Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30470
Diagram: 533
31/12/58 | New to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
3w/e 04/06/59 | Transferred to | 34B (Hornsey) | |
Apr-60 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
4w/e 29/06/63 | Transferred to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
Sep-64 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
May-65 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
4w/e 02/10/65 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
Nov-69 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
4w/e 30/05/70 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
2w/e 10/10/70 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
Jan-72 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | NO | |
Sep-73 | Depot code change | NR | |
w/e 16/11/74 | Transferred to | FP (Finsbury Park) | |
w/e 12/02/78 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
2w/e 11/06/78 | Transferred to | LN (Lincoln) | |
28/09/86 | Withdrawn from | LN (Lincoln) |
31st October 1987 - Seen at Tinsley Yard
27th December 1987 - Seen in Tinsley Yard
56454 - original number
54454 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
51296 | 56454 | As delivered to 31A - 31st December 1958 | |||||||
51296 | 56454 | Transfer to 40A - 4w/e 29/06/63 | |||||||
51296 | 56454 | Transfer to 31A - Sep-64 | |||||||
51296 | 56454 | Transfer to 31A - 4w/e 02/10/65 | |||||||
51296 | 56454 | Transfer to 34G - Nov-69 | |||||||
51296 | 56454 | Noted 18/09/70 - at Cambridge1 | |||||||
51296 | 56454 | Transfer to 34G - 2w/e 10/10/70 | |||||||
59 | 51296 | 56454 | Noted circa e1972 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
45 | 50368 | 56454 | Noted circa mid-1972 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
49 | 50365 | 56454 | Noted 24/05/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
49 | 50365 | 56454 | Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford2 | ||||||
51 | 50249 | 56454 | Noted 12/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
51 | 50249 | 56454 | Noted 06/12/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
54 | 51274 | 56454 | Noted 09/02/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
54 | 51274 | 56454 | Noted 09/03/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
54 | 51274 | 56454 | Noted 20/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
54 | 51274 | 56454 | Noted 24/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
51293 | 56454 | Noted 27/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||||
51274 | 56454 | Noted 01/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||||
54 | 51274 | 56454 | Noted 01/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
51279 | 56454 | Transfer to FP - w/e 16/11/74 | |||||||
51263 | 56454 | Noted 08/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||||
51263 | 56454 | Noted 06/06/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||||
50367 | 56454 | Noted 16/07/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||||
51259 | 56454 | Noted 10/09/76 - at Kings Cross1 | |||||||
51259 | 56454 | Noted 13/11/76 | |||||||
56454 | Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle2 | ||||||||
56454 | Noted 27/01/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle2 | ||||||||
51281 | 56454 | Noted 28/12/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||||
51284 | 56454 | Noted 04/11/80 - on 08.26 Cleethorpes to New Holland Pier and Barton | |||||||
51284 | 56454 | Noted 03/12/80 - on 10.26 Doncaster - Cambridge | |||||||
50386 | 56454 | Noted 15/02/1981 - Formed 09.20 Newcastle to Middlesbrough.3 | |||||||
51285 | 56454 | Noted circa 04/19823 | |||||||
51278 | 56454 | Noted circa 03/19833 | |||||||
51278 | 54454 | Noted 30/12/85 | |||||||
51278 | 54454 | Noted circa 01/19863 | |||||||
53375 | 54454 | Noted 01/12/19863 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
Cravens DTCL E56454 in Cambridge station on 22 October 1967. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Cravens DTCL E56454 in Cambridge station on 22 October 1967. This gives a good view of the rubber panel next to the driver's door. The first class seats seem to be covered in the gold/black moquette. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A detail shot of the rear half of Cravens DTCL E56454 in Cambridge station on 22 October 1967. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A detail shot of the rear end of Cravens DTCL E56454 in Cambridge station on 22 October 1967. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 105 DTCL E56454, possibly in Doncaster Works, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
A Cravens Class 105 DMU with E56454 closest in Worksop station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
A two-car Cravens DMU set with 56454 nearest stabled at Grantham on 26th August 1979. David Scott.
The low winter sun highlights the puddles at March as the 10.26 Doncaster - Cambridge service pulls in off the joint line from Spalding. Cravens Class 105 E56454 + E51284 was one of nine sets of its type allocated to Lincoln depot often used on these long distance stopping trains. Scan of a print taken with a pocket camera. 3rd December 1980. Gerard Fletcher.
A Cravens Class 105 DMU, E56454 closest, heading for Doncaster pictured at Leeds on 26 June 1982. Commander Bond.
54454 at Sheffield on the 2nd May 1985. Malcolm Clements.
E54454 leads a New Mills - Sheffield working around Buxworth Curve on 12 August 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.
E54454 at Snailwell on 31st July 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
Seen outside the Works at Doncaster on April 18 1981 are, from right to left, 08 745, 56039 + 50010 and 51284 + 56454. John Carter.
A Cravens set formed of 51278 and 54454 and a Met-Camm set are seen in Nottingham Midland station on the 30th December 1985. Chris Lings.