Vehicle 56447 / 54447

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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

23/11/58	New to	40A (Lincoln)
w/e 31/01/59	Transferred to	34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73	Depot code change	FP
w/e 07/11/77	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
Jun-86	Withdrawn from	NC (Norwich)
Jun-86	Reinstated	NC (Norwich)
22/06/86	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
Jun-86	Stored	AY (Ayr)
28/09/86	Withdrawn from	AY (Ayr)

Notes

8th August 1986 - Seen stored in Falkland Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56447 - original number
54447 - from Mar-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51289	56447							As delivered to 40A - 23rd November 1958
	51280	56447							Noted 04/09/69 - at Kings Cross1
	51261	56447							Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross1
	51272	56447							Noted 03/09/71 - at Kings Cross1
	51272	56447							Noted 31/12/1971 - at Kings Cross2
	51256	56447							Noted 17/06/72 - at Ipswich3
	51275	56447							Noted 06/01/73 - at Ipswich3
	51258	56447							Noted 07/07/73 - at Ipswich3
	51301	56447							Noted 08/08/1974 - at Kings Cross2
	51301	56447							Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross2
	51262	56447							Noted 13/07/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4
	51260	56447							Noted 30/10/76 - LCGB The Greater London & Southminster Railtour 56429 + 51471 / 56447 + 51260
	51260	56447							Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot4
	56447								Noted 10/02/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle4
	51471	56447							Noted 24/03/77 - on Cambridge depot4
	51471	56447							Noted 08/07/77 - on 0718 Kings Cross-Royston with 51293 + 56132
	51291	56447							Transfer to NR - w/e 07/11/77
65	51261	56447							Noted 11/03/78 - at Bury St Edmunds4
65	51261	56447							Noted 08/08/78 - at Norwich4
65	51261	56447							Noted circa 10/19785
65	51261	56447							Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
	51261	56447							Noted 18/01/79 - at Norwich4
	51257	56447							Noted 01/08/79
	51270	56447							Noted 29/03/1980 - Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society West Norfolk Freight Lines Railtour 51270-56447+56448-51298
75	50596	56447							Noted 28/05/81
51	51269	54447							Noted circa 01/19845
33	53377	54447							Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
33	53377	54447							Listed at NC - Dec-85
33	53377	54447							Noted 15/02/19865

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

Images:

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30th June 1984

Set number: 33

Class 105 2-car DMU set 33 (54447 + 53377) stands at Great Yarmouth soon after arrival with train 2B24 the 12.02 stopper from Norwich on 30/06/84. Alongside stands 37 140 shut down in the sidings. Adrian Nicholls.

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30th October 1984

Set number: 33

E54447 E53377 waiting departure from Sheringham with the 1354 to Norwich Thorpe 30th October 1984. Keith Long.

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29th June 1985

Set number: 33

Just prior to electrification a Cravens (set 33 presumably 54447 + 53377) with a Class 101 works the Harwich branch at Dovercourt Bay on 29th June 1985. Ian Buck.

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29th June 1985

Set number: 33

Cravens set 33 (presumably 54447 + 53377) at Harwich Town on 29th June 1985. Ian Buck.

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29th June 1985

Set number: 33

On the Harwich branch a Cravens unit (set 33 presumably 54447 + 53377) with a Class 101 on the rear leaves Parkeston Quay on 29th June 1985. Ian Buck.

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10th August 1985

Set number: 33

Class 105 set 33 (54447 presumably closest) in Chappel & Wakes Colne station on August 10, 1985. David Christie.

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24th August 1985

Class 105 54447 is seen passing Saltley on 24.08.1985 at the start of it's long journey to Norwich. Andy Cole.

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27th August 1985

Set number: 33

54447 is part of Cravens set 33, seen in Doncaster station on the 27th August 1985. Chris Lings.

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27th August 1985

Set number: 33

A Met-Camm and a Cravens DMU (54447 and presumably 53377) at Doncaster on 27 August 1985. Robert28194.

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15th March 1986

Set number: 33

E54447 + E53377 at Peterborough on a very cold 15th March 1986, with the man on the left still dressed in his 70s gear and dear old set 33 about to set sail for Cambridge. In a matter of weeks it would be transferred away to Ayr. Gerard Fletcher.

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26th May 1986

Set number: 33

Cravens set 33 - 54447 closest (and presumably 53377) - at Colchester with an afternoon Sudbury service on May 26, 1986. Colin Brooks.

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26th May 1986

Set number: 33

E54447 in platform 6 of Colchester station with an afternoon Sudbury service on May 26, 1986. Colin Brooks.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 29th March 1980

The Fakenham and Dereham Railway Society West Norfolk Freight Lines railtour at Middleton Towers on 29 March 1980. Formed of two Class 105 DMUs, the Six Bells Junction website lists the vehicles as 51270 + 56447 and 56448 + 51298. Roger Geach Collection.

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Date: 1984

An oval buffered Class 114 set is seen in Cambridge station in 1984. Cravens DTC E54447 is on the left. John Law.

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Date: circa 1985 or 1986

Set number: 105

Two Norwich allocated 105s in Reedham station. On the left is Class 101 set 105. 53321 is thought to be closest, on the right is Class 105 set 33. The DTCL is E54447, which dates it to circa June 1985 - June 1986, it has Yarmouth on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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Date: 31st March 1986

Norwich Trowse temporary station on 31 March 1986. This was used whist Norwich (Thorpe) station was being prepared for electrification. On the left a Class 101 has just arrived, on the right Class 105 set 33 (presumably 54447 + 53377) with SHeringham on the destination blind. Phil Bevan.

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Date: circa June 1986

New arrival at Haymarket. Cravens set E53377 + E54447, newly transferred from Norwich to cover for out of action Class 107s, the power car would become part of a hybrid three-car set and the trailer put into store. S Saunders.