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Vehicle 51290


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

23/11/58 New to 40A (Lincoln)
w/e 31/01/59 Transferred to 34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
w/e 12/02/78 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
Jan-85 Withdrawn from NC (Norwich) - also noted as 22/07/84

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51290 56448 As delivered to 40A - 23rd November 1958
51290 56420 Noted 12th Nov 1960
51290 56426 Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge1
51290 56459 Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross1
51290 56433 Noted 06/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51290 56428 Noted 08/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51290 56431 Noted 12/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51290 56431 Noted 12/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51290 56431 Noted 17/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51290 56451 Noted 31/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51290 56451 Noted 15/05/1976 - R.C.T.S. Tinsley Tyke Railtour 51290-56451+51273-56426
51290 56421 Noted 11/07/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51290 56428 Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot2
61 51290 56187 Noted 13/08/78 - at Norwich2
61 51290 56187 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
61 51290 56187 Noted 02/01/79 - at Norwich2
61 51290 56187 Noted 08/04/79 - on Norwich depot2
61 51290 56135 Noted circa 06/19813
61 51290 56462 Noted 15/07/1983 - Seen at Ipswich3
51290 54450 Noted 10/11/83 - at Norwich2
51290 54450 Noted 23/12/83 - at Norwich2

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Potters Bar

June 1976

A Cravens Class 105 DMU with DMBS E51290 at Potters Bar in June 1976, just before the start of the electric services. The unit has worked from King`s Cross and is reversing at Potters Bar to return to London. Phil Bevan.

Class 105 DMU at Ipswich

31st May 1981

Cravens class 105 DMU, E51290 & E56458 at Ipswich, 31st May 1981. Paul James.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 31st December 1982

Set number: 31

The 2-car class 105 'Cravens' DMU sets were synonymous with East Anglia in the BR era as Norwich Thorpe depot had a large allocation. This scene on December 31, 1982 depicts an afternoon gathering of the class at Ipswich where five Norwich sets are captured line a breast but only four were placed conveniently side by side. Set 61 in the platform with people boarding was working 2R22 the 12.52 via the East Suffolk line to Lowestoft. The line up left to right comprises; set 31. 53375+54468, set 52. 51299+54429, set 66. 51260+54130, set 61. 51290+54462, and 51478 on the very left. Adrian Nicholls.

DMU

Date: 15th July 1983

Set number: 61

Class 105 Cravens 2-car DMU 56462+51290 stand at Ipswich on 15-7-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 15th July 1983

Set number: 61

Class 105 Cravens 2-car DMU 56462 + 51290 stand at Ipswich 15-7-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.