Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30210
Diagram: 641
29/03/57 | New to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
May 1973 | Depot code change | LN | |
10/05/87 | Stored U. | LN (Lincoln) | |
29/06/88 | Withdrawn from | LN (Lincoln) | - no published date found, presume same as other LN(U) vehicles |
1957 - Stored near Sleaford South Junction while power car used as extra power in other unit
56045 - original number
54045 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Mar-79 - AWS fitted
circa Dec-86 - AWS fitted
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
50045 | 56045 | As delivered to 40A - 29th March 1957 | |||||||
50045 | 56045 | Noted 22/04/66 - in Doncaster1 | |||||||
50045 | 56045 | Noted 05/08/66 - at Wakefield Kirkgate1 | |||||||
50045 | 56045 | Noted 07/10/67 - at Leeds City with 50010 + 560101 | |||||||
50045 | 56045 | Noted 01/04/69 - in Doncaster1 | |||||||
50045 | 56045 | Noted 09/11/69 - at Doncaster1 | |||||||
50045 | 56045 | Noted 17/08/1972 - at Derby2 | |||||||
50021 | 56045 | Noted 16/03/1974 - at Derby2 | |||||||
50021 | 56045 | Noted 16/03/1974 - at Derby2 | |||||||
50040 | 56045 | Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster2 | |||||||
50040 | 56045 | Noted 08/01/75 - at Stainforth & Hatfield3 | |||||||
50040 | 56045 | Noted 08/07/1975 - at Derby 2 | |||||||
50026 | 56045 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Sheffield1 | |||||||
50045 | 56045 | Noted 24/09/77 - at Grantham3 | |||||||
50045 | 56045 | Noted 12/10/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
50033 | 56045 | Noted 15/08/80 | |||||||
50033 | 56045 | Noted 03/05/81 - on 08.00 Doncaster – Sheffield4 | |||||||
53009 | 54045 | Noted circa 05/19845 | |||||||
53046 | 54045 | Noted 21/11/86 - at Norwich3 | |||||||
53046 | 54045 | Noted 04/12/19865 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
E56045 and E50045 at Boston (Lincs) on March 7, 1970 with the 15.34 from Grimsby to Peterborough. Tom Burnham.
A Class 114 DMU formed of E56045 + E50033 at Lincoln on 12 June 1979. Brian Daniels.
56045 stands at Boston in 1980 prior to departure to Nottingham. Peter (LEYTR).
In refurbished livery, a Class 114 set formed of 56045 / 50033 runs into Keighley on the 15th August 1980. Robert Frise.
A Class 114 on a Beverley - Hull service arrives at Cottingham on 18th October 1983. Cottingham North signalbox, which can be seen in the background, has subsequently been preserved. Syd Young.
A trio of DMUs at Sheffield on 19 July 1985, with Class 114 54045 in the centre. Jonathan Hazan.
The 12.40 Doncaster - Cambridge has Cravens set 37 trailer E56457 with a Stratford painted silver roof, while alongside just arriving is the 14.30 Cambridge - Lincoln Central with Derby heavyweight Class 114 E50013 + E56045. In March station on May 22nd 1982. Gerard Fletcher.
Class 111 DMBS E50286 outside Doncaster Works. Date unknown, possibly mid-1982 when it would undergo conversion to a single engine vehicle. The Class 114 on the left appears to be E56045. Paul Redmond.