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Vehicle 56436 / 54436

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

26/09/58 New to 31A (Cambridge)
4w/e 30/05/70 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
2w/e 25/03/78 Transferred to SF (Stratford)
w/e 30/07/78 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
2w/e 01/10/78 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
27/07/86 Withdrawn from NC (Norwich)
03/08/86 Reinstated NC (Norwich)
28/09/86 Withdrawn from NC (Norwich)

Notes

31st October 1987 - Seen at Tinsley Yard
27th December 1987 - Seen in Tinsley Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56436 - original number
54436 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51278 56436 As delivered to 31A - 26th September 1958
51278 56436 Noted 1st June 1963
51255 56436 Noted 25/08/69 - at Finsbury Park1
50364 56436 Noted 21/12/70 - at Ely1
50375 56436 Noted 17/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds2
69 51120 56436 Noted circa 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds2
58 51282 56436 Noted 07/08/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2
62 51283 56436 Noted 13/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2
62 51283 56436 Noted 22/11/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2
49 50365 56436 Noted 27/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
42 50366 56436 Noted 26/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
42 50366 56436 Noted 01/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
42 50366 56436 Noted 02/06/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2
75 51213 56436 Listed at NR - 19/07/75
46 50359 56436 Noted 23/11/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2
32 50375 56436 Noted 31/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
49 50365 56436 Noted 13/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
46 50359 56436 Noted 30/06/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2
54 51254 56436 Noted 16/12/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51484 56436 Transfer to LN - w/e 30/07/78
51484 56436 Transfer to NR - 2w/e 01/10/78
49 51271 56436 Noted 22/02/79 - at Norwich2
51260 56436 Noted 01/03/80 - on 08.50 Norwich – Yarmouth3
56 51472 54436 Noted circa 12/19834
39 51294 54436 Noted 07/07/85
39 51294 54436 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
39 51294 54436 Listed at NC - Dec-85
45 53365 54436 Noted circa 02/19864
45 53365 54436 Noted 06/08/86

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Phil Shatford
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 105 DMU at north of Postland

2nd May 1977

Set number: 49

Cravens DMU set 49 (E56436 + E50365) head through the fens north of Postland GN & GE with a Cambridge to Doncaster passenger service on 02.05.77. Phil Bevan.

Class 105 DMU at Saxmundham

8th February 1978

Set number: 54

Running 'wrong line' at Saxmundham after a snow shower on Wednesday February 8th 1978 is Norwich based Cravens twin set no. 54 (E56436 + E51254) forming the 10.50 Lowestoft - Ipswich. Still retaining the twin headcode boxes, this original style of front end was rapidly disappearing by 1978 as cars went through Doncaster Works, reappearing with flush fronts. Photograph by Michael Bryant. Gerard Fletcher.

Class 105 DMU at Ely

6th August 1986

Set number: 45

Norwich set 45 E54436 + E53365 passes Padnal with the 14.30 Norwich to Ely, August 6, 1986. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 7th July 1985

Set number: 39

Norwich Cravens set 39 E51294 + E54436 in platform 3 of Ely station waiting to form 2P20 to Norwich on July 7, 1985. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 18th September 1985

Set number: 39

Getting a long way from its home depot is Norwich based class 105 'Cravens' set no.39 (51294+54436) arriving at Worksop with train 2B16 the 12.18 Lincoln Central to Sheffield Midland on 18/09/85. Adrian Nicholls.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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