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Vehicle 56036 / 54036 / 54902


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

22/02/57 New to 40A (Lincoln)
4w/e 28/11/59 Transferred to 41A (Darnall)
4w/e 28/04/62 Transferred to 40A (Lincoln)
May 1973Depot code changeLN
21/06/87 Stored LN (Lincoln)
09/08/87 To Parcels Sector at CA (Cambridge)
Oct-87 Transferred to RTC (Derby RTC)
08/03/88 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
27/11/88 Transferred to CA (Cambridge) RPXN
p/e 08/12/90 Transferred to CH (Chester) PCHX
24/05/91 Withdrawn from CH (Chester) PXXZ

Notes

Jan-88 - 54036 was allocated the number 55932 during roller shutter door conversion, the number was never carried and it emerged from Derby RTC as 54902.
23rd April 1988 - Seen in Royal Mail red livery

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56036 - original number
54036 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
54902 - from Jan-88 (parcels conversion)

Modifications

circa Dec-86 - AWS fitted
Aug-87 - Converted for parcels use - as DTP
Mar-88 - Roller Shutter Doors Fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 07/09/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50036 56036 As delivered to 40A - 22nd February 1957
50036 56036 Transfer to 41A - 4w/e 28/11/59
50036 56036 Noted 17/06/61 - working the North Derbyshire Rail Tour.
50036 56036 Transfer to 40A - 4w/e 28/04/62
50019 56036 Noted 03/11/66 - at Doncaster1
50040 56036 Noted 25/11/67 - at Leeds City with 50021 + 560211
50036 56036 Noted May 1968
50036 56036 Noted 01/04/69 - in Sheffield Midland1
50020 56036 Noted 02/05/70 - at Doncaster1
50022 56036 Noted 02/01/71
50045 56036 Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster1
50045 56036 Noted 17/08/1973 - at Grantham2
50036 56036 Noted 25/05/1974 - at Derby2
50005 56036 Noted 09/01/75 - at Doncaster3
50006 56036 Noted 03/04/76 - at Doncaster3
50044 56036 Noted 12/09/76 - at Doncaster1
50031 56036 Noted 24/09/77 - in Sheffield Midland3
50031 56036 Noted 15/11/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3
50031 56036 Noted 04/07/1979 - Walton Girls Secondary School special train Grantham-Norwich and return 50031-56036 + 56004-50025
50006 56036 Noted 26/11/81
50046 56036 Noted circa 04/19824
53046 54036 Noted circa 09/19834
53046 54036 Noted 18/07/84 - on 0959 York-Carlisle with 78958 + 78708 and 51210 + 54398
53033 54036 Noted circa 05/19864
53007 54036 Noted 10/02/87 - at Norwich3
TS001 55932 54902 Noted circa 04/1988 - Parcels converted.4
T001 55932 54902 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T001 55932 54902 Noted 23rd April 1988
T001 55932 54902 Formed at TS circa May-88
55932 54902 Noted 14/12/88 - at Norwich3
55932 54902 Noted 06/02/89 - parcels5
55932 54902 Noted 27/05/89
53032 54902 Noted 2nd September 1989 - towing a GUV

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

Images:

Class 114 DMU at Retford

6th July 1978

Two Class 114 sets arrive into Retford with the 5.32pm Lincoln - Sheffield on July 6th, 1978. E56036 is at the front, it would later become one of the Royal Mail red parcel cars. Michael Mensing.

Class 114 DMU at Tyseley

2nd April 1988

Class 114 54902 is seen at Tyseley on 02.04.1988 not long after conversion to a Parcels unit from 54036. It had been fitted with roller doors, and painted into Royal Mail red livery. Andy Cole.

Class 114 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

26th June 1988

Converted Class 114 DTCL 54036 now 54902 on the blocks at Piccadilly showing the roller doors 26-6-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Class 114 DMU at Henley-in-Arden

circa July 1988

Set number: TS001

A rail themed event at Henley in Arden station in the summer of 1988 brought a rare visit from a two car former class 114 DMU (54902 + 55932) converted for carrying parcels as a "star exhibit". Bob Belcher.

