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Vehicle 56468 / 54468

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)
2w/e 12/03/66	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
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	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 29/11/75	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
12/10/86	Withdrawn from	NC (Norwich)

Notes

27th December 1987 - Seen in Tinsley Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56468 - original number
54468 - from May-85 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51479	56468	As delivered to 61A - 16th March 1959
	51479	56468	Transfer to 64H - 2w/e 12/03/66
	51479	56468	Transfer to 66C - Apr-66
	51479	56468	Noted 15/08/70 - on Hamilton depot¹
	51479	56468	Noted 11/09/71 - at Glasgow Works¹
40	51479	56468	Listed at 66C - 1972
	51479	56468	Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central²
	50381	56468	Noted 08/09/75 - at Brough¹
	50381	56468	Noted 16/09/75 - at Hull¹
	50381	56468	Noted 06/10/75 - at Brough¹
	50381	56468	Noted 01/11/75 - at Brough¹
53	51489	56468	Noted 18/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51278	56468	Noted 26/09/1976 - at Birmingham New Street ⁴
59	51278	56468	Noted 28/09/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
59	51278	56468	Noted 05/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds³
59	51278	56468	Noted 09/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51278	56468	Noted 17/03/77 - on Cambridge depot³
74	51124	56468	Noted circa 10/1978⁵
49	51271	56468	Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
44	51289	56468	Noted 04/01/79 - at Norwich³
44	51289	56468	Noted 09/02/79 - at Norwich³
44	51289	56468	Noted 19/05/79
	51254	56468	Noted 24/05/80 - at Norwich³
	51257	56468	Noted 17/04/81 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51257	56468	Noted 08/08/81 - on 17.30 Ely – Cambridge⁶
45	51298	56468	Noted circa 07/1983⁵
31	53375	54468	Noted 08/01/85
31	53375	54468	Noted circa 04/1985⁵
31	53375	54468	Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
31	53375	54468	Listed at NC - Dec-85
31	53361	54468	Noted 20/05/86 - at Norwich³
31	53361	54468	Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
31	53361	54468	Noted 02/08/86

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Phil Shatford

Images:

10th March 1979

Set number: 44

Cravens Class 105 DMU set 44, formed E56468 + E51289, in Norwich station with a Yarmouth service on 10 March 1979. Michael Mensing.

10th March 1979

Set number: 44

Cravens Class 105 DMU set 44 (E56468 + E51289) arrives at Acle with a Yarmouth - Norwich service on 10 March 1979. Michael Mensing.

Unknown date

Set number: 31

Class 105 DMU E54468 at Ipswich. Date unknown. Stuart Pearce.

8th January 1985

Set number: 31

E54468 and E53375 Norwich set 31 in the carriage sidings at Ely on 08.01.85. Nicholas Youngman.

May 1985

E54468 + E53375 near Ely North Junction on a Norwich to Ely working in May 1985. Nicholas Youngman.

13th February 1986

Set number: 31

Class 105 Set 31 (presumably 54468 closest) with the 1747 Colchester - Sudbury and DAF trucks being loaded in the former Sudbury Dock bay at Colchester on Thursday 13th February 1986. Colin Brooks.

2nd August 1986

Set number: 31

E54468 + E53361 with the 15.10 Peterborough to Cambridge at Ely on August 2nd, 1986. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 10th March 1979

Set number: 44

DMBS E51289 leads Cravens DMU set 44 (with DTCL E56468) past the fuelling point on its departure from Norwich with a Yarmouth service on 10 March 1979. Michael Mensing.

Date: 19th May 1979

Set number: 33

On May 19th 1979, WAMRAC (the Wisbech & March Railway Action Committee) organised a special train from the goods terminus at Wisbech and this is seen there on arrival back from Cambridge. E50377 is shown leading trailer E56434 formed as Set 33. The other unit at the rear was Set 44, E51289 + E56468. Gerard Fletcher.

Date: 31st December 1982

Set number: 31

The 2-car class 105 'Cravens' DMU sets were synonymous with East Anglia in the BR era as Norwich Thorpe depot had a large allocation. This scene on December 31, 1982 depicts an afternoon gathering of the class at Ipswich where five Norwich sets are captured line a breast but only four were placed conveniently side by side. Set 61 in the platform with people boarding was working 2R22 the 12.52 via the East Suffolk line to Lowestoft. The line up left to right comprises; set 31. 53375+54468, set 52. 51299+54429, set 66. 51260+54130, set 61. 51290+54462, and 51478 on the very left. Adrian Nicholls.

Date: 16th August 1985

Set number: 31

Norwich allocated Cravens class 105 dmu made up of cars E53375 & E54468 pulls into the then newly opened Roughton Road station, with a Sheringham-Norwich service. 16th August 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

Date: 20th August 1985

Set number: 31

Norwich allocated Cravens class 105 dmu made up of cars E53375 & E54468, stands at the then newly opened Roughton Road station on the outskirts of Cromer, with a Sheringham-Norwich service. 20th August 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

Date: 8th February 1986

Set number: 31

Cravens Class 105 DMU set 31 (53375 + 54468) on the blocks at Norwich, possibly 8-2-86. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 12th June 1986

Set number: 31

Class 105 Cravens 2-car DMU set 31 (53375 + 54468) at Cleethorpes on 12th June 1986. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

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