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Vehicle 56047 / 54047

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

17/04/57	New to	40A (Lincoln)
May 1973	Depot code change	LN
04/10/87	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
30/10/91	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) PXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56047 - original number
54047 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Sep-79 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 10/09/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50047	56047	As delivered to 40A - 17th April 1957
	50043	56047	Noted 01/04/69 - at Sheffield Midland¹
	50043	56047	Noted 01/04/69 - in Sheffield Midland¹
	50002	56047	Noted 04/08/1971 - at Nottingham²
	50009	56047	Noted 07/07/74 - at Sheffield¹
	50009	56047	Noted 24/08/74 - on Lincoln depot³
	50009	56047	Noted 30/08/1974 - at Sheffield²
	50006	56047	Noted 06/09/75 - at York¹
	50006	56047	Noted 06/11/75 - at Brough with 50024/56024¹
	50006	56047	Noted 28/02/76 - at York³
	50036	56047	Noted 23/06/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50036	56047	Noted Sep-76 - at Doncaster¹
	50008	56047	Noted 11/04/77 - at York¹
	50003	56047	Noted 24/11/79 - at Doncaster⁴
	50030	56047	Noted 10/09/1980 - at Cambridge⁴
	50030	56047	Noted 28/03/82
	50030	56047	Noted circa 04/1982⁵
	50030	56047	Noted 25/07/1982 - in Doncaster Works⁴
	50030	56047	Noted circa 03/1983⁵
	53030	54047	Noted circa 05/1984⁵
	53009	54047	Noted circa 01/1986⁵
	53009	54047	Noted 19th August 1986
	53009	54047	Noted 03/11/1986⁵
221	53002	54047	Noted circa 01/1988⁵
T221	53002	54047	Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
	53002	54047	Noted 06/07/88 - on 18:05 Grantham-Boston
	53002	54047	Noted 12/07/88 - on 16:30 Doncaster-Skegness
	53002	54047	Noted 14/07/88 - on 16:30 Doncaster-Skegness
	53002	54047	Noted 06/08/88 - on 10:05 Nottingham - Derby
T221	53002	54047	Noted circa 10/1988⁵
T221	53002	54047	Noted 08/06/1989 - Doncaster with 11.20 to Skegness via Lincoln⁶
T221	53002	54047	Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T022	53002	54047	Noted circa 10/1989⁵
T022	53002	54047	Noted 14th October 1989 - on Severn Valley Rly for Diesel Weekend
T022	53002	54047	New set number at TS - Nov-89 - ex-T221
T022	53002	54047	Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T022	53002	54047	Listed at TS - mid May-90
T022	53002	54047	Listed at TS - Mar-91

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

Images:

September 1972

E56047 + E50042 are seen in Doncaster station in in September 1972. Mel Smith.

25th October 1977

A 2-car Class 114 DMU (vehicles 56047 + 50030) calls at Edale working the 12.20 Sheffield-New Mills on 25 October 1977. The 2 vehicles had a long working life on BR. 50030 was new (to 40A Lincoln) on 24 January 1957, and was withdrawn from TS Tyseley on 4 October 1987. It was scrapped at MC Metals, in Glasgow. 56047 was new (also to 40A) on 17 April 1957 and was withdrawn from TS on 4 October 1989. It is now preserved on the Strathspey Railway. Lewis Bevan.

17th April 1981

On a glorious Spring morning class 114 a Derby DTC 56047 is at the head of the 07.32 Sheffield to Manchester service at Chinley on 17/04/1981. In those distant days before Freightmaster and Real Time Trains you drove to a location and hoped, hours were spent gazing into the distance, the worst was when, after a drive of 70 miles, you saw the tail lamp of the only freight for hours disappearing into the distance with just the sound of the class 40 dying on the breeze... Geoff Dowling.

28th March 1982

E56047 + E50030 enter Peterborough station on the 28th March, 1982. Stuart Mackay.

26th December 1987

Set number: TS226

Class 114 54047, set number T226, is seen stabled at Tyseley on 26.12.1987. Note the South Yorkshire PTE symbol. Andy Cole.

Unknown date

Set number: TS226

This Class 114 appears to be set TS226 with 54047 closest, seen at Aberystwyth date unknown. Mike Bunker.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 9th June 1979

A Class 114 DMU with vehicles E50030 + E56047 in York station on 9 June 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 20th July 1983

Class 114 Derby 2-car DMU 53030 + 54047 at Sheffield Midland with a Doncaster service on 20-7-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 12th June 1988

Set number: T221

Class 114 DMU set T221 (53002 and presumably 54047) on the rear of set T214 in Matlock station on Sunday 12 June 1988. David Russon.

Date: 10th September 1988

Set number: T221

114 Set T221 (presumably 53002 + 54047) with the 08:28 Peterbrough - Sleaford after arriving at Spalding on Saturday 10th September 1988. Colin Brooks.

Date: 17th September 1988

Set number: T221

Set T221 (53002 + 54047) seen in Nottingham station on the 17th September 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: 26th April 1989

Set number: T221

Class 114s were quite a rare sight at Stratford-upon-Avon by 26 April 1989 so when I saw T221 (presumably 53002 + 54047) arrive at the station from my then nearby home I took a camera down for a shot. It is seen here leaving platform 2 with the customary exhaust smoke as the 08.13 to Leamington Spa with the familiar figure of staff member Aubrey Wheeler silhouetted on platform 1. I had good relationships with most of the staff here and Aubrey in particular who always put aside a copy of the week's Special Traffic Notice (STN) for to collect on either Friday evening or Saturday morning. This picture was taken in vertical format on a Mamiya 645 but a large scan has allowed me to crop it to landscape format without any significant loss of quality. Peter Tandy.

Date: 15th October 1989

Set number: T022

Loaned from Tyseley and somewhat optimistically displaying ‘Chester’ on its destination blind, Class 114 T022 (53002 + 54047) depart from Bridgnorth with the 10.40am to Bewdley during the Severn Valley Railway’s diesel gala on October 15 1989. Mel Holley.

Date: 15th October 1989

Set number: T022

On loan from Tyseley for Severn Valley Railway open day 15th October 1989, Class 114 set T022 passes through Arley station. Consisting of 53002 (nearest camera) and 54047. Andrew Slack.

Date: 26th March 1991

Set number: T022

260391 53002+54047 at Sinfin Central with the 1710 to Matlock Jason Hall.

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