Vehicle 56419 / 54419

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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

26/06/58	New to	40A (Lincoln)
09/11/58	Transferred to	34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73	Depot code change	FP
w/e 20/02/77	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
06/10/85	Withdrawn from	NC (Norwich)

Notes

14th September 1958 - Unit 51261+56419 was on display as part of an exhibition at Wood Green Goods Yard from 12th to 14th September 1958.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56419 - original number
54419 - from Mar-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51261	56419							As delivered to 40A - 26th June 1958
	51261	56419							Noted 12th Sep 1958
	51261	56419							Noted 13th October 1958
	51261	56419							Transfer to 34B - 09/11/58
	51261	56419							Noted 12th Nov 1960
	51265	56419							Noted 06/01/73 - at Ipswich1
	51265	56419							Noted 08/08/1974 - at Kings Cross2
	51280	56419							Noted 17/08/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
	51272	56419							Noted 10/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3
	56419								Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle, ex-works3
	56419								Noted 09/12/76 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle3
	50377	56419							Transfer to NR - w/e 20/02/77
	50377	56419							Noted 10/10/77 - on 1002 Cambridge-Bishops Stortford
33	50377	56419							Noted 05/11/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3
	50594	56419							Noted 23/09/1978 - R.C.T.S. Fensman No.3 Railtour
33	50377	56419							Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
77	50594	56419							Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
	51298	56419							Noted 17/01/79 - at Norwich3
	51269	56419							Noted 13/04/79 - on early afternoon Cambridge - Ipswich service4
	51269	56419							Noted 30/08/1979 - At Cambridge Station5
	50371	56419							Noted 17/10/1981 - Bitton Railway Company Ltd The Bitton East Anglian Railtour 56419+50371+56119+51478
	50371	56419							Noted 08/05/1982 - Observed at Spalding, train worked unclear
67	51262	54419							Noted circa 04/19856

Formation Sources
1: Ipswich Transport Society
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Phil Shatford
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn

Images:

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September 1959

Cravens twin set E56419 + E51261 was one of many exhibits at a rolling stock and equipment exhibition at Noel Park Goods Yard (on the Seven Sisters - Palace Gates branch) by the Great Northern line. 24,000 people attended the event held from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th September 1958. British Railways.

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30th June 1985

E54419 running into Ely around 5pm on the 30th June 1985. Nicholas Youngman.

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25th September 1985

Cravens Class Set 67 54419 + E51262 are wrapped in polythene at Colchester on the morning of Thursday 25th September 1985. They had been fire damaged at Colchester the previous day. Colin Brooks.

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25th September 1985

Set number: 67

Cravens Class Set 67 54419 + E51262 are wrapped in polythene at Colchester on the morning of Thursday 25th September 1985. They had been fire damaged at Colchester the previous day. Colin Brooks.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: circa November 1958

In mid-October 1958 two Cravens sets (51257 + 56415 and 51261 + 56419) began working Kings Cross Great Northern line suburban services. This was an initial step towards a planned 20 sets being in operation during the first half of the following year (ultimately there would be 26 sets). The two sets are seen at Palmers Green station circa November 1958. British Railways.

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Date: 23rd September 1978

Set number: 77

Norwich allocated DMU set 77, formed of Class 104 DMBS E50594 and Class 105 DTCL E56419, at Wisbech with the RCTS Fensman No3 railtour on 23 September 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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Date: 29th January 1983

50371 with 56419 arriving at Ipswich. Phil Bidwell.

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Date: 29th January 1983

Set number: 32

50371 with 56419 arriving at Ipswich. Phil Bidwell.