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Vehicle 56426 / 54426

Class 105

BR Diagram 533

Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30470
Diagram: 533

Allocations

29/07/58 New to 31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 04/07/59 Transferred to 34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
w/e 13/03/77 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
w/e 22/06/80 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
17/10/82 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
19/05/85 Withdrawn from NC (Norwich)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56426 - original number
54426 - from May-85 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51268 56426 As delivered to 31A - 29th July 1958
51290 56426 Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge1
51297 56426 Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross1
51266 56426 Noted 27/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51266 56426 Noted 04/08/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51266 56426 Noted 03/02/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51289 56426 Noted 06/02/76 - on Cambridge depot2
51273 56426 Noted 06/03/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51273 56426 Noted 15/05/1976 - R.C.T.S. Tinsley Tyke Railtour 51290-56451+51273-56426
51273 56426 Noted 18/09/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51229 56426 Noted 22/03/80 - on a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with E51427 + E56470
51299 56426 Transfer to BG - w/e 22/06/80
50381 56426 Noted 11/08/82
71 50381 56426 Noted 11/11/82 - at Norwich2
71 53381 54426 Noted circa 03/19843

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

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Doncaster TMD

1st February 1981

Class 105 DTS(L) no E56426 at Doncaster TMD, 1/2/81. With the destination blind reading Alnmouth, this car had been working in north-east England. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Selby

11th August 1982

E56426 and E50381 heads out of Selby station with the 10:27 York - Hull service on August 11, 1982. John Carter.

Class 105 DMU at Cambridge

5th September 1983

Set number: 71

A pair of Cravens units await departure from the north end bays at Cambridge on Monday 5th September 1983. Driving Trailer Composite E56426 leads the unit on the left which forms the 10:48 service to Ipswich via Newmarket and Bury St Edmunds. Set 65 on the right will follow on three minutes later with the 10:51 Cambridge to Doncaster via March, Peterborough, Spalding, Sleaford, Lincoln and Gainsborough, finally arriving in Doncaster at 14:23. A bit of an endurance test but I can’t help thinking it must have been quite relaxing in the 1st Class section behind the driver’s cab, especially if the blinds were up. Brian McDevitt.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 22nd March 1980

E51299 + E56426 / E56470 + E51427 with a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service at Stockton on March 22, 1980. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 21st September 1985

E54132 and E54426 are seen at Norwich Saturday 21st September 1985. Colin Brooks.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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