Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp / Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30469
Diagram: 532
01/08/58 | New to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
3w/e 04/07/59 | Transferred to | 34B (Hornsey) | |
Apr-60 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
3w/e 01/07/61 | Transferred to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
4w/e 03/03/62 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
w/e 12/02/78 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
20/02/83 | Withdrawn from | NR (Norwich) |
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
51270 | 56428 | As delivered to 31A - 1st August 1958 | |||||||
51270 | 56428 | Transfer to 40A - 3w/e 01/07/61 | |||||||
51270 | 56428 | Transfer to 34G - 4w/e 03/03/62 | |||||||
51270 | 56418 | Noted 04/09/69 - at Kings Cross1 | |||||||
56123 | 51270 | Noted 12/06/1971 - Rail Tours Syndicate London Termini No.2 Railtour 56417-51296+56123-51270+56424-51292 | |||||||
51270 | 56455 | Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross2 | |||||||
51270 | 56455 | Noted 04/08/73 - at Ipswich3 | |||||||
51270 | 56449 | Noted 07/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51270 | 56449 | Noted 10/08/1974 - at Kings Cross2 | |||||||
51270 | 56455 | Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross2 | |||||||
51270 | 56449 | Noted 10/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51270 | 56449 | Noted 10/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51270 | 56449 | Noted 09/09/1975 - at Kings Cross 2 | |||||||
51270 | 56417 | Noted 21/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51270 | 56417 | Noted 29/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51270 | 56460 | Noted 20/11/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51270 | 56433 | Noted 27/11/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51270 | Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle4 | ||||||||
51270 | 56413 | Noted 10/02/77 - on Cambridge depot4 | |||||||
51270 | 56455 | Noted 28/12/77 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51270 | 56115 | Noted 07/10/78 - on 1633 Norwich-Peterborough | |||||||
41 | 51270 | 56115 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | ||||||
41 | 51270 | 56115 | Noted 02/01/79 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
41 | 51270 | 56115 | Noted 30/05/79 | ||||||
51270 | 56115 | Noted 30/08/1979 - At Cambridge Station5 | |||||||
51270 | 56447 | Noted 29/03/1980 - Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society West Norfolk Freight Lines Railtour 51270-56447+56448-51298 | |||||||
51270 | 56188 | Noted 01/09/1980 - R.C.T.S. (London Branch) East Suffolk Railtour 56441-51259 + 51270-56188 | |||||||
51270 | 56188 | Noted 18/07/81 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
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The 12:29 to Norwich awaiting departure from Lowestoft station on 7 July 1981. It is formed of 56125 + 51271 (set 49) and 56188 + 51270. Stuart Mackay Collection.