Vehicle 50792
Class 105
Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp / Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30353
Diagram: 529
Allocations
| Nov-57 | New to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
| Apr-58 | Transferred to | 18A (Toton) | |
| 4w/e 29/12/62 | Transferred to | 17A (Derby Etches Park) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 16C | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 10E (Accrington) | |
| Oct-72 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
| 13/09/81 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) | - Continued in non-passenger use for a few months as a 'mobile billboard.' |
Modifications
circa early 1975 - AWS fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50759 | 59314 | 50792 | As delivered to 5B - November 1957 | ||||||
| 50769 | 50792 | Noted 21/12/71 - at Rose Grove (Burnley)1 | |||||||
| 50760 | 50792 | Noted 17/04/73 - at Preston2 | |||||||
| 50759 | 50792 | Noted 01/09/74 - at Preston2 | |||||||
| 50759 | 50792 | Noted 10/09/76 - on Newton Heath depot2 | |||||||
| 50759 | 50792 | Noted 24th May 1980 | |||||||
| 50759 | 50792 | Noted 27/10/80 | |||||||
| 50759 | 50792 | Noted circa 08/19813 | |||||||
| 50759 | 50792 | Noted 23/11/81 | |||||||
| 50759 | 50792 | Noted 26/04/82 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
April 1958
A 3-car Cravens set in Birmingham New Street with a Derby service in April 1958, M50792 closest. Michael Mensing.
24th May 1980
A Class 105 power-twin formed of M50792 + M50759 seen on a Rochdale service from a passing train near Manchester Victoria on 24 May 1980. Stuart Mackay Collection.
5th July 1980
A Class 105 (M50792 closest) in the up platform at Milnrow on Saturday 5th July 1980, the last day before the line was singled from Shaw to Rochdale. Richard Greenwood.
18th May 1981
A wide view of Bamber Bridge on May 18th 1981, with a Cravens Class 105 Power-Twin 2-Car DMU formed of cars M50792 & M50759, awaiting departure with a Preston to Colne service. Martyn Hilbert.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 9th April 1977
Liverpool Exchange on April 9th 1977; this was almost the end for the once great terminus with total closure only three weeks away. From a reduced number of operational platforms, the station was only handling the electric services to Ormskirk & Southport along with the DMU workings to Wigan Wallgate and Manchester Victoria via Kirkby. My notes recorded on that day have survived, and left to right we have a 3-Car Class 502 set formed of cars M29892M, M29580M & M28353M, awaiting departure to Ormskirk, alongside is Cravens Class 105, M50759 & M50792, polluting the atmosphere with its engines idling on a service to Manchester Victoria. On the adjacent platform is a newly-livered Class 502 consisting of cars M29895M, M29593M & M28366M ready to form a Southport working. On the centre road is a 6-car Class 502 set stabled for the Weekend under the shelter of the overall roof. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 26th April 1982
"Mobile Billboard" 50759/50792 at Llandudno Junction on the 26th April 1982. Stuart Parkinson.