Class 114 DMU at Leeds

Unknown date

Royal Mail Class 114 54902 at Leeds, date unknown. Andrew Pilkington.

Class 114 DMU at Leeds

23rd March 1989

54902 at the end of a rake of Class 114 parcels cars at Leeds on 23/03/89. Wilson Adams.

Class 114 DMU at Ely North Junction

2nd May 1989

54902 + 55932 with a Peterborough to Norwich Parcels working seen at Ely North Junction on 02/05/89. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 114 DMU at Cardiff Central

18th August 1990

DMU parcel units in Cardiff Central platform 9 on August 18, 1990. On the right is a 114 pair, DMP 55932 and DTP 54902, and on the left is a Class 128. Alex Drennan.

Class 114 DMU at London Paddington

1990

54902 and 55932 at Paddington. Date unknown, but I'm guessing this was late 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 114 DMU at Inverness

6th March 1991

Withdrawn Class 114 and 128 parcel DMUs at Inverness on March 6, 1991. 54902 with 55932 54900 5593 55993 and 55994. Roddy MacPhee.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 25th August 1979

Class 114 DMBS no. 50023 leading DTCL no. 56036 at Skegness, having just been parted from another set - if you look closely you can see all the hoses dangling rather than stowed away and the MW jumper cables are just lying on the track! Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: 26th November 1981

It is 10.10pm by the station clock and the fume-filled York station is captured during a brief period of inactivity as Lincoln-allocated and Derby 1956-built class 114 unit No.50006-56036 gurgles away in the bay platform 11 forming a late-evening stopping service to Sheffield on 26th November 1981. My overnight on the station was just unfolding with much action to be witnessed over the next 10 hours! Gordon Edgar.

DMU

Date: 8th May 1982

Saturday May 8th 1982 was a much busier day than usual on the old joint line from Spalding to March, due to it being Spalding tulip parade which saw numerous special trains and associated stock and loco movements along the line. Here one of the regular service trains, the 10.29 Doncaster - Cambridge approaches the site of the flat crossing with the M & GN at Murrow formed by Derby Heavyweight set E50046 + E56036. Gerard Fletcher.

DMU

Date: 18th July 1984

On 18/07/1984, a mixed DMU formation consisting of Class 111 cars 78958 + 78708, Class 114 cars 53046 + 54036 and Class 101 cars 51210 + 54398 are seen departing from Settle with 0959 York-Carlisle. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 19th May 1988

Set number: 001

Class 114 parcels set 55932 + 54902 sits in the sidings opposite Cardiff Canton depot. Photo taken sometime between 18th & 21st May 1988. Paul James.

DMU

Date: 26th June 1988

Set number: TS001

Class 114 Derby heavyweight 2-car DMU converted renumbered 55932+54902 Manchester Piccadilly 26-6-88, the former 53032+54036. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: circa summer1988

Converted Class 114 parcels vehicles 55932 + 54902 with a Class 128 and a Newspaper GUV at Bedford circa summer 1988. Brian Ward.

DMU

Date: circa July 1988

Set number: TS001

A rail themed event at Henley in Arden station in the summer of 1988 brought a rare visit from a two car former class 1114 DMU converted for carrying parcels as a "star exhibit". With unit number "001" in the cab window the vehicles making up this unit are 55932 and 54902. Bob Belcher.

DMU

Date: 23rd May 1989

Class 114 Derby 2-car parcel DMU 55932 + 54902 at Lancaster on 23-5-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 20th June 1989

Class 128/114/BG 55993 / 55994 / 55932 + 54902 / 84114 on a Peterborough to Norwich parcels at Queen Adelaide (Ely), 20/06/89. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 18th August 1990

Present on a wet Sunday morning (August 18, 1990) was an unknown Class 128 DMPV and a Class 114 2-car Parcel conversions, 54902 visible, in the old parcels platform at Cardiff Central. Alex Drennan.

DMU

Date: 1990

Royal Mail Class 114 vehicles 55932 and 54902 in London Paddington, probably in late 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 1990

Royal Mail Class 114 vehicles 55932 and 54902 in London Paddington station, probably in late 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.