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: 30280
Diagram: 525
19/11/56 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
4w/e 09/10/65 | On loan to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
w/e 16/10/65 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
Nov-69 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
4w/e 30/05/70 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
2w/e 10/10/70 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
May-71 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | NO | |
Sep-73 | Depot code change | NR | |
w/e 19/02/78 | Transferred to | SF (Stratford) | |
11/05/86 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) | |
01/06/86 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) | |
27/07/86 | To Parcels Sector at | CA (Cambridge) | |
13/09/87 | Withdrawn from | CA (Cambridge) |
9/2/84 - An unpublished 'last train' ran over the Poplar Docks line in East London. E53362/54420 spent five hours on the branch doing noise and vibration tests in connection with the projected Docklands Light Railway.
50362 - original number
53362 - from 14/04/83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
55945 - from 09/08/87 (parcels conversion)
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
50362 | 56117 | As delivered to 53C - 19th November 1956 | |||||||
50362 | 56117 | Transfer to 31A - 4w/e 09/10/65 - On loan from NER | |||||||
50362 | 56117 | Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge1 | |||||||
50362 | 56117 | Transfer to 34G - Nov-69 | |||||||
50362 | 56307 | Noted 18/09/70 - at Cambridge1 | |||||||
50362 | 56117 | Transfer to 34G - 2w/e 10/10/70 | |||||||
50362 | 56117 | Transfer to 32A - May-71 | |||||||
50362 | 56380 | Noted 17/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||||
50362 | 56300 | Noted 02/09/71 - at Braintree1 | |||||||
50362 | 56300 | Noted 03/09/71 - at Ipswich1 | |||||||
47 | 50362 | 56369 | Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
47 | 50362 | 56442 | Noted 31/05/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
47 | 50362 | 56442 | Noted 03/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
50362 | 56442 | Noted 06/04/1974 - at Nuneaton 3 | |||||||
47 | 50362 | 56442 | Noted 06/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
47 | 50362 | 56432 | Noted 28/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
47 | 50362 | 56442 | Noted 09/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
47 | 50362 | 56442 | Noted 18/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
47 | 50362 | 56137 | Noted 14/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
47 | 50362 | 56137 | Noted 14/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
47 | 50362 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 - plus unknown trailer | |||||||
47 | 50362 | 56121 | Noted 23/11/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
47 | 50362 | 56459 | Noted 22/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
50362 | 56126 | Transfer to SF - w/e 19/02/78 | |||||||
50362 | 56455 | Noted circa 04/19824 | |||||||
53362 | 54449 | Noted circa 07/19834 | |||||||
53362 | 54449 | Noted circa 01/19844 | |||||||
53362 | 54420 | Noted 12/03/84 | |||||||
53362 | 54143 | Noted circa 08/19844 | |||||||
53362 | 54126 | Noted 21/07/1985 - at Shenfield. DMBS had silver cab roof.5 | |||||||
53362 | 54114 | Noted 22/03/1986 - in Stratford Works5 | |||||||
44 | 53362 | 54455 | Noted 16/05/86 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
51293 | 53362 | Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986 - Parcels | |||||||
51439 | 53362 | Noted circa 08/1986 - Parcels set4 | |||||||
51439 | 53362 | Noted 22/09/86 - at Leeds | |||||||
53362 | 53365 | Noted 10/03/1987 - at Shenfield - parcels set5 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
50362 with 56455 at Romford for Upminster. Phil Bidwell.
Class 105 DMU comprising vehicles 53362 and 56449 about to leave Romford on 3 September 1983 with the 14.23 to Upminster. Robert28194.
The final months for the Cravens Class 105 DMUs in London with 53362-54126 on depot at Stratford TMD on 25th October 1985, standing between part of the former steam motive power depot and the diesel depot replacement, with a class 37 just visible inside. Gordon Edgar.
Class 105 53362 in Express Parcels use at York 22-9-86 ish with 51439. The silver cab roof shows the car is ex-Stratford. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
E53362 and E51439 in "Express Parcels" use at Leeds on 22/9/86. Malcolm Clements.
E53362 on "Express Parcels" use, seen at Leeds on 22/9/86. On the lower cab front is the text "Max Tail 40T" and the cab shows signs that's it once had additional fittings now removed. Malcolm Clements.
E53362, 51199 and E53363 at Ely on 25th October 1987. Nicholas Youngman.
Cravens class 105 E53362 seen in Ely Yard, the class 101 behind is 51199. February 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
Canonbury station on 14 March 1982. A Cravens Class 105 2-car unit (56455/50362) is just leaving working the 09.00 North Woolwich-Camden Town. I had just alighted from the dmu, having boarded at Stratford. My next train would be a Class 501 emu to take me to Broad Street. Note the poster advertising tickets to Larne for £32 or Belfast for £35. In 2021 Canonbury has 4 platforms, with regular London Overground services on both the North London Line and the East London Line, provided by Class 378 emus. Lewis Bevan.
In "Express Parcels" use, E51439 is seen at Leeds on 22/9/86 working with E53362. Malcolm Clements.
Class 101 Metro Cammell ex-DMBS E51439 in Express Parcels service, York 22-9-86 ish, with E53362. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Seeing out their last days as a mail/parcels unit, a pair of Cravens Class 105 Driving Motor Brake Seconds, 53365 & 53362 were being loaded at Leeds on February 13th 1987. Martyn Hilbert.
37135 with parcels sets (53365 + 53362) and (53221 + 51439) seen at Queen Adelaide near Ely approaching from Peterborough direction on 10th April 1987. Nicholas Youngman.