Vehicle 56470 / 54470
Class 105
Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30504
Diagram: 549
Allocations
| 20/03/59 | New to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| Jan-62 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| 4w/e 29/06/74 | Stored S. | ||
| w/e 06/07/74 | Reinstated | HA (Haymarket) | |
| w/e 05/10/74 | Transferred to | HN (Hamilton) | |
| w/e 24/05/75 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| w/e 28/06/75 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 2w/e 20/03/76 | Transferred to | HN (Hamilton) | |
| 30/04/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 26/07/81 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| Dec-83 | Depot code change | NC | |
| 20/05/84 | Withdrawn from | NC (Norwich) |
Notes
15/04/63 - Sc51481 and Sc56470 were one of the many sets operating a Six Lochs Land Cruise on Monday 15/4/63.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56470 - original number
54470 - from Feb-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51481 | 56470 | As delivered to 61A - 20th March 1959 | |||||||
| 51481 | 56470 | Transfer to 66C - Jan-62 | |||||||
| 51481 | 56470 | Noted 15/04/63 | |||||||
| 51481 | 56470 | Noted 11/09/71 - on Hamilton depot1 | |||||||
| 42 | 51481 | 56470 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | ||||||
| 51481 | 56470 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | |||||||
| 51477 | 56470 | Noted 07/08/1974 - at Dundee3 | |||||||
| 201 | 51477 | 56470 | Noted 26/08/74 - in Edinburgh Waverley (set number on 56470)4 | ||||||
| 51484 | 56470 | Noted 28/08/74 - in Edinburgh Waverley4 | |||||||
| 201 | 51477 | 56470 | 51484 | Noted 28/08/74 - at Dunfermline4 | |||||
| 50342 | 56470 | Transfer to NH - w/e 28/06/75 | |||||||
| 50342 | 56470 | Noted 28/08/75 - in Liverpool Exchange4 | |||||||
| 170 | 51486 | 56470 | Noted 05/09/76 - on Hamilton depot, set number only on 514864 | ||||||
| 51486 | 56470 | Noted 12/03/1977 - at Glasgow Central 3 | |||||||
| 51427 | 56470 | Noted 22/03/80 - on a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with E51299 + E56426 | |||||||
| 68 | 51493 | 56470 | Noted 02/07/81 - on Norwich depot4 | ||||||
| 51271 | 56470 | Noted circa 08/19825 | |||||||
| 57 | 51263 | 56470 | Noted circa 01/19845 | ||||||
| 48 | 51291 | 54470 | Noted circa 05/19845 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
1st April 1981
DTS(L) E56470 car awaits departure from west end bay platform 11 of Newcastle with a local service for Hexham, 1/4/81. Graeme Phillips Collection.
24th March 1984
Set number: 48
A Class 105 Cravens 2-car diesel unit is seen departing Manningtree bound for Harwich on 24 March 1984. The set number appears to be 48 so the carriages may have been E54470 (leading) and E51291 which were new in 1959 and 1958 respectively. Both of these would be withdrawn a few months after the photo was taken. New signals have been put in place on a tall gantry, in readiness for electrification of the line which was more obviously under way a couple of miles towards London. Jeremy Chapter.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 22nd March 1980
E51299 + E56426 / E56470 + E51427 with a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service at Stockton on March 22, 1980. John Carter.
Date: 7th July 1981
Set number: 68
A Colchester bound special leaves Ipswich on July 7th, 1981, formed of Cravens set 68 (E51493 + E56470). Bruce Galloway.