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Vehicle 56045 / 54045


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

29/03/57 New to 40A (Lincoln)
May 1973Depot code changeLN
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29/06/88 Withdrawn from LN (Lincoln) - no published date found, presume same as other LN(U) vehicles

Notes

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

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56045 - original number
54045 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Mar-79 - AWS fitted
circa Dec-86 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 23/03/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


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

Images:

Class 114 DMU at Boston

7th March 1970

E56045 and E50045 at Boston (Lincs) on March 7, 1970 with the 15.34 from Grimsby to Peterborough. Tom Burnham.

Class 114 DMU at Lincoln

12th June 1979

A Class 114 DMU formed of E56045 + E50033 at Lincoln on 12 June 1979. Brian Daniels.

Class 114 DMU at Boston

1980

56045 stands at Boston in 1980 prior to departure to Nottingham. Peter (LEYTR).

Class 114 DMU at Keighley

15th August 1980

In refurbished livery, a Class 114 set formed of 56045 / 50033 runs into Keighley on the 15th August 1980. Robert Frise.

Class 114 DMU at Cottingham

18th October 1983

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.

Class 114 DMU at Sheffield

19th July 1985

A trio of DMUs at Sheffield on 19 July 1985, with Class 114 54045 in the centre. Jonathan Hazan.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 22nd May 1982

Set number: 37

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.

DMU

Date: circa mid-1982

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.