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Vehicle 56133 / 54133

Class 105

Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30283
Diagram: 526

Allocations

11/04/57	New to	53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58	Transferred to	53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)	- (53C closed)
Jan-60	Depot code change	50C
May-71	Transferred to	40A (Lincoln)
Oct-71	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
May-73	Depot code change	NO
Sep-73	Depot code change	NR
25/07/82	Transferred to	SF (Stratford)
19/05/85	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
01/06/86	Transferred to	LN (Lincoln)
28/09/86	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
Oct-86	Transferred to	LN (Lincoln)
10/05/87	Withdrawn from	LN (Lincoln)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56133 - original number
54133 - from 21/04/83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50378	56133	As delivered to 53C - 11th April 1957
	50374	56133	Noted 07/06/1969 - Leeds, on 14.00 Liverpool to Hull with 51965-51973-59772-51983-51963¹
	50388	56133	Noted 12/08/1971 - at York²
	50388	56133	Noted 05/09/71 - at Cleethorpes³
56	51277	56133	Noted circa e1972 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
67	51116	56133	Noted circa late 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
41	50387	56133	Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
72	51126	56133	Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
48	50364	56133	Noted 02/06/73 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
64	51111	56133	Noted circa mid-1973 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
	50364	56133	Noted 18/08/1973 - at Peterborough⁵
48	50364	56133	Noted 15/02/74 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
48	50364	56133	Noted 05/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
48	50364	56133	Noted 15/08/74 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
58	51282	56133	Noted 25/10/74 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
58	51282	56133	Noted 29/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
37	50386	56133	Listed at NR - 19/07/75
37	50386	56133	Noted 02/09/76 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
	51127	56133	Noted 27/03/77 - at Doncaster Works⁶
70	51127	56133	Noted 06/04/77 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
	51127	56133	Noted 05/03/78 - at Peterborough⁶
	51127	56133	Noted 20/07/78 - at Norwich⁶
70	51127	56133	Noted 03/08/78 - at Norwich⁴
70	51127	56133	Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
70	51127	56133	Noted 05/01/79 - at Norwich⁴
	50366	56133	Noted 20/11/1982 - on Stratford depot⁶
	50366	56133	Noted circa 04/1983⁷
	50366	56133	Noted 16/04/1983 - on Stratford depot⁶
	53363	54133	Noted circa 07/1983⁷
	53369	54133	Noted circa 01/1984⁷
	53365	54133	Noted 01/05/85
46	53369	54133	Noted circa 07/1985⁷
46	53369	54133	Noted 11/07/85 - at Norwich⁴
46	51271	54133	Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
46	53369	54133	Listed at NC - Dec-85
	51271	54133	Noted 28/06/86
	51271	54133	Noted 28th June 1986
	51271	54133	Noted circa 08/1986⁷
	53375	54133	Noted 27/12/1986 - at Ely North Junction on 09.30 Cambridge to Lincoln Central.⁸
	53375	54133	Noted 1987
	53375	54133	Noted 12/09/1987 - at Lincoln⁶
	53375	54133	Noted 27/12/88

Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Gerald Brown
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Martin Lumley
7: Eddie Knorn
8: Nicholas Youngman

Images:

28th August 1971

A six-car DMU formation in Skegness station on 28 August 1971. The first few are Class 105 vehicles, the closest being recorded as E56133 which would be allocated to Lincoln at that time, and Sheffield seems to be on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

13th July 1984

Class 105 Cravens DMU 54133+53369 at Stratford Low Level with a Camden Road to North Woolwich service 13-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

28th June 1986

A Cravens set at Southport on the 28th June 1986 formed of Lincoln allocated 54133 and 51271. Scarborough is on the destination blind. Jerry Glover.

27th December 1986

E54133 + E53375 passing Ely North Junction with the 09.30 Cambridge to Lincoln on December 27, 1986. Nicholas Youngman.

January 1987

Cravens DTSL E54133 was resting under a blanket of snow several inches deep when photographed at Lincoln Central in January 1987. Andrew Walker.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: April 1984

Class 105 DMU comprising vehicles 53365 and 54133 on a working from North Woolwich at Stratford Low Level, April 1984. Robert28194.

Date: 1st May 1985

1956-built Cravens class 105 2-car DMU E53365-E54133 emerges from the gloom of the GE main lines over bridge into Stratford low level station, forming a Camden Road to North Woolwich service on 1 May 1985, just days before inauguration of 3rd rail electric services. The Stratford to North Woolwich DMU service had been extended to Camden Road in 1979 as part of the 'Cross Town Link Line' service. Gordon Edgar.

Date: 1st May 1985

Cravens units E53365 and E54133 passing Stratford Southern signalbox with a service from North Woolwich just prior to energisation of the third rail and replacement with 2-EPB units from the Southern Region, 1st May 1985. Gordon Edgar.

Date: 4th May 1985

Towards the end of the class 105's use on the Romford - Upminster line, 53369 and 54133 wait at Upminster before returning back to Romford on 4/May/1985. Both vehicles were transferred away from Stratford to Norwich later that month. Robert Chilton.

Date: 9th March 1986

Set number: 46

An image taken on disc film - E53369 + E54133 set 46 at Ely with the 14.10 Ely to Norwich, March 8, 1986. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 16th August 1986

On Saturday August 16th 1986 Lincoln's 54133+51271 were working services out of Manchester Victoria. Here they stand at Wigan Wallgate with a Manchester Victoria-Southport via Atherton service. Ian Hazlehurst.

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