Vehicle 56140
Class 105
Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30283
Diagram: 526
Allocations
| 31/05/57 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| Apr-73 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NO | |
| Sep-73 | Depot code change | NR | |
| Dec-83 | Depot code change | NC | |
| 20/05/84 | Withdrawn from | NC (Norwich) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50385 | 56140 | As delivered to 53C - 31st May 1957 | |||||||
| 50370 | 56140 | Noted 02/01/70 - in Sheffield Midland1 | |||||||
| 36 | 50382 | 56140 | Noted 31/03/73 - at Ipswich2 | ||||||
| 50382 | 56140 | Noted 08/08/73 - at Bury St Edmunds, 56140 with "Testr Clean" branding1 | |||||||
| 36 | 50382 | 56140 | Noted 22/09/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 36 | 50382 | 56140 | Noted 08/12/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 36 | 50382 | 56140 | Noted 17/04/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 46 | 50359 | 56140 | Noted 30/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 46 | 50359 | 56140 | Noted 10/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 46 | 50359 | 56140 | Noted 26/10/74 - at Bury St Edmunds, 56140 still with "Test clean"1 | ||||||
| 46 | 50359 | 56140 | Noted 26/10/74 - at Bury St Edmunds, trailer had "Test clean" on it1 | ||||||
| 51284 | 56140 | Noted 08/04/1975 - 10:43 Norwich to Doncaster3 | |||||||
| 63 | 51284 | 56140 | Noted 26/04/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 169 | 51485 | 56140 | Noted 11/08/75 - at Bury St Edmunds, set number only on 514851 | ||||||
| 51485 | 56140 | Noted 27/03/1976 - at Solihull (an unusual sighting here)3 | |||||||
| 76 | 50598 | 56140 | Noted 06/08/78 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 76 | 50598 | 56140 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | ||||||
| 51272 | 56140 | Noted 10/01/79 - at Norwich1 | |||||||
| 50371 | 56140 | Noted 22/02/80 - on 18:26 Harwick Town - Leicester |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Peter Wallwork
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 21st April 1973
Set number: 36
Class 105 Cravens set 36 (E50382 + E56140) at Darsham station on the East Suffolk line from Lowestoft to Ipswich, 21 April 1973. Phil Bevan.
Date: 16th May 1981
Set number: 39
A class 105 Cravens DMU (set 39, believed to be E51294 + E56140) at Peterborough on a Leicester service on 16th May 1981. Jonathan Hazan.