Vehicle 56125 / 54125
Class 105
Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30281
Diagram: 526
Allocations
| 04/02/57 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| 10/03/68 | On loan to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
| Oct-68 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NO | |
| Sep-73 | Depot code change | NR | |
| w/e 13/02/77 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| w/e 21/05/78 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| w/e 03/12/78 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| Dec-83 | Depot code change | NC | |
| 01/06/86 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) | |
| 06/07/86 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) | |
| 28/09/86 | Withdrawn from | NC (Norwich) |
Notes
27th December 1987 - Seen in Tinsley Yard
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56125 - original number
54125 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50370 | 56125 | As delivered to 53C - 4th February 1957 | |||||||
| 50375 | 56125 | Transfer to 40A - 10/03/68 - on loan | |||||||
| 51278 | 56125 | Noted 04/1971 - at Birmingham New Street1 | |||||||
| 50365 | 56125 | Noted 03/09/71 - at Norwich2 | |||||||
| 51 | 50249 | 56125 | Noted circa 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 51296 | 56125 | Noted 12/08/72 - on 10:04 Liverpool Street - Sheringham (due 14:07) and 14:42 return (due London 18:22) with 51280 + 56450 and 51281 + 564274 | |||||||
| 55 | 51276 | 56125 | Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 55 | 51276 | 56125 | Noted 26/05/73 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 51276 | 56125 | Noted 02/09/73 - at Cambridge3 | |||||||
| 60 | 51285 | 56125 | Noted 23/02/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 60 | 51285 | 56125 | Noted 25/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 60 | 51285 | 56125 | Noted 16/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 36 | 50382 | 56125 | Noted 30/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 36 | 50382 | 56125 | Noted 30/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 49 | 50365 | 56125 | Noted 20/03/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 49 | 50365 | 56125 | Noted 22/05/75 | ||||||
| 51120 | 56125 | Noted 01/06/1975 - at Leicester with 51278 and 561411 | |||||||
| 49 | 50365 | 56125 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | ||||||
| 49 | 50365 | 56125 | Noted 14/08/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 50365 | 56125 | Noted 27/09/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
| 51277 | 56125 | Noted Jul-76 | |||||||
| 62 | 51283 | 56125 | Noted 15/10/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 50386 | 56125 | Noted 12/02/77 - at Selby2 | |||||||
| 51277 | 56125 | Transfer to NR - w/e 03/12/78 | |||||||
| 51277 | 56125 | Noted 10/01/79 - at Norwich3 | |||||||
| 53 | 51277 | 56125 | Noted 17/05/79 | ||||||
| 51271 | 56125 | Noted 06/09/1980 - Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society GE/GN Joint Freight Lines Railtour 51256-56116 + 51271-56125 | |||||||
| 49 | 51271 | 56125 | Noted 09/09/81 | ||||||
| 46 | 51273 | 56125 | Noted 04/12/82 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 65 | 51261 | 56125 | Noted circa 07/19835 | ||||||
| 30 | 53373 | 54125 | Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85 | ||||||
| 30 | 53373 | 54125 | Listed at NC - Dec-85 | ||||||
| 30 | 53373 | 54125 | Noted circa 02/19865 | ||||||
| Spare | 54125 | Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Ipswich Transport Society
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
21st April 1979
Set number: 53
The "Fakenham Flyer" railtour from Norwich on 21 April 1979. Closest is DTCL E56125, the coupled DMBS should be E51277. Jeremy Chapter.
7th July 1981
Set number: 49
The 12:29 to Norwich awaiting departure from Lowestoft station on 7 July 1981. It is formed of 56125 + 51271 (set 49) and 56188 + 51270. Stuart Mackay Collection.
21st August 1981
Set number: 49
56125 is on the rear of set 49 when seen at Yarmouth on the 21st August 1981. Chris Lings.
30th November 1984
Class 105 54125 is seen passing Saltley on it's way to Norwich, 30.11.1984. This was a regular working in 1984, before being replaced by a Class 31/4 are coaching stock. Andy Cole.
18th March 1985
Set number: 30
Cravens set 30 (presumably 54125 and 53373) with the 11:54 Harwich Town - Manningtree is seen beside 31 424 as it arrived at Harwich Parkeston Quay (at 12XX) on Monday 18th March 1985. Colin Brooks.
22nd August 1985
The site of the former Cromer Junction which gave access to Cromer High, the first station in the town which opened in 1877, Cromer High was closed to passengers in 1954 and freight in 1960. Here we see a Norwich allocated Cravens class 105 dmu made up of cars E54125 + E53373, with a Sheringham-Norwich service, which calls at Cromer (Beach) and as the name implies is far more conveniently situated in the town. 22nd August 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
15th March 1986
Set number: 30
Our train to Sheringham simmering at Norwich on March 15th 1986 with Cravens set E54125 + E53373 numbered set 30. Weeks later it was transferred to Cambridge for DPU use. By November a new (and final) set 30 had been formed, the famous Stratford painted 'Green Cravens'. Photo by Philip Mott. Gerard Fletcher.
