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Vehicle 56416 / 54416


Class 105

Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30470
Diagram: 533

Allocations

12/06/58 New to 40A (Lincoln)
w/e 31/01/59 Transferred to 34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
w/e 15/01/78 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 05/02/78 Transferred to SF (Stratford)
12/05/85 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28/09/86 Withdrawn from NC (Norwich)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:

56416 - original number
54416 - from 11/04/83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51258 56416 As delivered to 40A - 12th June 1958
51258 56416 Noted 18th June 1958 - on exhibition at Blast Lane, Sheffield
51301 56416 Noted 02/09/67 - in Cambridge station1
51471 56416 Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge2
51260 56416 Noted 27/05/72 - at Ipswich3
51295 56416 Noted 03/06/72 - at Ipswich3
51254 56416 Noted 15/06/74 - in Kings Cross2
51280 56416 Noted 21/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
50383 56416 Noted 23/08/75 - in Kings Cross1
50383 56416 Noted 18/10/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1
51275 56416 Noted 31/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1
51280 56416 Noted 12/09/76 - in Kings Cross2
56416 Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle1
51275 56416 Transfer to BG - w/e 15/01/78
53369 54416 Noted circa 07/19834
53369 54416 Noted 06/07/83
53361 54416 Noted circa 01/19844
53361 54416 Noted 05/03/85
59 53368 54416 Noted 18/05/85 - at Norwich1
59 53368 54416 Noted circa 07/19854
59 53368 54416 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
59 53368 54416 Listed at NC - Dec-85
59 53368 54416 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
59 53368 54416 Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich1

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Romford

Unknown date

A Class 105 Cravens DMU with DTSL E56416 in Romford station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 105 DMU at North Woolwich

6th July 1983

54416 with 53369 on the rear waits at North Woolwich on 6/7/83 with a service to Stratford. Shayne Lewis.

Class 105 DMU at Silvertown

5th March 1985

During the final weeks of services in the hands of veteran Cravens-built diesel multiple units, unit E53361-E54416 pauses at Silvertown station forming a service from Camden Road to North Woolwich on 5 March 1985. The third rail is already in place and would be energised in a few weeks ready for the ex-SR class 2-EPB EMUs to commence services from May. The original Silvertown station was opened in 1863 as part of the Eastern Counties & Thames Junction Railway. The Tate & Lyle sugar factory is on the right and the line known locally as the 'Silvertown Tramway' is still in place, providing access to the T.W.Ward scrapyard alongside the Thames Barrier. Electrification of this section was to remain for just two decades, the line being closed in December 2006. This scene has now been transformed, the remaining station and buildings being demolished in 2012 to make way for the 'Crossrail' route. Gordon Edgar.

Class 105 DMU at Lowestoft

21st August 1985

My dad and my uncle Norman pose for the camera as they are about to board this Norwich allocated Cravens class 105 dmu E54416 with a Lowestoft - Norwich service. 21st August 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 105 DMU at Snailwell

13th July 1988

Class 105 E54416 at Snailwell on the 13th July 1988. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 5th March 1985

A Camden Road to North Woolwich service formed of Cravens unit E53361-E54416 emerges from Connaught Tunnel and approaches Silvertown station on 5 March 1985. The derelict St.Marks church is on the left. Gordon Edgar.

DMU

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.