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Vehicle 56003 / 54003

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

02/11/56	New 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29/06/88	Withdrawn from	LN (Lincoln)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:

56003 - original number
54003 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 13/12/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

50003	56003	As delivered to 40A - 2nd November 1956
50003	56003	Noted 12th November 1956
50003	56003	Noted 25/11/56 - on Stratford depot
50003	56003	Noted 26th Jun 1960
50003	56003	Noted 21/04/63 - on REC "North Lindseyman' railtour.
50003	56003	Noted 06/04/67 - at York¹
50044	56003	Noted 02/05/70 - at Sheffield¹
50003	56003	Noted 02/05/70 - at Doncaster¹
50004	56003	Noted 15/08/1970²
50018	56003	Noted 19/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
50018	56003	Noted 10/09/76 - at Doncaster¹
50011	56003	Noted 20/12/77 - at Nottingham³
50013	56003	Noted 21/04/79 - at York⁴
50004	56003	Noted 13/12/1980 - at Leeds City⁴
50043	56003	Noted circa 02/1983⁵
53043	54003	Noted 29/08/1983 - at Chesterfield⁴
53043	54003	Noted circa 11/1983⁵
53023	54003	Noted 13/05/1984 - on 17:30 Birmingham-Peterborough, with 51268+54422⁴
53039	54003	Noted circa 03/1985⁵
53018	54003	Noted circa 04/1985⁵
53015	54003	Noted circa 01/1986⁵
53024	54003	Noted 03/05/1986⁵
53024	54003	Noted 29/03/87 - at Norwich³
53012	54003	Noted 26/05/1987 - L.C.G.B. (North West Branch) The South Yorkshireman Railtour 78714-78964 + 53012-54003

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

Images:

1960

E56003 on the rear of two Derby Heavyweight sets at Retford in 1960. Recently repainted, it now appears to be in the darker 'Loco' green rather than the original 'DMU' green. Steve Davies Collection.

circa 1971

A Derby Heavyweight set at Sheffield circa 1971. It appears to be E56003 closest. John Law.

3rd September 1981

E56003 beside 55 009 at Doncaster, September 3, 1981. John Carter.

Unknown date

Two Class 114 DMU seen at Worksop, date unknown. DTCL E56003 is closest Paul Redmond.

26th May 1987

The LCGB South Yorkshireman railtour during the photo stop at Wadsley Bridge on 26 May 1987. I gather it was supposed to be two 114s, but we got a 114 (54003 + 53012) and a 111 (78964 + 78714). I recall reading later that the 114 had been stored (u) at Lincoln before the tour, which the website pages confirm. The unit wasn't in the best of health as its engines cut out several times during the day, leaving the 111 to do all the work. Even so, even though we left Sheffield 26 minutes late, we got back just 1 minute late! I've never been sure if the 114 was taken out of store specially for the tour. Andrew Phillips.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 1958

A Derby Works image (negative 58/950) showing a Derby Heavyweight DMU formed of E50003 + E56003 in late 1958, possibly on the Wirksworth branch. The DMBS has Albion engines fitted, but not recently judging by the weathering. British Railways.

Date: 25th May 1987

Class 114s 53012 + 54003 with the 10.20 Grimsby Town - Sheffield at Broughton Lane on 25 May 1987. Dave Warby Collection.

Date: 26th May 1987

The LCGB South Yorkshireman railtour during the photo stop at Wadsley Bridge on 26 May 1987. I gather it was supposed to be two 114s, but we got a 111 (78714 + 78964) and a 114 (53012 + 54003). I recall reading later that the 114 had been stored (u) at Lincoln before the tour, which the website pages confirm. The unit wasn't in the best of health as its engines cut out several times during the day, leaving the 111 to do all the work. Even so, even though we left Sheffield 26 minutes late, we got back just 1 minute late! I've never been sure if the 114 was taken out of store specially for the tour. Andrew Phillips.

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