12th July 1988
Boarded up on the inside, Class 105 trailer E54125 is in a trainload of condemned vehicles bound for Snailwell. Seen at Ely Dock on July 12th 1988 behind 47 323. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 16th July 1976
Set number: 58
An Ipswich to Lowestoft service approaching Brampton on the East Suffolk Line on 16 July 1976. The vehicles are E56307 (presumably with E51282) and E51277 + E56125. Phil Bevan.
Date: 21st April 1979
Set number: 62
The "Fakenham Flyer" railtour is seen at its destination on 21 April 1979 formed of two Norwich 2-car class 105 Cravens units, 56132, presumably with 51259, 51277 and 56125. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 21st April 1979
The Wymondham & Dereham Rail Action Committee (WyDRAC), the Railway Development Society (RDS) and the newly-formed Fakenham and Dereham Railway Society chartered two 2-car Class 105 DMU sets to operate the 'Fakenham Flyer' on 21/Apr/1979. It ran to Dereham before heading to Fakenham and then operating a shuttle service to Ryburgh, County School, North Elmham and back to Dereham and Fakenham. Seen at Norwich. The lead car was 56132, presumably with 51259, and 51277 + 56125. Note that there is no set number in the cab window - set number 62 appeared later in the day! Robert Chilton.
Date: 26th April 1980
Set number: 53
With the red tail light illuminated, rusty track in the foreground was marking the limit of travel at the single track terminus at the market town of Sudbury on April 26th 1980. A Cravens Class 105 two-car DMU formed of cars E51277 & E56125 was awaiting departure with the 16.69 mile return journey to Colchester, joining the Great Eastern main line en-route at Marks Tey. Sudbury was once on a through route to and from Cambridge, the line was closed West of Sudbury in March 1967. The station in this view has since closed, with a new station being opened in 1991. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 6th September 1980
Set number: 56
On 6 September 1980, the Fakenham and Dereham Railway Society GE/GN Joint Freight Lines Railtour ran with a pair Cravens dmu sets. Nearest the camera at March is 56116, then should come 51256, 56125 and 51271. Having visited Wisbech, the tour then ran to Sleaford, Bardney, Shirebrook and Lincoln before returning to March. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 6th September 1980
Set number: 49
Bardney station in Lincolnshire was only open for occasional sugar beet traffic by 1980. On 6 September of that year, the Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society ran a railtour which visited the branch. Another railtour in February 1981 was the last passenger train to reach this point where passenger trains had been withdrawn in 1970. Car 51271 is nearest the camera, paired with 56125, behind is 51256 and 56116. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 6th September 1980
Set number: 56
On 6 September 1980 the Fakenham and Dereham Railway Society ran their "GE/GN Joint Freight Lines Railtour" using a pair of Class 105 Cravens-built two-car diesel units, seen here at Wisbech Goods. The full formation as 56116 + 51256 + 56125 + 51271. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 9th September 1981
Set number: 49
Ipswich and Cravens Class 105 E51271 + E56125 forming Norwich set no. 49. The train is the 06.58 Leicester to Harwich Parkeston Quay which I'd travelled on from March on 9/9/81. Later in the day this unit was seen forming the 14.50 Ipswich to Stamford service. Some late 70s fashion still in evidence here, even if it is 1981. Gerard Fletcher.
Date: 16th July 1984
Set number: 56
Class 105 Cravens DMUs awaits their next duties at Norwich Thorpe, L to R F to B 51472 + 54125, 51247 (Met Cam) + 53380, 16-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 15th March 1986
Set number: 34
At Norwich on 15/3/86 is Sheringham bound Set 30 on the left (E54125 closest) alongside Set 34, a relatively recent arrival at Norwich depot, but destined to be one of the final seven sets based there. Formed of E54421 & E53366, the set number is shown in the old destination indicator on the trailer which is possibly unique. Photo by Philip Mott. Gerard Fletcher.
Date: 15th March 1986
Set number: 30
A lovely afternoon at Cromer with Cravens set 30, E53373 + E54125 loading up for Sheringham. Note the driver walking to the other end of the train and the young guard watching out for the lady with her pram. 15/3/86. Photo by Phil Mott. Gerard Fletcher.
Date: 12th July 1988
47 323 is seen at Ely Dock with a trainload of condemned DMUs (and a brakedown van) bound for Snailwell on July 12th, 1988. The first Class 105 vehicle behind the loco is E54125, the last Class 101 at the far end is E54384. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 12th July 1988
The March tool van and 54384 nearest then 54057 54392 54067 54383 51841 54416 and 54125.Seen passing at Ely Dock Junction on 12th July 1988. The working had originated from Tinsley yard. Nicholas Youngman.