Vehicle 56447 / 54447

---

Class 105

Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30470
Diagram: 533

Allocations

23/11/58	New to	40A (Lincoln)
w/e 31/01/59	Transferred to	34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73	Depot code change	FP
w/e 07/11/77	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
Jun-86	Withdrawn from	NC (Norwich)
Jun-86	Reinstated	NC (Norwich)
22/06/86	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
Jun-86	Stored	AY (Ayr)
28/09/86	Withdrawn from	AY (Ayr)

Notes

8th August 1986 - Seen stored in Falkland Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56447 - original number
54447 - from Mar-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51289	56447							As delivered to 40A - 23rd November 1958
	51280	56447							Noted 04/09/69 - at Kings Cross1
	51261	56447							Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross1
	51272	56447							Noted 03/09/71 - at Kings Cross1
	51272	56447							Noted 31/12/1971 - at Kings Cross2
	51256	56447							Noted 17/06/72 - at Ipswich3
	51275	56447							Noted 06/01/73 - at Ipswich3
	51258	56447							Noted 07/07/73 - at Ipswich3
	51301	56447							Noted 08/08/1974 - at Kings Cross2
	51301	56447							Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross2
	51262	56447							Noted 13/07/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4
	51260	56447							Noted 30/10/76 - LCGB The Greater London & Southminster Railtour 56429 + 51471 / 56447 + 51260
	51260	56447							Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot4
	56447								Noted 10/02/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle4
	51471	56447							Noted 24/03/77 - on Cambridge depot4
	51471	56447							Noted 08/07/77 - on 0718 Kings Cross-Royston with 51293 + 56132
	51291	56447							Transfer to NR - w/e 07/11/77
65	51261	56447							Noted 11/03/78 - at Bury St Edmunds4
65	51261	56447							Noted 08/08/78 - at Norwich4
65	51261	56447							Noted circa 10/19785
65	51261	56447							Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
	51261	56447							Noted 18/01/79 - at Norwich4
	51257	56447							Noted 01/08/79
	51270	56447							Noted 29/03/1980 - Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society West Norfolk Freight Lines Railtour 51270-56447+56448-51298
75	50596	56447							Noted 28/05/81
51	51269	54447							Noted circa 01/19845
33	53377	54447							Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
33	53377	54447							Listed at NC - Dec-85
33	53377	54447							Noted 15/02/19865

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

---

30th June 1984

Set number: 33

Class 105 2-car DMU set 33 (54447 + 53377) stands at Great Yarmouth soon after arrival with train 2B24 the 12.02 stopper from Norwich on 30/06/84. Alongside stands 37 140 shut down in the sidings. Adrian Nicholls.

---

30th October 1984

Set number: 33

E54447 E53377 waiting departure from Sheringham with the 1354 to Norwich Thorpe 30th October 1984. Keith Long.

---

29th June 1985

Set number: 33

Just prior to electrification a Cravens (set 33 presumably 54447 + 53377) with a Class 101 works the Harwich branch at Dovercourt Bay on 29th June 1985. Ian Buck.

---

29th June 1985

Set number: 33

Cravens set 33 (presumably 54447 + 53377) at Harwich Town on 29th June 1985. Ian Buck.

---

29th June 1985

Set number: 33

On the Harwich branch a Cravens unit (set 33 presumably 54447 + 53377) with a Class 101 on the rear leaves Parkeston Quay on 29th June 1985. Ian Buck.

---

10th August 1985

Set number: 33

Class 105 set 33 (54447 presumably closest) in Chappel & Wakes Colne station on August 10, 1985. David Christie.

---

24th August 1985

Class 105 54447 is seen passing Saltley on 24.08.1985 at the start of it's long journey to Norwich. Andy Cole.

---

27th August 1985

Set number: 33

54447 is part of Cravens set 33, seen in Doncaster station on the 27th August 1985. Chris Lings.

---

27th August 1985

Set number: 33

A Met-Camm and a Cravens DMU (54447 and presumably 53377) at Doncaster on 27 August 1985. Robert28194.

---

15th March 1986

Set number: 33

E54447 + E53377 at Peterborough on a very cold 15th March 1986, with the man on the left still dressed in his 70s gear and dear old set 33 about to set sail for Cambridge. In a matter of weeks it would be transferred away to Ayr. Gerard Fletcher.

---

26th May 1986

Set number: 33

Cravens set 33 - 54447 closest (and presumably 53377) - at Colchester with an afternoon Sudbury service on May 26, 1986. Colin Brooks.

---

26th May 1986

Set number: 33

E54447 in platform 6 of Colchester station with an afternoon Sudbury service on May 26, 1986. Colin Brooks.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

---

Date: 1984

An oval buffered Class 114 set is seen in Cambridge station in 1984. Cravens DTC E54447 is on the left. John Law.

---

Date: 31st March 1986

Norwich Trowse temporary station on 31 March 1986. This was used whist Norwich (Thorpe) station was being prepared for electrification. On the left a Class 101 has just arrived, on the right Class 105 set 33 (presumably 54447 + 53377) with SHeringham on the destination blind. Phil Bevan.

---

Date: circa June 1986

New arrival at Haymarket. Cravens set E53377 + E54447, newly transferred from Norwich to cover for out of action Class 107s, the power car would become part of a hybrid three-car set and the trailer put into store. S Saunders.