close

Sign In


Not registered?
Forgot Your Password?

<- 56030 | 56031 | 56032 ->

Vehicle 56031


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

24/01/57 New to 40A (Lincoln)
4w/e 23/02/57 Transferred to 30A (Stratford)
3w/e 03/08/57 Transferred to 40A (Lincoln)
3w/e 04/07/59 Transferred to 41A (Darnall)
4w/e 28/04/62 Transferred to 40A (Lincoln)
18/01/70 Withdrawn from 40A (Lincoln)

56031 was involved in the following incident:


28/11/69 - Great Coates Level Crossing near Grimsby, ER

Collision involving Class 114 / Lorry

Info from Bill Read

E50031-E56031 ran through level crossing gates, striking a Dodge articulated lorry and carrying it 46 feet into the station. 3 people needed hospital treatment. Both bogies of E50031 were derailed. The train ran past a red signal.


Disposal

Scrapped by BR, Doncaster Works

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50031 56031 As delivered to 40A - 24th January 1957
50031 56031 Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 23/02/57
50031 56031 Transfer to 40A - 3w/e 03/08/57
50031 56031 Noted 9th August 1957
50031 56031 Transfer to 40A - 4w/e 28/04/62
50029 56031 Noted 23/07/66 - at Brough with 50046 + 560041
50029 56031 Noted 05/09/66 - at Leeds City1
50031 56031 Noted May 1968
50031 56031 28/11/69

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers

No images of the vehicle available.

Do you have any you can add?