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Vehicle 56466

Class 105

BR Diagram 549

Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30504
Diagram: 549

Allocations

16/03/59 New to 61A (Kittybrewster)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
4w/e 29/06/74 Stored S.
17/05/75 Reinstated NR (Norwich)
w/e 06/02/77 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
w/e 22/06/80 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
20/02/83 Withdrawn from LN (Lincoln)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51477 56466 As delivered to 61A - 16th March 1959
51477 56466 Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 30/04/66
51477 56466 Noted 15/08/70 - on Hamilton depot1
38 51477 56466 Listed at 66C - 1972
51477 56466 Noted 06/04/72 - in Glasgow Central1
169 51485 56466 Noted 14/06/75 - at Bury St Edmunds, set number only on 514852
48 50364 56466 Listed at NR - 19/07/75
50364 56466 Noted 15/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51282 56466 Noted 11/04/77 - at Newcastle1
50386 56466 Noted circa 03/19793
51283 56466 Noted 04/04/80
51287 56466 Noted 10/09/82
51287 56466 Noted 28/10/82

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

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Heworth

4th April 1980

On 04/04/1980 a Class 105 (E56466 + E51283) arrives at Heworth, then a relatively new station which had opened to BR services on 05/11/1979. In the background, catenary masts for the Tyneside Metro system have yet to appear, although services started running to Heworth on 15/11/1981. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Doncaster

October 1981

Cravens DTCL E56466 at Doncaster in October 1981. It was allocated to Lincoln at the time. George Woods.

Class 105 DMU at Barrow Hill

circa 1982

A Cravens Class 105 DMU on the Midland 'Old Road' at Barrow Hill, date unknown (probably circa 1982). DTCL E56466 is closest with "Special" on the destination blind, the DMBS is E51287. Paul Redmond.

Class 105 DMU at Grantham

February 1983

A Cravens DMU led by E56466 arrives into Grantham in February 1983. Mel Smith.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 14th July 1964

Sc51477 (and presumably Sc56466) pull into Kinaldie station with the 2.00pm Inverurie - Aberdeen service on July 14, 1964. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 14th July 1977

51510 on left and 56466 on right at Newcastle Central on 14 July 1977. Walter Burt.

DMU

Date: circa 1982

A Cravens DMU formed of E51287 + E56466 seen on the Midland 'Old Road' at Barrow Hill, date unknown (probably circa 1982). Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: 29th January 1982

E51287 + E56466 at Leeds on January 29, 1982. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 10th September 1982

A Cravens 2-car set formed of E51287 and E56466 coasts under Park Street Bridge and into Hull Paragon on 10th September 1982 with a service from Bridlington. Syd Young.

DMU

Date: 28th October 1982

A month before closure of the Spalding to March section of the GN & GE Joint line, a Cravens two car unit, 51287 + 56466, rattles across Moulton West Fen with a Doncaster to Cambridge service. The beet campaign is underway as can be seen by the exhaust from the chimney at Spalding sugar factory. 28th October 1982. Mike Dean.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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