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Vehicle 56448 / 977050

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
2w/e 16/04/77	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
20/07/81	Withdrawn from	NR (Norwich)
Dec-81	To departmental stock	CD (Crewe North)
by 01/01/85	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
1988	Withdrawn

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56448 - original number
977050 - from Dec-81 (departmental stock)

Department Use as ADB977050

Sandite From 12/81 to 1988.

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51290	56448	As delivered to 40A - 23rd November 1958
	51295	56448	Noted 12th Nov 1960
	51288	56448	Noted May 1968
	51260	56448	Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge¹
	51260	56448	Noted 25/08/69 - at Peterborough¹
	51293	56448	Noted 26/06/71 - at Ipswich²
	51289	56448	Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross³
	50376	56448	Noted 13/07/73 - at Ipswich²
	50376	56448	Noted 11/08/73 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
	51267	56448	Noted 14/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
	51267	56448	Noted 08/08/1974 - at Kings Cross³
	51259	56448	Noted 04/02/75 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
	50383	56448	Noted 06/02/76 - on Cambridge depot⁴
	51262	56448	Noted 10/09/76 - at Kings Cross¹
	50367	56448	Noted 12/09/76 - in Kings Cross¹
	51262	56448	Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot⁴
	56448		Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle⁴
73	51115	56448	Noted 09/05/77 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
	51115	56448	Noted 26/06/1977 - Set noted on this date working a special from Ipswich to Sizewell Siding and return. Point of origin and tour operator are unknown
48	50364	56448	Noted 08/07/77 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
59	51120	56448	Noted 04/03/78 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
60	51484	56448	Noted 02/01/79 - at Norwich, 51484 with SC prefix⁴
	51298	56448	Noted 29/03/1980 - Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society West Norfolk Freight Lines Railtour 51270-56447+56448-51298

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

Images:

September 1969

A Cravens DMU with DTSL E56448 closest is seen in the sidings alongside the ECML at Hitchin in September 1969. Stuart Mackay Collection.

8th December 1974

E56448 at the front of a Cravens DMU paused at Wood Green on a Kings Cross to Potters Bar service, 8 December 1974. At this time, the station was being rebuilt prior to the Great Northern suburban electrification scheme. Kevin Lane.

23rd July 1977

Set number: 48

The crew change ends at Spalding, they will depart with the 13:05 service to Peterborough, 23 July 1977. So what has happened around the destination blind on E56448? My guess is that it was leaking and an attempt was made to seal it with a water based sealant, which was then out in the rain at speed before it had properly set. See also https://www.transporttreasury.com/p1022126417/eb18cb0d4. Robert Thomas.

26th June 1983

Cravens Class 105 DTC ADB977050 (ex-56448) in use as Sandite Vehicle Chester TMD 26-6-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

20th January 1986

ADB977050, ex Cravens 56448, in Ellesmere Port East Yard, 20/1/86. Anthony Griffiths.

18th February 1989

The only number I could find painted over was E56448 and the NR depot marking was present. This was withdrawn as a departmental 977050. At Vic Berrys Leicester 18.02.89. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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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