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Vehicle 56121

Class 105

BR Diagram 526

Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30281
Diagram: 526

Allocations

12/01/57 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
4w/e 09/10/65 On loan to 31A (Cambridge)
w/e 16/10/65 Transferred to 31A (Cambridge)
4w/e 30/05/70 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
w/e 13/02/77 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 21/05/78 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78 Stored GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 08/10/78 Reinstated HT (Heaton)
31/05/81 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)

Disposal

Preserved - moved by rail in Spring 1982 to the West Somerset Railway via Derby (for tyre turning), Bristol and Bridgewater - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50366 56121 As delivered to 53C - 12th January 1957
50366 56121 Transfer to 31A - 4w/e 09/10/65 - On loan from NER
50347 56121 Noted 06/03/1971 - at Birmingham New Street1
50347 56121 Noted 04/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50347 56121 Noted 23/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51108 56121 Noted 01/09/71 - at Ipswich3
51108 56121 Noted 03/09/71 - at Lowestoft3
75 51213 56121 Noted circa e1972 - at Bury St Edmunds2
54 51274 56121 Noted circa late 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds2
46 50359 56121 Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds2
34 50387 56121 Noted 09/06/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2
34 50387 56121 Noted 11/08/73 - on a Norwich - Peterborough service with 50151 + 59091 + 59092 + 502442
50387 56121 Noted 18/08/1973 - at Peterborough1
34 50387 56121 Noted 27/12/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2
34 50387 56121 Noted 28/03/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
36 50382 56121 Noted 11/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
36 50382 56121 Noted 09/08/74 - at Parkeston Quay2
36 50382 56121 Noted 24/10/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
46 50359 56121 Noted 27/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
46 50359 56121 Noted 27/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
46 50359 56121 Noted 17/04/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2
47 50362 56121 Noted 23/11/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50373 56121 Noted 18/08/78 - on 11:15 Newcastle - Sunderland4
50253 56121 Noted 14/02/81 - at South Shields

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Phil Shatford

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Peterborough

6th July 1974

Set number: 36

Class 105 E56121 Peterborough 6 July 1974. Another pic which has degraded over time and required an immense amount of photoshopping, and in reality could do with a lot more! Alistair Ness.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 14th February 1981

With just under four months remaining until closure for development of the Tyneside Metro system, cars E56367 E50154 E50253 E56121 await departure from South Shields on their return to Newcastle, 14/02/1981. Graeme Phillips Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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