031-56036+56004-50025
50024	56004	Noted 01/03/80 - on 12.40 Doncaster – Cambridge (Via Lincoln, Sleaford, Spalding)⁶
50049	56004	Noted circa 10/1982⁵
53033	54004	Noted circa 10/1983⁵
53045	54004	Noted 18/05/84
53045	54004	Noted 01/09/1984 - 53026-54013+54092-53135+53045-54004 Special Train from Blackpool to Finningley Airshow and return
53045	54004	Noted 05/08/85
53045	54004	Noted circa 05/1986⁵
53045	54004	Noted Jun-86
53045	54004	Noted 21/11/1986⁵
53045	54004	Noted 24/02/87
53045	54004	Noted 06/06/87 - on Worksop - Shirebrook services⁷

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Phil Shatford
7: David Bellamy

Images:

29th June 1978

Minimal facilities at Barton on Humber on 29 June 1978; the class 114 DMU has arrived from New Holland Pier. E56004 appears to be closest. Kevin Lane.

31st May 1981

56004 is at the head of a set on shuttle duties at Coalville depot open day on a rainy 31st May 1981. Chris Lings.

10th March 1984

A Class 114 (54004 closest) and a Class 101 at Sheffield on Saturday 10th March 1984. Colin Brooks.

1984

54004 / 53045 at Rotherham in 1984. Eastwestdivide.

1984

STPTYE liveried 54004 / 53045 roll into Barnetby in 1984. Eastwestdivide.

18th May 1984

SYPTE liveried E54004 in Leeds City station, 18/5/84. Hamish Stevenson.

2nd August 1984

Stabled at wet Sheffield on 2 August 1984 are Class 110 No E51814 and Class 114s E53041 and E54004. Keith Long.

27th January 1985

SYPTE liveried Class 114 54004 + 53045 at Sheffield on 27/01/85. Roddy MacPhee.

5th May 1985

The SYPTE liveried Class 114 E54004 + E53045 in Sheffield station on 5 August 1985. The destination blind suggests it is on a service to Doncaster. Stuart Mackay Collection.

31st May 1985

E54004 and E53045 waiting departure from Sheffield with the 1308 to Retford 31st May 1985. They are in the special livery to celebrate 10 years of the South Yorkshire PTE, the only train to carry this livery. Note the removed Sheffield Midland lamp light covers, and Met-Camm E51497 on the right. Keith Long.

31st May 1985

Class 114 No E54004 & E53045 waiting departure from Sheffield with the 1308 to Retford on May 31, 1985. They are in the special livery to celebrate 10 years of the South Yorkshire PTE, the only train to carry this livery. The station lamps are been changed from "Sheffield Midland" to plain Sheffield 15 years after the other main line station "Sheffield Victoria" closed. Keith Long.

5th June 1985

54004 + 53045 in South Yorkshire PTE livery departing Sheffield with the 15.15 to New Mills Central on 5 June 1985. A Class 110 can be glimpsed in the sidings on the right, this is thought to be 51841 (leading 52075) which would move into the station to work the 15.42 to Huddersfield from platform 1 (see image 29072). Rob Paterson.

2nd September 1985

The South Yorkshire PTE-liveried Class 114 (54004 + 53045) DMU at Sheffield on 2nd September 1985. It faces an oval buffered member of the class. Jonathan Hazan.

1986

South Yorkshire Transport PTE liveried 54004 and 53045 at Retford Low Level in 1986. John Law.

18th January 1986

Class 114 2 car DMU, 54004 + 53045, at Doncaster on 18th January 1986. 31462 waits in the background. David Slack.

22nd February 1986

The SYPTE liveried Class 114 54004 + 53045 is seen at Keighley on 22 February 1986. Alan Harrison.

10th April 1986

The SYPTE-liveried Class 114 DMU (54004 + 53045) departs from Bradford Exchange station on 10 April 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

June 1986

A Class 114 DMU formed of DTS(L) E54004 and DMBS E53045 calls at Starbeck, North Yorkshire, on June 1986. They are painted in South Yorkshire PTE brown and cream livery. Graeme Phillips Collection.

2nd April 1987

The SYPTE liveried Class 114 54004 + 53045 at Hull on 2/4/87. Stuart Mackay Collection.

June 1987

Class 114 Derby Heavyweight DMU (54004 + 53045) in SYPTE livery stabled at Cambridge June 1987. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

5th June 1987

A 2x2 car Derby Heavyweight class 114 dmu waits at the Shirebrook Junc signals on the freight only line, with one of the Worksop-Shirebrook-Worksop Open Day shuttles on the 5th June 1987. This line that the train is on reopened to passengers as a through route again between Nottingham and Worksop in 1998 and is branded as the Robin Hood Line. The front unit is the sole South Yorkshire Transport PTE liveried unit 54004 & 53045, which was liveried up to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the SYPTE IN 1984. Andrew J Crowther.

