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Vehicle 56463 / 54463

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

21/02/59 New to 61A (Kittybrewster)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
4w/e 29/06/74 Stored S.
w/e 13/07/74 Reinstated HN (Hamilton)
17/05/75 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
w/e 18/10/75 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
01/06/86 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
08/06/86 Stored S.
22/06/86 Reinstated NC (Norwich)
06/07/86 Withdrawn from NC (Norwich) - Vehicle noted in traffic till the end of the month.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56463 - original number
54463 - from 1985 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51474 56463 As delivered to 61A - 21st February 1959
51474 56463 Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 30/04/66
35 51474 56463 Listed at 66C - 1972
51474 56463 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central1
11 51474 56463 Noted 04/09/73 - on Hamilton depot2
18/19 51482 56463 51485 Listed at Hamilton - circa Aug-74 - Two brake vehicles, one carrying 18 the other 19.
179 51448 51110 56463 Noted 31/03/75
173 51490 56463 Noted 19/10/75 - at Chappel & Wakes Colne, ScR set number only on 514902
173 51490 56463 Noted 21/10/75 - at Bury St Edmunds, ScR set number only on 514902
57 51490 56463 Noted 24/10/75 - on Norwich depot2
63 51490 56463 Noted 11/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2
69 51120 56463 Noted 11/04/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
69 51120 56463 Noted 27/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
69 51120 56463 Noted 26/02/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2
64 51257 56463 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
46 51273 54463 Noted circa 03/19843
49 51271 54463 Noted circa 04/19853
49 51269 54463 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
49 51271 54463 Listed at NC - Dec-85
49 51271 54463 Noted 18/01/1986 - at Colchester4
49 51271 54463 Noted 12/04/19863
46 53369 54463 Transfer to NC - 22/06/86 - from LN Ss
46 53369 54463 Noted 31/07/86 - at Bury St Edmunds2
46 53369 54463 Noted 27/08/19863

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Midcalder

15th February 1969

Set number: 35

A Cravens DMU comprising vehicles SC56463 + SC51474 (Hamilton set 35) is seen in Midcalder station on Saturday 15 February 1969. Where is it going? It is in the Edinburgh platform but with Glasgow on the destination blind. There is no tail lamp - or driver - at this end... Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Postland

30th September 1976

Set number: 69

E56463 + E51120 (Norwich set 69) on a Cambridge to Doncaster service passing Postland GN & GE Joint line, 30 September 1976. Phil Bevan.

Class 105 DMU at Guyhirne

23rd January 1982

Set number: 53

E56463 leads set 53 (presumably with E51277) on a Cambridge to Doncaster service at Guyhirne GN & GE on 23.01.82. Phil Bevan.

Class 105 DMU at Norwich

8th February 1986

Set number: 49

Cravens Class 105 DMU set 49 (54463 + 51271) waits to depart Norwich for Great Yarmouth, possibly 8-2-86. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 105 DMU at Whittlesea

15th March 1986

Set number: 49

Even in 1986 some of the cross country services from Cambridge to Birmingham were still formed of classic dmus. On March 15 1M66, the 08.52 ex Cambridge, is seen here arriving at Whittlesea with a four car formation of Cravens set 49 (E54463 + E51271) leading a 2 car Metro-Cammell Class 101. Naturally we chose to sit in the leading set for maximum good vibrations! Photo by Philip Mott. Gerard Fletcher.

Class 105 DMU at Peterborough

15th March 1986

Set number: 49

At Peterborough set 49 makes a healthy exhaust as it departs for Birmingham - you can almost hear that great Cravens cacophany. Taken on March 15th, 1986, by the end of July 1986, the number of Cravens sets in service at Norwich had reduced to just seven, the set seen here E51271 + E54463 along with six other sets went to Lincoln for a brief reprieve. Photo by Philip Mott. Gerard Fletcher.

Class 105 DMU at Kings Lynn

12th July 1986

Set number: 59

Cravens set 59 seen at Kings Lynn on the 12th July 1986. Chris Lings.

Class 105 DMU at Ely

30th July 1986

Set number: 46

Set 46 E54463 + E53369 passing Kiln Lane near Ely on a Peterborough to Cambridge working. Seen at 12.35pm I only noticed this pair 3 times in late July early August as 54463 was shortly withdrawn. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 15th May 1982

Set number: 53

The 12.38 Doncaster - Cambridge via the GN/GE joint line leaves March on 15th May 1982 formed of Cravens Class 105 set no. 53 E51277 + E56463. On the rear is Lincoln based Class 114 unit E50016 + E56018 which was in a hybrid livery of old and new refurbished paint schemes. E51277 was to last another three years being withdrawn in May 1985. Gerard Fletcher.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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