Vehicle 56438 / 54438
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
| 03/10/58 | New to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
| w/e 12/02/78 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| w/e 16/09/79 | Transferred to | LN (Lincoln) | |
| 22/05/83 | Withdrawn from | LN (Lincoln) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56438 - original number
54438 - from 1984 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51280 | 56438 | As delivered to 31A - 3rd October 1958 | |||||||
| 51280 | 56438 | Noted 13th August 1959 | |||||||
| 51280 | 56438 | Noted 1st June 1963 | |||||||
| 51280 | 56438 | Transfer to 34G - 3w/e 30/04/66 | |||||||
| 51280 | 56438 | Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross1 | |||||||
| 51291 | 56438 | Noted 27/05/72 - at Ipswich2 | |||||||
| 50360 | 56438 | Noted 16/06/73 - at Ipswich2 | |||||||
| 51261 | 56438 | Noted 21/07/73 - at Ipswich2 | |||||||
| 51272 | 56438 | Noted 09/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
| 50360 | 56438 | Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross4 | |||||||
| 50360 | 56438 | Noted 19/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
| 50360 | 56438 | Noted 07/12/74 - on 1550 Cambridge-Kings Cross | |||||||
| 51297 | 56438 | Noted 20/07/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
| 51297 | 56438 | Noted 11/10/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
| 51281 | 56438 | Noted 01/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
| 51281 | 56438 | Noted 12/09/76 - in Kings Cross1 | |||||||
| 51281 | 56438 | Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot3 | |||||||
| 51285 | 56438 | Transfer to LN - w/e 16/09/79 | |||||||
| 51276 | 56438 | Noted 16/05/81 | |||||||
| 51285 | 56438 | Noted circa 02/19835 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
Unknown date
A Cravens DMU with DTCL E56438 closest. Date/location unknown, Cambridge is displayed on the destination blind which was its home depot from new until moving to Finsbury Park in April 1966. Stuart Mackay Collection.
May 1980
Probably not bound for Hull, despite the destination blind, this is a Cravens dmu in the bay at the south end of Doncaster station in May 1980. The leading car is no. 56438. Andrew Walker.
16th May 1981
A Cravens set in the centre road of Sheffield Midland on 16/5/81, formed of 56438 and 51276. Chris Lings.