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Vehicle 50018 / 53018 / 55928


Class 114

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Leyland 150hp / Albion 238hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30209
Diagram: 516

Allocations

01/01/57 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
04/10/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
22/01/89 To Parcels Sector at CA (Cambridge) RPXN
p/e 08/12/90 Transferred to CH (Chester) PCHX
24/05/91 Withdrawn from CH (Chester) PXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50018 - original number
53018 - from Nov-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
55928 - from Jun-89 (parcels conversion)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 26/08/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50018 56018 As delivered to 40A - 1st January 1957
50018 56018 Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City1
50018 56037 Noted 02/01/70 - in Sheffield Midland2
50018 56018 Noted 15/08/19703
50003 59542 50018 Noted Aug-71 - at Grantham
50018 56018 Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster with 50042 + 560421
50018 56018 Noted 24/08/74 - at Grantham2
50018 56003 Noted 19/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50018 56003 Noted 10/09/76 - at Doncaster1
50018 56001 Noted 31/01/81
50018 56039 Noted circa 02/19834
50018 56019 Noted circa 03/19834
50018 56019 Noted 30/04/1983 - Leeds4
53018 54033 Noted circa 05/19844
53018 54003 Noted circa 04/19854
53018 54041 Noted circa 01/19864
53018 54041 Noted circa 08/19864
53018 54041 Noted 19th August 1986
53018 54006 Noted 11/06/87 - dragged by 47224 on 2B27 1726 Sheffield-Sleaford
T226 53018 54010 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T226 53018 54010 Noted circa 05/19884
55928 54903 Noted 09/07/1989 - DPU used to transport disabled passengers from Didcot station to GWS museum
55928 54903 Noted 04/10/89 - at Norwich2

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 114 DMU at Grantham

August 1971

A hybrid set at Grantham in August 1971 - E50018 + E59542 + E50003. The Met-Camm centre car was a Lincoln vehicle from June 1970 to February 1972. Mel Smith.

Class 114 DMU at Tyseley

7th November 1987

Class 114 53018 is seen stabled at Tyseley on 07.11.1987. Andy Cole.

Class 114 DMU at Cambridge

Unknown date

55928 (formerly 53018) at Cambridge. Date unknown, circa 1990. Malcolm Clements.

Class 114 DMU at Cambridge

Unknown date

55928 at Cambridge circa 1990. The seats were left in the front saloons of the five red powers, and the windows in the saloon left unpainted. Malcolm Clements.

Class 114 DMU at Cambridge

Unknown date

The centre section of 55928 showing the TL11 engine, the extra bodyside air intake grille for the replacement engine and the roller shutter door. At Cambridge circa 1990. Malcolm Clements.

Class 114 DMU at Cambridge

Unknown date

Details of the lettering on Class 114 55928. Three of the five red sets had "Royal Mail" and two had "Royal Mail Letters". The grille is the air intake for the heater. At Cambridge circa 1990. Malcolm Clements.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa January 1957

A screen grab from the British Transport Films "The Diesel Train Driver - Dealing With Faults" film. Derby Heavyweight set E50018/E56018 spent time in the Dereham area for the filming, fitted with an appropriate destination blind. Also notable was that neither vehicle had a top marker light. British Transport Films.

DMU

Date: August 1971

A couple of slightly unusual Derby Heavyweight units at Grantham in August 1971. On the left E56019 carries an early version of the rail blue livery with just a yellow panel and the BR logo on the cab door. On the right the set of formed of two DMBSs with a Met-Camm centre car inbetween (E50018 + E59542 + E50003). Mel Smith.

DMU

Date: 21st March 1987

Class 114 DMU vehicles E54008 + E53018 are seen at Grimsby Town on Saturday 21/03/1987. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 1988

Set number: T226

Two car class 114 T226 (54010 + 53018) is leaving the Stratford-upon-Avon branch at Hatton in 1988 just before making its stop for any passengers and then crossing to the up main line for the rest of the journey to Warwick and Leamington Spa. As with everywhere on the network this location has suffered from largely unchecked vegetation growth and there isn't a clear shot here in 2022. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 1st September 1989

A Royal Mail liveried Class 114 parcels set (54903 and presumably 55928) at Reading on the 1st September 1989. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: January 1990

A Royal Mail Class 114 set (presumably 54903 + 55928) seen at Southall in January 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.