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<- 56134 | 56135 | 56136 ->

Vehicle 56135

Class 105

BR Diagram 526

Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30283
Diagram: 526

Allocations

26/04/57 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
May-73Depot code changeBG
2w/e 09/04/78 Stored U.
2w/e 25/03/79 Transfer NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
01/04/84 Withdrawn from NC (Norwich)

Notes

circa Aug-84 - In Autumn 1984 withdrawn 51261 and 54135 were noted at Lincoln before being stored at Holmes Yard. They were quoted as in use as "a sandite unit" but seems more probable that they were used for weedkilling.

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50380 56135 As delivered to 53C - 26th April 1957
50378 56135 Noted Spring 1962 - at Hull Paragon1
50388 56135 Noted 14/06/1969 - York2
50371 56135 Noted 15/08/19703
50379 56135 Noted 09/06/73 - at Doncaster4
50379 56135 Noted 09/01/75 - at Selby4
50379 56135 Noted 05/07/75 - on 0657 York-Leeds with 51824 + 59193 + 59710 + 51845
50164 56135 Noted 16/09/75 - at Hull1
50164 56135 Noted 08/10/75 - at Brough1
50164 56135 Noted 01/11/75 - at Brough1
50164 56135 Noted 06/11/75 - at Brough1
50380 56135 Noted 19/11/75 - at Brough1
51492 56135 Noted 05/01/76 - at Brough1
51492 56135 Noted 15/01/76 - at Brough1
51492 56135 Noted 06/03/76 - at Hull1
50381 56135 Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds1
50382 56135 Noted 24/05/80 - at Norwich4
61 51290 56135 Noted circa 06/19815
51291 56135 Noted 15/09/1981 - at Ipswich6
47 51295 56135 Noted 28/10/82

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Lumley

Images:

Class 105 DMU at York station

1967

BR green (with small yellow panel) liveried Craven's class 105 dmu (DTC 56135 with short-lived NE prefix to number) on a Hull train at York - c.07/1967. 53A Models of Hull Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Sproughton

circa 1982

Set number: 47

Norwich allocated Class 105 set 47 heads away from the camera at Sproughton, passing the recently lifted yard of the former sugar factory. E56135 leads, which dates it to circa 1982, and Cambridge is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Cambridge

circa 1983

Set number: 30

Class 105 DMU set 30, E56135 closest with Peterborough on the destination blind, in Cambridge station circa 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Norwich

2nd April 1983

Set number: 47

This is a view of the Norwich skyline taken from Lower Clarence Road car park. It is Easter Saturday, April 2nd 1983 and the Jubilee Sidings are brimming with dmus as usual. The nearest vehicle is Cravens trailer no. E56135 which is partnering E51295 as set no. 47. Gerard Fletcher.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 28th October 1982

Set number: 58

On a very bright Thursday October 28th 1982, the 11.47 Peterborough - Cambridge service pauses at Whittlesea with (left to right) Cravens Class 105 sets 58 (E51255/E56429) and 47 (E56135/E51295). Gerard Fletcher.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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