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Vehicle 56439 / 54439


Class 105

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

Allocations

10/10/58 New to 31A (Cambridge)
4w/e 30/05/70 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
22/06/86 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
12/10/86 Withdrawn from LN (Lincoln)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56439 - original number
54439 - from Nov-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51281 56439 As delivered to 31A - 10th October 1958
51281 56439 Noted 19th July 1959
50365 56439 Noted 21/12/70 - at Norwich1
50249 56439 Noted 03/09/71 - at Norwich1
65 51114 56439 Noted circa 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds2
78 51222 56439 Noted circa 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds2
65 51114 56439 Noted 10/02/73 - on Norwich depot3
56 51277 56439 Noted 15/08/73 - at Stowmarket2
56 51277 56439 Noted 25/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51277 56439 Noted 03/08/1974 - at Birmingham New Street 4
56 51277 56439 Noted 22/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51277 56439 Noted 28/05/75
56 51277 56439 Listed at NR - 19/07/75
51 50249 56439 Noted 05/06/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50249 56439 Noted 14/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2
56 51256 56439 Noted 03/09/77
51255 56439 Noted 20/03/78 - at Bury St Edmunds being hauled by 313252
58 51255 56439 Noted 03/08/78 - on Norwich depot2
58 51255 56439 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
51255 56439 Noted 10/01/79 - at Norwich2
58 51255 56439 Noted 08/04/79 - on Norwich depot2
51297 56439 Noted 24/05/80 - at Norwich2
51297 56439 Noted 17/04/81 - at Bury St Edmunds2
43 51297 56439 Noted 09/09/81
59 51258 54439 Noted circa 09/19845
71 53381 54439 Noted circa 04/19855
71 53381 54439 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
71 53381 54439 Listed at NC - Dec-85
71 53381 54439 Noted 12/04/19865
71 53381 54439 Listed at Norwich - June 1986
53381 54439 Noted 04/08/86

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Spalding Town

24th April 1976

Evening at Spalding Town. A Cravens diesel multiple unit (the vehicles are thought to be E56439 + E50249) stands at Spalding station on the evening of Saturday 24th April 1976. I would have taken this photo whilst waiting to board the return day excursion train I had travelled on from Bristol. Tom Harper.

Class 105 DMU at Felixstowe

9th September 1977

Set number: 56

A Class 105 Cravens DMU sitting in Felixstowe station after arriving with the 10:00 from Ipswich on 9 September 1977. Closest is DTCL E56439. Robert Thomas.

Class 105 DMU at Mannintree

16th November 1985

Set number: 71

Cravens Class 105 Set 71 (E54439 closest) departs from Manningtree with the 1046 Manningtree - Harwich Town on Saturday 16th November 1985. Colin Brooks.

Class 105 DMU at Wrabness

16th November 1985

Set number: 71

Cravens Class 105 Set 71 (54439 closest and presumably 53381) on the 12:30 Manningtree - Harwich Town heads away from Wrabness on Saturday 16th November 1985. Colin Brooks.

Class 105 DMU at Mistley

16th November 1985

Set number: 71

Class 105 Set 71 (54439 closest) with the 09:55 Harwich Town - Maningtree ambles towards Mistley on Saturday 16th November 1985. Colin Brooks.

Class 105 DMU at Wrabess

16th November 1985

Set number: 71

Class 105 Set 71 (E54439 closest) with the 11:54 Harwich Town - Maningtree arriving at Wrabess on Saturday 16th November 1985. Colin Brooks.

Class 105 DMU at Ely

4th August 1986

E54439 + E53381 near Ely on a Cambridge to Lincoln service, 04.08.86. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 105 DMU at Doncaster

21st March 1987

A two-car Cravens DMU (54439 + 53381) in Doncaster station on 21 March 1987. John Law Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Doncaster

21st March 1987

Class 105 DMU vehicles 54439 + 53381 are seen at Doncaster, Saturday 21/03/1987. Graeme Phillips Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 29th July 1981

Set number: 46

Left to right: E56187 + E51273, E56136 + E50594, E56439 + E51297, 31259, 47135. Ipswich, 29/7/81. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 9th September 1981

Set number: 43

Norwich was always swarming with the busy little Cravens Class 105 dmus in the 70s & 80s. Resting between duties here is Set 43, E51297 + E56439. The old twin headcode box has been plated over which was unusual and note yet another Cravens reflected in the windows! The destination blind shows Ipswich, but strangely there was only a single dmu working along the main line through Diss at this time. This was the 17.15 Norwich - Ipswich all stations which was scheduled to run just behind a London service. 9/9/81. Gerard Fletcher.

DMU

Date: 16th November 1985

Set number: 71

Class 105 Set 71 (presumably 53381 + 54439) depart Wrabness on the 12:30 Manningtree - Harwich Town service on Saturday 16th November 1985. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 16th November 1985

Set number: 71

Class 105 Set 71 (presumably 53381 and 54439) with the 10:46 Manningtree - Harwich Town arrives at Mistley on Saturday 16th November 1985. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 16th November 1985

Set number: 71

Cravens Class 105 Set 71 (presumably 53381 + 54439) with the 10:46 Manningtree - Harwich Town approaches Mistley on Saturday 16th November 1985. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 5th July 1986

53381 and 54439 depart from Leicester with the 11:54 Leicester to Peterborough on the 5th July 1986. Dennis Taylor.

DMU

Date: 15th March 1987

Having carried it's last passengers, Cravens Class 105 Two-Car DMU formed of cars 53381 & 54439, had been relegated to mail and parcels duties, seeing out its last few months in traffic before withdrawal. The unit was stabled with a Class 114 at Leeds Neville Hill Depot on March 15th 1987. Martyn Hilbert.