Set 39
These formations have been noted:
| 51478 | 56467 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | ||||||
| 50370 | 56134 | Noted 18/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 50370 | 56464 | Noted 30/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 50370 | 56464 | Noted 10/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 50370 | 56464 | Noted 26/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 50370 | 56137 | Noted 14/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 50370 | 56188 | Noted 04/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51294 | 56443 | Noted 08/08/78 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 51294 | 56443 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | ||||||
| 51294 | 56443 | Noted 02/01/79 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 51294 | 54417 | Noted circa 03/19842 | ||||||
| 51294 | 54417 | Noted 22/12/84 | ||||||
| 51294 | 54436 | Noted 07/07/85 | ||||||
| 51294 | 54436 | Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85 | ||||||
| 51294 | 54436 | Listed at NC - Dec-85 | ||||||
| 51294 | 54417 | Noted circa 02/19862 | ||||||
| 51294 | 54417 | Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| 51294 | 54417 | Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich1 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
1st August 1958
A six-car Met-Camm formation emerges from Grosmont Tunnel with the 1.20pm Goathland-Whitby service on 1 August 1958. Both sets are former four-car sets reduced to three-cars with the removal of the TSL. E50182 leads - note the number on the lamp bracket under the driver which seems to read 39 - these were common on NER sets at the time - a diagram or set number? The very rear car is E50749. Michael Mensing.
Unknown date
Cravens set 39 at Thurston station. It is coming from the Bury St Edmunds direction - no tail lamo - and has Parkeston Quay on its destination blind, so wrong line working. Date unknown, early/mid 1970s. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
28th April 1977
E50370 + E56188 with the 08.38 Peterborough to Cambridge service at Peterborough East on 28 April 1977. Phil Bevan.
9th September 1977
Class 104 DTSL E56188 leads a Cravens DMBS into Yarmouth Vauxhall station with the 14:10 service from Norwich on 9 September 1977. The station pilot on the left is 03 086. Robert Thomas.
29th April 1980
At the one-time Cromer Beach terminus of the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GNJR), a Cravens Class 105 two-car DMU, formed of cars E51294 & M56114 had arrived from Norwich on April 29th 1980. The driver is changing ends for the run to the small terminus at Sheringham. The station at Cromer had just one platform face in use, the station being surrounded by empty and redundant railway land, a legacy from the days when the station here handled heavy Summer holiday traffic from the North and the Midlands via the now closed M&GNJR. Martyn Hilbert.
29th April 1980
At the northern stub of the surviving portion of the former Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GNJR) still in use as part of the national network, a Cravens Class 105 two-car DMU formed of cars E56114 & E51293 had arrived at Sheringham with a service from Norwich via a reversal at Cromer on April 29th 1980. The single platform terminus at Sheringham, complete with its BR Eastern Region dark blue enamel sign, opened on January 2nd 1967 enabling the closure of the adjacent level crossing and the original M&GNJR station (now owned by the North Norfolk Railway). The single platform was intended as a temporary station as the line was scheduled for closure. In the event, it has gone on to be upgraded to accommodate the new Greater Anglia Class 755 DMU's. A connection from the Network Rail line at Sheringham to the North Norfolk Railway was opened in 2010. Martyn Hilbert.
16th May 1981
The front of a Cravens DMU, believed to be DMBS 51294. Peterborough on 16th May 1981. Jonathan Hazan.
16th May 1981
A class 105 Cravens DMU (set 39, believed to be E51294 + E56140) at Peterborough on a Leicester service on 16th May 1981. Jonathan Hazan.
26th August 1981
An unidentified Norwich allocated Cravens class 105 dmu set 39, departs platform 4 at Norwich, with a service to Great Yarmouth on the Norfolk coast, 26th August 1981. Andrew J Crowther.
20th July 1982
This Class 105 seems to be heading out of the fuelling sidings into Norwich station on 20/07/1982. Prior to electrification, and with semaphore signals still in place, in the background a Class 47 and Class 105 / 101 DMUs can also be seen. Graeme Phillips Collection.
22nd December 1984
Class 105 DTC E54417 stabled at Leicester on the 22nd December 1984. Dennis Taylor.
22nd December 1984
54417 and 51294 at Leicester on the 22nd December 1984. Dennis Taylor.
22nd December 1984
Norwich allocated E51294 seen at Leicester on the 22nd December 1984. Dennis Taylor.
15th March 1985
The 14.00 to Sheringham departs Norwich on 15 March 1985, formed of Cravens set 39, presumably with 51294 closest. On the right 47 478 awaits departure with the 14.32 to London Liverpool Street. Robert28194.
15th March 1985
A nice DMU line-up at Norwich on 15th March 1985. Left to right are Cravens set 39, and unknown Met-Camm set, and Met-Camm set 76, the DTC closest. Robert28194.
7th July 1985
Norwich Cravens set 39 E51294 + E54436 in platform 3 of Ely station waiting to form 2P20 to Norwich on July 7, 1985. Nicholas Youngman.
18th September 1985
Getting a long way from its home depot is Norwich based class 105 'Cravens' set no.39 (51294+54436) arriving at Worksop with train 2B16 the 12.18 Lincoln Central to Sheffield Midland on 18/09/85. Adrian Nicholls.
8th February 1986
Cravens Class 105 DMU Norwich set 39 bringing up the rear of a Cambridge service with a Met-Camm set at Ely possibly 8-2-86. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
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