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<- 56139 | 56140 | 56141 ->

Vehicle 56140

Class 105

BR Diagram 526

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

Allocations

31/05/57 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
Apr-73 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
20/05/84 Withdrawn from NC (Norwich)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50385 56140 As delivered to 53C - 31st May 1957
50370 56140 Noted 02/01/70 - in Sheffield Midland1
36 50382 56140 Noted 31/03/73 - at Ipswich2
50382 56140 Noted 08/08/73 - at Bury St Edmunds, 56140 with "Testr Clean" branding1
36 50382 56140 Noted 22/09/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1
36 50382 56140 Noted 08/12/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1
36 50382 56140 Noted 17/04/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
46 50359 56140 Noted 30/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
46 50359 56140 Noted 10/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
46 50359 56140 Noted 26/10/74 - at Bury St Edmunds, trailer had "Test clean" on it1
46 50359 56140 Noted 26/10/74 - at Bury St Edmunds, 56140 still with "Test clean"1
51284 56140 Noted 08/04/1975 - 10:43 Norwich to Doncaster3
63 51284 56140 Noted 26/04/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1
169 51485 56140 Noted 11/08/75 - at Bury St Edmunds, set number only on 514851
51485 56140 Noted 27/03/1976 - at Solihull (an unusual sighting here)3
76 50598 56140 Noted 06/08/78 - at Norwich1
76 50598 56140 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
51272 56140 Noted 10/01/79 - at Norwich1
50371 56140 Noted 22/02/80 - on 18:26 Harwick Town - Leicester
51268 56140 Noted 12/09/1980 - on Norwich depot4
51294 56140 Noted 07/02/81 - on 12.36 Norwich – Ely5
51269 56140 Noted 23/05/1981 - at March4
51294 56140 Noted 08/08/81 - on 08.50 Norwich - Yarmouth5
50375 56140 Noted 14/03/1982 - on Norwich depot4
50375 56140 Noted 16/04/1983 - on Tyseley depot, returning from Swindon Works 4

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Martin Lumley
5: Phil Shatford

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 21st April 1973

Set number: 36

Class 105 Cravens set 36 (E50382 + E56140) at Darsham station on the East Suffolk line from Lowestoft to Ipswich, 21 April 1973. Phil Bevan.

DMU

Date: 16th May 1981

Set number: 39

A class 105 Cravens DMU (set 39, believed to be E51294 + E56140) at Peterborough on a Leicester service on 16th May 1981. Jonathan Hazan.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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