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Vehicle 56420 / 54420

Class 105

BR Diagram 533

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)
w/e 31/01/59 Transferred to 34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
2w/e 23/01/77 Transferred to SF (Stratford)
19/05/85 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
19/01/86 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
16/02/86 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
03/08/86 Transferred to LN (Lincoln) - also reported as 01/06/86
28/09/86 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
Oct-86 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
10/05/87 Withdrawn from LN (Lincoln)

Notes

9/2/84 - An unpublished 'last train' ran over the Poplar Docks line in East London. E53362/54420 spent five hours on the branch doing noise and vibration tests in connection with the projected Docklands Light Railway.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56420 - original number
54420 - from 11/04/83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51262 56420 As delivered to 40A - 26th June 1958
51290 56420 Noted 12th Nov 1960
51272 56420 Noted 25/08/69 - at Peterborough1
51261 56420 Noted 31/12/1971 - at Kings Cross2
50383 56420 Noted 22/08/1972 - at Kings Cross2
50383 56420 Noted 03/11/72
50383 56420 Noted 31/03/73 - at Ipswich3
50367 56420 Noted 09/06/73 - at Ipswich3
51297 56420 Noted 07/07/73 - at Ipswich3
51297 56420 Noted 11/08/73 - at Ipswich3
51297 56420 Noted 11/08/73 - on a Liverpool Street - Sheringham service with 51257 + 56458 and 51281 + 564524
51266 56420 Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross2
51271 56420 Noted 07/05/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51271 56420 Noted 08/06/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51271 56420 Noted 23/08/75 - in Kings Cross4
51272 56420 Noted 01/11/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51258 56420 Noted 15/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51258 56420 Noted 10/09/76 - at Peterborough1
51258 56420 Noted 18/09/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
56420 50364 Noted 17/08/1981 - 1158 Camden Town to North Woolwich
53367 54420 Noted circa 07/19835
53362 54420 Noted 12/03/84
53363 54420 Noted circa 08/19845
45 53365 54420 Noted 12/07/85 - at Norwich4
53369 54420 Transfer to LN - 19/01/86
53369 54420 Transfer to NC - 16/02/86
51472 54420 Noted 15/03/86
56 51472 54420 Noted 22/03/19865
56 51472 54420 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
51472 54420 Noted 02/08/86
56 51472 54420 Noted 27/09/1986 - 0738 Cambridge to Peterborough (https://tinyurl.com/uygsgqy)
51299 54420 Noted 24/04/1987 - at Sheffield6

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Ely

15th March 1986

E54420 + E51472 with the 14.10 Ely to Norwich at Ely, March 15th 1986. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 26th January 1985

This was the scene on a wet day at Stratford Low Level station during the transitional period from diesel to electric traction, with the third rail already in place. The North London Line services were terminating here and not continuing to North Woolwich. Cravens Class 105 unit 53359 and 54420 gurgle away wating to depart on 26th January 1985. Gordon Edgar.

DMU

Date: 27th July 1985

Set number: 45

E53365 + E54420 with a Class 115 in Sheffield station, July 25, 1985. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 2nd August 1986

E51472 + E54420 and Metro Cammel M51197 + M54336 with the 14.18 Ely To Norwich service near Ely on August 2, 1986. Nicholas Youngman.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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