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Vehicle 56461

Class 105

BR Diagram 549

Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30504
Diagram: 549

Allocations

09/02/59 New to 40A (Lincoln)
3w/e 01/08/59 Transferred to 34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
3w/e 02/07/60 Transferred to 40A (Lincoln)
4w/e 29/06/63 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
w/e 10/12/77 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
2w/e 09/05/82 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
13/03/83 Withdrawn from NR (Norwich)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51472 56461 As delivered to 40A - 9th February 1959
51472 56461 Transfer to 34G - 4w/e 29/06/63
51299 56461 Noted 17/07/1965 - Kings Cross1
51294 56461 Noted 01/01/1972 - at Kings Cross2
51295 56461 Noted 20/05/73
51271 56461 Noted 06/08/19742
56461 Noted 09/12/76 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle3
51299 56461 Transfer to GF - w/e 10/12/77
51299 56461 Noted 13/05/78 - in Newcastle Central4
51299 56461 Noted 20/05/78 - in Newcastle Central4
51299 56461 Noted 07/08/1978 - at Middlesborough 2
50373 56461 Noted 28/11/78 - in Swindon Works4
51489 56461 Noted 07/04/79 - at Heaton4
51283 56461 Noted 31/08/79 - in Newcastle Central4
51209 56461 Noted 15/02/81 - on a Middlesbrough - Newcastle service diverted via Eaglescliffe and Stockton goods line
51282 56461 Noted 16/06/82 - at Norwich3
51282 56461 Noted 07/04/1983 - at Huntingdon, on Hitchin shuttle4

Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Martin Lumley

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Newcastle

26th September 1981

Left E56461, E51282, right E51279, Newcastle, 26 September 1981. John Carter.

Class 105 DMU at Ipswich

15th July 1983

Set number: 60

31-173, 37-034 and Class 105 Cravens DTC 56461, Ipswich stabling point 15-7-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 105 DMU at Haughley Junction

24th October 1983

Set number: 60

56461 leads a Class 105 at Haughley Junction on 24 October 1983. Chris Thorp.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 15th February 1981

E51209 + E56461 on a Middlesbrough - Newcastle service diverted via Eaglescliffe and Stockton goods line, on Stockton, February 15, 1981. During the rationalisation at Stockton services were diverted over the goods lines and around the back of the station John Carter.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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