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Vehicle 50031 / 53031


Class 114

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Leyland 150hp / Albion 238hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30209
Diagram: 516

Allocations

24/01/57 New to 40A (Lincoln)
4w/e 23/02/57 Transferred to 30A (Stratford)
3w/e 03/08/57 Transferred to 40A (Lincoln)
4w/e 22/02/58 Transferred to 30A (Stratford)
4w/e 28/03/58 Transferred to 40A (Lincoln)
3w/e 04/07/59 Transferred to 41A (Darnall)
4w/e 28/04/62 Transferred to 40A (Lincoln)
May 1973Depot code changeLN
10/05/87 Stored U. LN (Lincoln)
29/06/88 Withdrawn from LN (Lincoln)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50031 - original number
53031 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Oct-79 - AWS fitted
circa Dec-86 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 12/10/1979 released in blue/grey livery

50031 was involved in the following incident:


28/11/69 - Great Coates Level Crossing near Grimsby, ER

Collision involving Class 114 / Lorry

Info from Bill Read

E50031-E56031 ran through level crossing gates, striking a Dodge articulated lorry and carrying it 46 feet into the station. 3 people needed hospital treatment. Both bogies of E50031 were derailed. The train ran past a red signal.


Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50031 56031 As delivered to 40A - 24th January 1957
50031 56031 Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 23/02/57
50031 56031 Transfer to 40A - 3w/e 03/08/57
50031 56031 Noted 9th August 1957
50031 56006 Noted February 1958
50031 56031 Transfer to 40A - 4w/e 28/04/62
50031 56042 Noted 24/07/65 - at Brough with 50004 + 560041
50031 56031 Noted May 1968
50031 56031 28/11/69
50031 56015 Noted 02/05/70 - at Doncaster1
50031 59542 50047 Listed at 40A - Dec-70
50031 56025 Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster2
50031 56025 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Sheffield2
50031 56044 Noted 23/02/76 - at Leeds1
50031 56033 Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds1
50031 56033 Noted 21/02/77 - at Doncaster1
50031 56036 Noted 24/09/77 - in Sheffield Midland3
50031 56036 Noted 15/11/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3
50031 56036 Noted 04/07/1979 - Walton Girls Secondary School special train Grantham-Norwich and return 50031-56036 + 56004-50025
50031 56002 Noted 16/05/81 - at Cambridge3
50031 56002 Noted circa 04/19824
53031 54007 Noted circa 11/19834
53031 54034 Noted circa 01/19844
53031 54034 Noted 12/10/85
53031 54012 Noted circa 02/19864
53031 54012 Noted 20/05/86 - at York3
53031 54037 Noted 15/10/19864

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 114 DMU at Elsham

Unknown date

53031 leading a Class 114 at Elsham (Lincs) on 15 February 1985. Chris Thorp.

Class 114 DMU at Leeds City

1984

E53031 seen in Leeds City station in 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 114 DMU at Doncaster

7th July 1984

Class 114 Derby Heavyweight 2-car DMU 53031 + 54034 depart Doncaster for Sheffield on 7-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 12th October 1985

54034 + 53031 head out of Lincoln station with a Nottingham service on the 12th October 1985. Hamish Stevenson.