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Vehicle 56023 / 54023

Class 114

BR Diagram 641

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30210
Diagram: 641

Allocations

09/01/57 New to 40A (Lincoln)
2w/e 02/05/59 Transferred to 41A (Darnall)
2w/e 30/04/61 Transferred to 40A (Lincoln)
May 1973Depot code changeLN
21/06/87 Stored U. LN (Lincoln)
29/06/88 Withdrawn from LN (Lincoln)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56023 - original number
54023 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Mar-79 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 27/02/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50023 56023 As delivered to 40A - 9th January 1957
50023 56023 Noted 02/09/65 - at Hull with 50024 + 560241
50023 56023 Noted 09/07/66 - at Brough with 50013 + 560131
50023 56023 Noted 03/11/66 - at Doncaster with 50026 + 560421
50023 56023 Noted 5th June 1968
50019 56023 Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster2
50019 56023 Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds with 50024/560241
50023 56023 Noted 16/03/1974 - at Doncaster 3
50042 56023 Noted 24/08/74 - at Cleethorpes4
50002 56023 Noted 07/01/75 - at York4
50016 56023 Noted 11/09/75 - at Brough1
50010 56023 Noted 19/09/75 - at Brough1
50010 56023 Noted 03/04/76 - at Doncaster4
50023 56023 Noted 24/09/77 - at Grantham4
50023 56023 Noted 07/11/77 - at Bury St Edmunds4
50022 56023 Noted circa 04/19825
50022 56023 Noted 19/03/83 - at Ipswich4
53047 54023 Noted circa 05/19845
53008 54023 Noted circa 03/19855
53037 54023 Noted circa 10/19865
53037 54023 Noted 20/11/19865
53037 54023 Noted 21/02/1987 - at Ely with 08.45 Cambridge to Leicester.6
53039 54023 Noted 06/06/87 - on Worksop - Shirebrook services7

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Nicholas Youngman
7: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 114 DMU at Sheffield Victoria

17th May 1957

Two Derby Heavyweight sets head out of Sheffield Victoria on May 17, 1957. E56023 is closest. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 114 DMU at York

25th July 1986

A Class 114 and Met-Camm at York on 25/07/1986. Seen in one of the south-west bay platforms - departures from here are typically for Sheffield, Selby or Hull. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 114 DMU at Shirebrook

6th June 1987

Class 114 54023 is seen at Worksop Open Day running a shuttle service to Shirebrook on 06.06.1987 which had an open day on the same day. Andy Cole.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 7th July 1984

Class 114 Derby 2-car DMU 53047 + 54023 arriving Grantham with the 5-38 to Skegness on 7-7-84. HST power car 43074 with the Down service on the right On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 7th July 1984

Class 114 DMUs 53047 + 54023 with 54040 + 53003 with the 17-30 to Nottingham at Skegness on 7-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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