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Vehicle 56416 / 54416

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

12/06/58	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 15/01/78	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 05/02/78	Transferred to	SF (Stratford)
12/05/85	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
28/09/86	Withdrawn from	NC (Norwich)

Notes

27th December 1987 - Seen in Tinsley Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56416 - original number
54416 - from 11/04/83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51258	56416	As delivered to 40A - 12th June 1958
	51258	56416	Noted 18th June 1958 - on exhibition at Blast Lane, Sheffield
	51301	56416	Noted 02/09/67 - in Cambridge station¹
	51471	56416	Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge²
	51260	56416	Noted 27/05/72 - at Ipswich³
	51295	56416	Noted 03/06/72 - at Ipswich³
	51254	56416	Noted 15/06/74 - in Kings Cross²
	51280	56416	Noted 21/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
	50383	56416	Noted 23/08/75 - in Kings Cross¹
	50383	56416	Noted 18/10/75 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
	51275	56416	Noted 31/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
	51280	56416	Noted 12/09/76 - in Kings Cross²
	56416		Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle¹
	51275	56416	Transfer to BG - w/e 15/01/78
	53369	54416	Noted circa 07/1983⁴
	53369	54416	Noted 06/07/83
	53361	54416	Noted circa 01/1984⁴
	53361	54416	Noted 05/03/85
59	53368	54416	Noted 18/05/85 - at Norwich¹
59	53368	54416	Noted circa 07/1985⁴
59	53368	54416	Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
59	53368	54416	Listed at NC - Dec-85
59	53368	54416	Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
59	53368	54416	Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich¹

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

Images:

Unknown date

A Class 105 Cravens DMU with DTSL E56416 in Romford station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

6th July 1983

54416 with 53369 on the rear waits at North Woolwich on 6/7/83 with a service to Stratford. Shayne Lewis.

5th March 1985

During the final weeks of services in the hands of veteran Cravens-built diesel multiple units, unit E53361-E54416 pauses at Silvertown station forming a service from Camden Road to North Woolwich on 5 March 1985. The third rail is already in place and would be energised in a few weeks ready for the ex-SR class 2-EPB EMUs to commence services from May. The original Silvertown station was opened in 1863 as part of the Eastern Counties & Thames Junction Railway. The Tate & Lyle sugar factory is on the right and the line known locally as the 'Silvertown Tramway' is still in place, providing access to the T.W.Ward scrapyard alongside the Thames Barrier. Electrification of this section was to remain for just two decades, the line being closed in December 2006. This scene has now been transformed, the remaining station and buildings being demolished in 2012 to make way for the 'Crossrail' route. Gordon Edgar.

21st August 1985

My dad and my uncle Norman pose for the camera as they are about to board this Norwich allocated Cravens class 105 dmu E54416 with a Lowestoft - Norwich service. 21st August 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

13th July 1988

Class 105 E54416 at Snailwell on the 13th July 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 5th March 1985

A Camden Road to North Woolwich service formed of Cravens unit E53361-E54416 emerges from Connaught Tunnel and approaches Silvertown station on 5 March 1985. The derelict St.Marks church is on the left. Gordon Edgar.

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