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<- 50362 | 50363 | 50364 ->

Vehicle 50363 / 53363

Class 105

BR Diagram 525

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

Allocations

03/12/56 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
4w/e 09/10/65 On loan to 31A (Cambridge)
w/e 16/10/65 Transferred to 31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 27/11/65 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
Oct-68 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-71 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
Apr-73 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
2w/e 16/04/77 Transferred to SF (Stratford)
11/05/86 Withdrawn from SF (Stratford)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50363 - original number
53363 - from 12/04/83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50363 56118 As delivered to 53C - 3rd December 1956
50363 56118 Transfer to 31A - 4w/e 09/10/65 - On loan from NER
50363 56118 Transfer to 50C - 3w/e 27/11/65
50363 56313 Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge1
50363 56369 Noted 04/1971 - at Water Orton2
50363 56118 Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster3
50363 56118 Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1
41 50363 56124 Noted 17/11/73 - at Bury St Edmunds4
41 50363 56441 Noted 18/03/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4
41 50363 56441 Noted 20/04/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4
41 50363 56441 Noted 27/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4
41 50363 56303 Noted 15/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4
41 50363 56303 Noted 15/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4
41 50363 56303 Noted 28/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4
41 50363 56303 Listed at NR - 19/07/75
41 50363 56443 Noted 17/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
41 50363 56443 Noted 26/07/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
41 50363 56443 Noted 15/01/77 - at Bury St Edmunds4
50363 56188 Noted 29/08/1979 - At Romford working to Upminster and back5
50363 56143 Noted circa 04/19836
53363 54133 Noted circa 07/19836
53363 54455 Noted circa 01/19846
53363 54420 Noted circa 08/19846
53363 54455 Noted 27/01/1986 - at Shenfield7

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Wigston

circa mid-1970s

Set number: 41

Norwich set 41 contains a Class 105 DMBS - thought to be E50363 - and a Class 100 DTCL when seen at at Wigston circa mid-1970s. Phillip Malin.

Class 105 DMU at Romford

28th December 1985

A Cravens DMU in Romford station with an Upminster service on 28 December 1985. The DMBS appears to be E53363. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Ely

12th August 1987

E53363, E54376 and E54373 withdrawn at Ely yard, August 12, 1987. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 9th April 1985

Class 105 Cravens DMU 54122 + 53363 at Camden Road with a service for North Woolwich on 9-4-85. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 25th October 1987

Class 101 DMBS M51199 at Ely Yard on 25th October 1987. Cravens E53363 is on the left. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 25 th October 1987

E53362, 51199 and E53363 at Ely on 25th October 1987. Nicholas Youngman.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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