Vehicle 56017 / 54017

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Class 114

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30210
Diagram: 641

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 1973	Depot code change	LN
10/05/87	Stored U.	LN (Lincoln)
29/06/88	Withdrawn from	LN (Lincoln)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56017 - original number
54017 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 09/06/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50017	56017							As delivered to 40A - 1st January 1957
	50017	56017							Noted 22/04/66 - in Doncaster1
	50014	56017							Noted 03/11/66 - at Doncaster1
	50017	56017							Noted May 1968
	50001	56017							Noted 05/07/74 - at Sheffield1
	50001	56017							Noted 24/08/74 - at Cleethorpes2
	50001	56017							Noted 27/08/1974 - at York3
	50011	56017							Noted 02/01/75 - at York2
	50007	56017							Noted 08/09/75 - at Doncaster1
	50017	56017							Noted 28/03/76 - at Doncaster Works4
	50017	56017							Noted 30/04/76 - at Doncaster2
	50022	56017							Noted 22/03/77 - on 1413 Cambridge-Doncaster
	50022	56017							Noted 06/07/77 - on 1353 Cambridge-Doncaster with 51444 + 56402
	50017	56017							Noted 10/12/77 - at Leeds4
	50017	56017							Noted 25/11/78 - at Lincoln4
	50017	56017							Noted 04/02/79 - at Worksop4
	50017	56017							Noted 11/03/79 - in Sheffield Midland4
	50025	56017							Noted 14/10/79 - at Bontanic Gardens4
	50025	56017							Noted 03/11/79 - in Hull Paragon4
	50025	56017							Noted 31/08/1980 - between Lincoln and Sleaford4
	50025	56017							Noted 05/12/1981 - at Sheffield Midland4
	50025	56017							Noted circa 10/19825
	53025	54017							Noted 28/05/1983 - at Sheffield Midland4
	53025	54017							Noted circa 10/19835
	53021	54017							Noted 31/08/85 - at Norwich2
	53021	54017							Noted 31/10/19865

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

Images:

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23rd July 1981

Barton-on-Humber station photographed on 23 July 1981. The train is the 12.00 to Cleethorpes, formed of Class 114 2-car DMU consisting of 56017/50025. Lewis Bevan.

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14th September 1984

A Class 114 DMU formed of E54017 + E53021 approaching Ancaster with a Skegness service on 14.09.84. Phil Bevan.

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9th August 1986

A Class 114 DMU formed of 54017 + 53014 seen at Goosehill Jct near Normanton on 9 August 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 10th August 1974

E50001 and E56017 departs from Doncaster on 11 August 1974. Paul James.

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Date: November 1975

Two Class 114 DMUs in Doncaster station with a Sheffield (Midland) via Rotherham service in November 1975. The vehicles are noted as E50002, E56002, E50017 and E56017. Hugh Llewelyn.

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Date: November 1975

Two Class 114 DMUs in Doncaster station with a Sheffield (Midland) via Rotherham service in November 1975. The vehicles are noted as E50002, E56002, E50017 and E56017. Hugh Llewelyn.

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Date: 31st May 1986

A Class 114 (53021 + 54017) sits in one of the centre roads at Sheffield on 31 May 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.