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Vehicle 56438 / 54438

Class 105

BR Diagram 533

Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30470
Diagram: 533

Allocations

03/10/58 New to 31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
w/e 12/02/78 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 16/09/79 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
22/05/83 Withdrawn from LN (Lincoln)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56438 - original number
54438 - from 1984 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51280 56438 As delivered to 31A - 3rd October 1958
51280 56438 Noted 13th August 1959
51280 56438 Noted 1st June 1963
51280 56438 Transfer to 34G - 3w/e 30/04/66
51280 56438 Noted 24/06/1966 - Kings Cross1
51472 56438 Noted 06/01/1970 - Kings Cross1
51280 56438 Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross2
51291 56438 Noted 27/05/72 - at Ipswich3
50360 56438 Noted 16/06/73 - at Ipswich3
51261 56438 Noted 21/07/73 - at Ipswich3
50360 56438 Noted 02/08/1973 - Kings Cross1
51272 56438 Noted 09/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4
50360 56438 Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross5
50360 56438 Noted 19/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4
50360 56438 Noted 07/12/74 - on 1550 Cambridge-Kings Cross
51297 56438 Noted 20/07/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51297 56438 Noted 11/10/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51281 56438 Noted 01/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51281 56438 Noted 12/09/76 - in Kings Cross2
51281 56438 Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot4
50378 56438 Noted 20/07/79 - in Manchester Piccadilly6
51285 56438 Transfer to LN - w/e 16/09/79
50378 56438 Noted 14/10/79 - at Botanic Gardens6
51285 56438 Noted 16/12/79 - in Sheffield Midland6
51276 56438 Noted 20/07/1980 - on Lincoln depot6
51276 56438 Noted 16/05/81
51285 56438 Noted circa 02/19837

Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Gerald Brown
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Martin Lumley
7: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Unknown, ER

Unknown date

A Cravens DMU with DTCL E56438 closest. Date/location unknown, Cambridge is displayed on the destination blind which was its home depot from new until moving to Finsbury Park in April 1966. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Doncaster

May 1980

Probably not bound for Hull, despite the destination blind, this is a Cravens dmu in the bay at the south end of Doncaster station in May 1980. The leading car is no. 56438. Andrew Walker.

Class 105 DMU at Sheffield Midland

16th May 1981

A Cravens set in the centre road of Sheffield Midland on 16/5/81, formed of 56438 and 51276. Chris Lings.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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