Vehicle 56006 / 54006
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
| 20/11/56 | New to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
| 4w/e 22/02/58 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 4w/e 28/03/58 | Transferred to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | LN | |
| 04/10/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 09/03/92 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) PTSX |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56006 - original number
54006 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 14/08/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50006 | 56006 | As delivered to 40A - 20th November 1956 | |||||||
| 50031 | 56006 | Noted February 1958 | |||||||
| 50006 | 56006 | Noted 16th Aug 1959 | |||||||
| 50009 | 56006 | Noted 03/11/66 - at Doncaster1 | |||||||
| 50006 | 56006 | Noted May 1968 | |||||||
| 50006 | 56006 | Noted 31/12/68 - at Sheffield Midland1 | |||||||
| 50006 | 56006 | Noted 02/01/70 - in Sheffield Midland2 | |||||||
| 50022 | 56006 | Noted 17/08/1973 - at Grantham3 | |||||||
| 50038 | 56006 | Noted 19/04/74 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
| 50017 | 56006 | Noted 03/01/75 - in Leeds City2 | |||||||
| 50017 | 56006 | Noted 09/01/75 - at Doncaster2 | |||||||
| 50007 | 56006 | Noted 17/11/75 - at Brough1 | |||||||
| 50041 | 56006 | Noted 07/04/1976 - at New Holland Pier3 | |||||||
| 50006 | 56006 | Noted 01/09/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||||
| 50006 | 56006 | Noted 27/05/78 - on 1522 Leeds-Sheffield | |||||||
| 53025 | 54006 | Noted 08/05/1984 - At Sheffield4 | |||||||
| 53025 | 54006 | Noted 24/02/86 - at Norwich2 | |||||||
| 53025 | 54006 | Noted circa 05/19864 | |||||||
| 53025 | 54006 | Noted 11/12/19864 | |||||||
| 53025 | 54006 | Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds5 | |||||||
| 53018 | 54006 | Noted 11/06/87 - dragged by 47224 on 2B27 1726 Sheffield-Sleaford | |||||||
| T231 | 53036 | 54006 | Noted circa 01/19884 | ||||||
| T231 | 53036 | 54006 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | ||||||
| T231 | 53036 | 54006 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | ||||||
| T023 | 53036 | 54006 | Noted 08/10/1989 - Part of 8 car DMU on Institute of Mining Engineers The North Yorkshire Railtour, other cars not identified | ||||||
| T023 | 53036 | 54006 | New set number at TS - Nov-89 - ex-T231 | ||||||
| T023 | 53036 | 54006 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | ||||||
| T023 | 53036 | 54006 | Noted 27/01/90 | ||||||
| 53036 | 54006 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot6 | |||||||
| T023 | 53036 | 54006 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | ||||||
| T023 | 53036 | 54006 | Noted circa 10/19904 | ||||||
| T023 | 53036 | 54006 | Listed at TS - Mar-91 | ||||||
| T023 | 53036 | 54006 | Noted 16/03/1991 - At Crewe, assumed working the 11.50 Shrewsbury - Crewe, photo here: https://flic.kr/p/dMiRYM7 | ||||||
| T023 | 53036 | 54006 | Noted 08/05/91 - at Derby8 | ||||||
| T023 | 53036 | 54006 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | ||||||
| T023 | 53036 | 54006 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | ||||||
| T023 | 53036 | 54006 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | ||||||
| T027 | 53019 | 54006 | Noted circa 01/19924 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Jeremy Goodyear
7: Dave Warby
8: Aaron Calder
Images:
10th March 1979
A Class 114 DMU formed of E56006 + E50006 on a Doncaster to Cambridge service approaching Postland on the GN & GE Joint line, 10.03.79. Not heading for Lincoln as shown on the destination blind ! Phil Bevan.
August 1980
Class 114 DTC(L) no. E56006 is nearest the camera in this scene from New Holland Pier in August 1980, with around ten months remaining until closure. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Unknown date
Set number: T231
Class 114 set T231 (54006 / 53036) in Derby Midland station, circa 1988. Malcolm Clements.
22nd November 1989
Set number: T023
Largo logo 37 426 Y Lein Fach /Vale of Rheidol calls at Stourbridge Junction with the 1202 Birmingham New St - Cardiff, substituting for an unavailable class 155 sprinter on 22 November 1989. Also in shot are (centre) class 114 DMU T023 (54006/53036) and single car T014 (55034). Chris Morrison.
27th January 1990
Set number: T023
Class 114 set T023 stabled at Tyseley on the 27th January 1990. It comprises 54006 and 53036. Hamish Stevenson.
29th March 1992
Class 114 DTS 54006 is seen at Tyseley on 29.03.1992. It had been withdrawn on the 9th of that month. Andy Cole.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
Set number: T231
Class 114 set T231 (presumably 53036 + 54006) in Derby Midland station, circa 1988. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 1990
Set number: T023
Class 114 set T023 (presumably 53036 + 54006) at Wolverhampton in 1993. John Law.
Date: 26th September 1990
Set number: T023
Tyseley's two-car class 114 T023 (53036 + 54006) was leaving Stratford-upon-Avon with the 14.26 for Birmingham Moor Street when I shot it on 26 September 1990. The performance of these units was a bit sluggish and the 1/75 climb to Wilmcote would have made its two engines cough a bit! Peter Tandy.
Date: 16th March 1991
Set number: T023
Tyseley Class 114 DMU set T023 (53036 + 54006) seen at Crewe with what is thought to be the 11:50 Shrewsbury-Crewe service. Dave Warby.
Date: 2nd January 1992
Set number: T324
T324 (53053 + 59672 + 53101) with T027 (53019 + 54006) at Hereford, having arrived as the 17:30 ex-Birmingham New Street on the 2nd January 1992. Gazza Prescott.