Vehicle 56466
Class 105
Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30504
Diagram: 549
Allocations
| 16/03/59 | New to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| 4w/e 29/06/74 | Stored S. | ||
| 17/05/75 | Reinstated | NR (Norwich) | |
| w/e 06/02/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| w/e 22/06/80 | Transferred to | LN (Lincoln) | |
| 20/02/83 | Withdrawn from | LN (Lincoln) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51477 | 56466 | As delivered to 61A - 16th March 1959 | |||||||
| 51477 | 56466 | Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 30/04/66 | |||||||
| 51477 | 56466 | Noted 15/08/70 - on Hamilton depot1 | |||||||
| 38 | 51477 | 56466 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | ||||||
| 51477 | 56466 | Noted 06/04/72 - in Glasgow Central1 | |||||||
| 169 | 51485 | 56466 | Noted 14/06/75 - at Bury St Edmunds, set number only on 514852 | ||||||
| 48 | 50364 | 56466 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | ||||||
| 50364 | 56466 | Noted 15/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||||
| 51282 | 56466 | Noted 11/04/77 - at Newcastle1 | |||||||
| 50386 | 56466 | Noted circa 03/19793 | |||||||
| 51283 | 56466 | Noted 04/04/80 | |||||||
| 51287 | 56466 | Noted 10/09/82 | |||||||
| 51287 | 56466 | Noted 28/10/82 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
4th April 1980
On 04/04/1980 a Class 105 (E56466 + E51283) arrives at Heworth, then a relatively new station which had opened to BR services on 05/11/1979. In the background, catenary masts for the Tyneside Metro system have yet to appear, although services started running to Heworth on 15/11/1981. Graeme Phillips Collection.
October 1981
Cravens DTCL E56466 at Doncaster in October 1981. It was allocated to Lincoln at the time. George Woods.
circa 1982
A Cravens Class 105 DMU on the Midland 'Old Road' at Barrow Hill, date unknown (probably circa 1982). DTCL E56466 is closest with "Special" on the destination blind, the DMBS is E51287. Paul Redmond.
February 1983
A Cravens DMU led by E56466 arrives into Grantham in February 1983. Mel Smith.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 14th July 1964
Sc51477 (and presumably Sc56466) pull into Kinaldie station with the 2.00pm Inverurie - Aberdeen service on July 14, 1964. Michael Mensing.
Date: 14th July 1977
51510 on left and 56466 on right at Newcastle Central on 14 July 1977. Walter Burt.
Date: circa 1982
A Cravens DMU formed of E51287 + E56466 seen on the Midland 'Old Road' at Barrow Hill, date unknown (probably circa 1982). Paul Redmond.
Date: 29th January 1982
E51287 + E56466 at Leeds on January 29, 1982. John Carter.
Date: 10th September 1982
A Cravens 2-car set formed of E51287 and E56466 coasts under Park Street Bridge and into Hull Paragon on 10th September 1982 with a service from Bridlington. Syd Young.
Date: 28th October 1982
A month before closure of the Spalding to March section of the GN & GE Joint line, a Cravens two car unit, 51287 + 56466, rattles across Moulton West Fen with a Doncaster to Cambridge service. The beet campaign is underway as can be seen by the exhaust from the chimney at Spalding sugar factory. 28th October 1982. Mike Dean.