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Vehicle 56138

Class 105

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

Allocations

13/05/57	New to	53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58	Transferred to	53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)	- (53C closed)
Jan-60	Depot code change	50C
3w/e 27/11/65	Transferred to	31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73	Depot code change	FP
w/e 07/11/76	Transferred to	SF (Stratford)
25/07/82	Withdrawn from	SF (Stratford)

Notes

15/12/82 - 56138 was listed in the Spring 1983 Platform 5 DMU stock book as a Sandite vehicle at HO but there is no evidence this happened.

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

50383	56138	As delivered to 53C - 13th May 1957
50383	56138	Transfer to 31A - 3w/e 27/11/65
50383	56138	Transfer to 34G - 3w/e 30/04/66
51273	56138	Noted 01/01/1972 - at Kings Cross¹
56138		Noted 18/08/72 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle - CA maintained the FP units²
51267	56138	Noted 20/05/73
50383	56138	Noted 15/06/73 - at Bury St Edmunds²
50383	56138	Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross¹
51268	56138	Noted 08/08/1974 - at Kings Cross¹
51268	56138	Noted 04/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
51268	56138	Noted 04/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
51471	56138	Noted 24/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds²
51267	56138	Noted 02/10/76 - at Bury St Edmunds²
50367	56138	Transfer to SF - w/e 07/11/76
50370	56138	Noted 06/05/1981 - RCTS London Branch East London No 5 Railtour 50370-56138 + 50578-59375-50365 + 56455-50367

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown

Images:

Unknown date

A Class 105 DMU with DTSL E56138 closest on Stratford depot, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

22nd October 1979

An almost ex-works Cravens Class 105 Driving Trailer Second Lavatory E56138 was the rear car of a service from North Woolwich, stood at Stratford Low-Level on October 22nd 1979. Martyn Hilbert.

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