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Vehicle 51282


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: 30469
Diagram: 532

Allocations

17/10/58 New to 31A (Cambridge)
4w/e 30/05/70 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
w/e 06/02/77 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
08/01/78 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
w/e 06/05/79 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
2w/e 09/05/82 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
06/11/83 Withdrawn from NR (Norwich)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51282 56440 As delivered to 31A - 17th October 1958
51282 56114 Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge1
51282 56301 Noted 04/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2
51282 56117 Noted 12/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds3
58 51282 56300 Noted circa e1972 - at Bury St Edmunds3
58 51282 56122 Noted circa late 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds3
58 51282 56300 Noted 22/10/72 - at Ipswich4
58 51282 56317 Noted 07/04/73 - on Norwich depot4
58 51282 56442 Noted 09/04/73 - at Ipswich4
58 51282 56436 Noted 07/08/73 - at Bury St Edmunds3
58 51282 56434 Noted 10/11/73 - at Bury St Edmunds3
58 51282 56434 Noted 18/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
58 51282 56434 Noted 24/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
58 51282 56365 Noted 01/08/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51282 56365 Noted 22/08/74 - on 1404 Norwich-Sheringham and 1530 Sheringham-Norwich with 51279 + 56128
58 51282 56133 Noted 25/10/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
58 51282 56133 Noted 29/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
58 51282 56126 Noted 07/02/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
58 51282 56126 Listed at NR - 19/07/75
58 51282 56119 Noted 29/11/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
58 51282 56116 Noted 19/06/76
58 51282 56307 Noted 26/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51282 56466 Noted 11/04/77 - at Newcastle1
51282 56429 Noted 30/05/81
51282 56396 Noted circa 12/19815
51282 56393 Noted 08/05/82 - at Hartlepool
51282 56461 Noted 16/06/82 - at Norwich3

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Ipswich Transport Society
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Five Ways

27th May 1978

BR blue Tyseley hybrid DMU with Class 105 51282, Class 127 59617 and a class 100 DMBS call at Five Ways with a Four Oaks - Longbridge service on 27 May 1978, in the early weeks of the Birmingham Cross-City line. Although it has fallen back a Tyseley set number - possibly TS418 - can be seen in the left cab window. This station, on the site of the original closed in the 1940s, had opened on 8 May, along with new stations at University and Longbridge. A WMPTE 1969 dual door Daimler Fleetline crosses the bridge in the background. Chris Morrison.

Class 105 DMU at Newcastle

15th August 1981

1981-08-15 03 059 and E51282 (working with a refurbished Met-Camm vehicle) in Newcastle on 15-8-1981. In the background is E56086 + E51429. John Carter.

Class 105 DMU at Hartlepool

8th May 1982

Cravens DMBS E51282 with Met-Camm DTS E56393 at Hartlepool on May 8, 1982. John Carter.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: unknown

A 6-car formation seen at Norwich, from left to right is 56307, 51111, 51115, 56100, 51282 (105), 56300. Circa early/mid-1970s. Tim Stubbs.

DMU

Date: 16th July 1976

Set number: 58

An Ipswich to Lowestoft service approaching Brampton on the East Suffolk Line on 16 July 1976. The vehicles are E56307 (presumably with E51282) and E51277 + E56125. Phil Bevan.

DMU

Date: 30th May 1981

Cars E56429 E51282 are seen at Gateshead East approaching Newcastle with a service from South Shields on 30/5/81, the last day of British Rail services on the South Tyneside branch prior to conversion to the Tyneside Metro system. Against the backdrop of Newcastle's skyline, a Class 47 can be seen approaching the station on the ECML. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 30th May 1981

A Class 105 (E56429 E51282) arriving at South Shields from Newcastle, on 30/05/1981, the last day of BR services prior to conversion to Tyneside Metro system. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 26th September 1981

Left E56461, E51282, right E51279, Newcastle, 26 September 1981. John Carter.