Vehicle 56142 / 977048
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
| 27/06/57 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| Apr-73 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NO | |
| Sep-73 | Depot code change | NR | |
| 26/07/81 | Withdrawn from | NR (Norwich) | |
| Dec-81 | To departmental stock | BX (Buxton) | |
| Jul-89 | Withdrawn |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56142 - original number
977048 - from Dec-81 (departmental stock)
Department Use as ADB977048
Sandite From 12/81 to 7/89.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50387 | 56142 | As delivered to 53C - 27th June 1957 | |||||||
| 50386 | 56142 | Noted 21/02/73 - at Ipswich1 | |||||||
| 50386 | 56142 | Noted 18/08/1973 - at Peterborough2 | |||||||
| 37 | 50386 | 56142 | Noted 25/08/73 - at Stowmarket3 | ||||||
| 37 | 50386 | 56142 | Noted 09/11/73 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 37 | 50386 | 56142 | Noted 22/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 51 | 50249 | 56142 | Noted 27/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 51 | 50249 | 56142 | Noted 03/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 60 | 51285 | 56142 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | ||||||
| 70 | 51127 | 56142 | Noted 02/07/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 71 | 51125 | 56142 | Noted 28/09/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 68 | 50346 | 56142 | Noted 07/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 50346 | 56142 | Noted 16/04/77 - on 1M67 1251 Norwich-Birmingham New Street with 50737 + 59267 + 50652 | |||||||
| 57 | 51263 | 56142 | Noted 11/03/78 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 57 | 51263 | 56142 | Noted 06/08/78 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 57 | 51263 | 56142 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | ||||||
| 51263 | 56142 | Noted 05/02/79 - at Norwich3 | |||||||
| 67 | 51262 | 56142 | Noted 08/04/79 - on Norwich depot3 | ||||||
| 57 | 51263 | 56142 | Noted circa 07/19794 | ||||||
| 51262 | 56142 | Noted 24/05/80 - at Norwich3 |
Formation Sources
1: Ipswich Transport Society
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
12th July 1979
A Cravens Class 105 2-car set with E56142 leading arrives at Cottingham with an evening service from Beverley to Hull on 12th July 1979. At this date Northgate crossing box still controlled the semaphore signals and the wooden gates, together with the crossover and ground discs shown in the photograph. All have been consigned to history along with the 105s. Syd Young.
10th January 1985
977048 (ex-56142) seen at Higher Buxton Goods Shed, 10/1/85. Paul Moxon.
19th October 1986
Cravens Class 105 DMU E56142 now converted to a Sandite Unit and received the departmental number of ADB977048 and based at Buxton, but still seems to have retained its first class compartment! Also on shed is Railfreight liveried class 47/3 locomotive 47378 (D1875). 19th October 1986. Andrew J Crowther.
18th May 1988
Cravens sandite car ADB977048, ex-56142 at Buxton station, 18/5/88. Ian Francis.
30th May 1988
Cravens Class 105 DMU car ADB 977048 (former 56142) in use as Sandite car Buxton 30-5-88. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
16th March 1990
ADB977048 (56142) awaiting disposal at Peak Forest, 16-3-90. Kevin Dowd.
16th March 1990
ADB977048 (56142) awaiting disposal at Peak Forest, 16-3-90. Kevin Dowd.
16th March 1990
ADB977048 (56142) awaiting disposal at Peak Forest, 16-3-90. Kevin Dowd.
13th October 1990
Taken at Great Rock sidings on 13/10/90. The middle saloon shows the stillage used to mix the Sandite, some empty sandite powder buckets, and to the right, the air tanks that were used as air reservoirs to deposit the liquid sandite onto the rail head. Paul Moxon.
13th October 1990
Despite being renumbered many years previously, the cab of 977048 still showed signs of its previous identity. Taken at Great Rock Sidings, 13/10/90. Paul Moxon.
1991
ADB977048 at Buxton TMD. Undated, but probably early 1991. Malcolm Clements.
16th March 1991
Withdrawn sandite vehicle 977048 (ex-56142) at Buxton TMD, 16th March 1991. S Gaskell.
October 1991
977048 (56142) at Snailwell in October 1991. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 6th April 1976
Set number: 70
Norwich set 70 - Class 100 E51127 and Class 105 56142 - with a parcel van in tow at Lowestoft on 6 April 1976. Phil Bevan.
Date: 7th June 1986
Vehicles at Derby RTC on 7-6-86 include a 'Mag-Lev' experimental vehicle, the former Elliot Track Recording Wickham railbus DB999507 'Laboratory 20' and Cravens Sandite 977048. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.