6th June 1987

Class 114 54004 is seen at Shirebrook open day on 06.06.1987. This was the only 2 car Class 114 painted in South Yorkshire PTE Brown and Cream livery. Note that the trailer has had the bodyside SYPTE 1984 anniversary stickers reapplied. Andy Cole.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: unknown

A three-car Class 115 - the first two vehicles being M51892 + 59724 - with the SYPTE-liveried Class 114 53045 + 54004 on the rear passes New Mills South Box at 10:45 on 27 September 1985. Probably an ECS working as there are no sign of passengers other than the front row and they could be crew. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 8th April 1984

50045 leading 56004 in their unique South Yorkshire PTE brown/cream livery, waiting time at Sheffield for the next departure to Cleethorpes on 8/Apr/1984. Robert Chilton.

Date: May 1984

53045 / 54004 leave Doncaster with a service to Sheffield in May 1984. The KDH Archive.

Date: 3rd June 1984

DMBS E53045 leads DTS(L) E54004 at Rotherham on 03/06/1984, they are painted in South Yorkshire PTE brown and cream livery, working a Doncaster-Sheffield service. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 15th July 1984

Passing Horbury Junction on 15 July 1984 is Class 114 E53045 and E54004 with a Leeds to Sheffield train, they are in the special livery to celebrate 10 years of the South Yorkshire PTE, the only train to carry this livery. Keith Long.

Date: 20th July 1984

Class 114 Derby Heavyweight 2-car DMUs 53045 + 54004 (left) and 54037 + 53015 in the bays at Doncaster on 20-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 20th July 1984

Class 114 Derby Heavyweight 2-car DMUs 53045 + 54004 in Sheffield PTE livery stands at Doncaster on 20-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 28th July 1984

E53045 was a 1957 Derby-built DMU which spent its whole life until withdrawn in 1988 allocated to Lincoln. It was originally numbered 50045 but there was a general renumbering of many DMU power cars around 1983 to move them out of the number ranges used by diesel locos. At this time (28 July 1984) the trailer it was running with was 54004. Both are painted in South Yorkshire Transport "coffee and cream" livery with a message on the side celebrating 10 years of South Yorkshire PTE. It is working a Skegness to Nottingham service on this summer Saturday. Jeremy Chapter.

Date: 1984

Class 114 Derby Heavyweight dmu (53045 + 54004) in South Yorkshire PTE livery at Sheffield in 1984. Paul Braybrook.

Date: August 1984

Painted in South Yorkshire PTE brown and cream livery are DMBS E53045 and DTS(L) E54004, at the rear of a Skegness - Nottingham service at Havenhouse, August 1984. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 2nd August 1984

Class 110 E51814 and Class 114 E53041 and E54004 at Sheffield 2nd August 1984. Keith Long.

Date: 4th August 1984

A Class 114 2-car unit, nos. 53045/54004, at Nottingham on 4 August 1984. Lewis Bevan.

Date: 15th August 1984

Class 114 DMU in South Yorkshire PTE livery, (53045 + 54004) departing Chinley station with a westbound passenger service. 15th August 1984. John Crooks.

Date: 21st August 1984

SYPTE liveried 53045 and 54004 enter Leeds on 21st August 1984. Jerry Glover.

Date: circa 1985

Perhaps the most photographed Class 114 pairing was E53045 + E54004, after they uniquely received this brown and cream South Yorkshire Transport livery, seen here at Sheffield in the mid-1980s. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 1985

South Yorkshire Transport liveried Class 114 53045 + 54004 at Doncaster in 1985. John Law.

Date: 27th July 1985

E53045 + E54004 at Sheffield on July 27, 1985. John Carter.

Date: 5th August 1985

5th August 1985, and South Yorkshire PTE liveried 53045 and 54004 are seen at Sheffield Midland. Michael Kaye 55A.

Date: 2nd September 1985

The South Yorkshire PTE liveried class 114 (E53045 + E54004) at Sheffield, 2nd September 1985. Jonathan Hazan.

Date: 1st October 1985

Waiting departure from Sheffield with the 0920 to Cleethorpes are E53045 and E54004 in the unique South Yorkshire transport livery on 1 October 1985. Keith Long.

Date: 1986

53045 and 54004 in Lincoln Central in 1986. Peter (LEYTR).

Date: 3rd May 1986

The SYPTE-liveried Class 114 DMU (53045/54004) at Doncaster with a Sheffield service on 3 May 1986. Robert Thomas.

Date: 24th February 1987

South Yorkshire Transport's Class 114, 53045 + 54004, is heading home from Leeds on February 24, 1987. Mike Dean.

Date: 21st March 1987

The SYTPE-liveried Class 114 DMU (E53045 + E54004) at Sheffield on 21 March 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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