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Vehicle 50364 / 53364 / 55946

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: 30280
Diagram: 525

Allocations

20/12/56	New to	53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58	Transferred to	53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)	- (53C closed)
Jan-60	Depot code change	50C
Oct-68	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
May-73	Depot code change	NO
Sep-73	Depot code change	NR
w/e 15/01/78	Transferred to	SF (Stratford)
07/07/85	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
01/06/86	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge)
27/07/86	To Parcels Sector at	CA (Cambridge)
circa Dec-88	Sector Change to	RPXN
30/03/89	Withdrawn from	CA (Cambridge) RPXN

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50364 - original number
53364 - from 12/04/83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
55946 - from Mar-87 (parcels conversion) - number allocated but never carried

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50364	56119	As delivered to 53C - 20th December 1956
	50364	56436	Noted 21/12/70 - at Ely¹
	50364	56316	Noted 23/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds²
	50364	56316	Noted 01/09/71 - at Norwich¹
	50364	56316	Noted 03/09/71 - at Norwich¹
	50364	56094	Noted 19/08/1972 - at Birmingham New Street³
48	50364	56094	Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds²
48	50364	56133	Noted 02/06/73 - at Bury St Edmunds²
48	50364	56307	Noted circa mid-1973 - at Bury St Edmunds²
	50364	56133	Noted 18/08/1973 - at Peterborough³
48	50364	56133	Noted 15/02/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
48	50364	56133	Noted 05/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
48	50364	56133	Noted 15/08/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
48	50364	56380	Noted 26/10/74 - at Doncaster
48	50364	56380	Noted 08/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
48	50364	56052	Noted 25/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds²
48	50364	56466	Listed at NR - 19/07/75
	50364	56466	Noted 15/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds²
48	50364	56316	Noted 08/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds²
48	50364	56448	Noted 08/07/77 - at Bury St Edmunds²
	56420	50364	Noted 17/08/1981 - 1158 Camden Town to North Woolwich
	50364	56423	Noted circa 04/1982⁴
	53364	54126	Noted circa 01/1984⁴
	53364	54423	Noted 05/07/85 - at Norwich²
	53364	54423	Transfer to NR - 07/07/85 - from SF
35	53364	54423	Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
35	53364	54423	Listed at NC - Dec-85
35	53364	54423	Noted circa 02/1986⁴
	53364	51293	Noted circa 08/1986⁴
	53364	53373	Noted circa 10/1986 - Parcels set⁴
	53364	53373	Noted 29th December 1986 - Parcels set
	53364	53373	Noted circa 08/1987 - Parcels set⁴
	53364	53373	Noted 28/07/88 - on 09.36 Ely to Norwich with 53201 + 54062

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

Images:

8th June 1967

Cravens DMBS NE50364 seen at Scarborough on 8 June 1967. The Hull Botanic Gardens vehicle has Hull on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

November 1971

A Class 105 / 100 hybrid DMU at Reedham in November 1971 with a service heading to Yarmouth. Graeme Phillips Collection.

circa 1974

Set number: 48

Norwich allocated Class 105 DMU set 48 departs from Needham Market station heading for Ipswich circa 1974. The DMBS seems to be E50364. The image was from the Steve Davies Collection. Stuart Mackay Collection.

circa 1985

A Cravens DMU (E53364 closest) at Highbury & Islington with a Camden Road service circa 1985. Ian Docwra.

1985

A Cravens DMU at Highbury & Islington circa 1985. E53364 is closest, it would be transferred from Stratford to Norwich in July 1985. Ian Docwra.

12th February 1987

Express Parcels Cravens set 53364 + 53373 seen in Leeds station on the 12th February 1987. Dennis Taylor.

26th June 1987

Cravens Express Parcels DMU 53364 + 53373 stabled at Cambridge alongside Class 120 M53739 on 26 June 1987. Image by Janet Cottrell. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at London Liverpool Street

October 1987

Class 105 E53364 at Liverpool Street. After withdrawal from revenue earning service, some class 105's were transferred to the parcels sector. This unit is seen at Liverpool Street - but it's nothing like the Liverpool Street of today. I'm fairly certain it was taken one of those 'Ian Allan' Network Days. Looking at the adjacent negatives it must have been October 1987. Stuart Pearce.

circa late 1987

Cravens Express Parcel conversion E53364 in Leeds City station circa late 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

21st October 1987

Class 105 parcels car 53364 at Leeds on October 21, 1987. Rex Holt.

1988

A two-car Cravens parcels DMU stabled at Cambridge in 1988. E53364 is closest. John Law.

1988

A Cravens Express Parcels DMU in York station circa summer 1988. Closest is E53364. Brian Ward.

1988

An Express Parcels Class 105 set hauls a BG past Silt Road Crossing (which is about a mile south-east of March station in Cambridgeshire) in 1988. E53364 leads. Chris Lockwood.

Unknown date

Cravens Express Parcels vehicles E53364 and E53373 stabled at Cambridge. Date unknown. Malcolm Clements.

17th August 1988

An Express Parcels 2-car DMU (Class 105 E53364 & E53373) runs through Stratford station from the direction of Thornton Fields and heading towards Temple Mills - 17/08/1988 (11:09). 53A Models of Hull Collection.

1989

A withdrawn Cravens parcel DMU at Cambridge with engines removed. Date unknown, closest is E53364 paired with 53367, withdrawn from the parcels sector in March 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

27th May 1989

Withdrawn parcel DMUs at Cambridge on 27 May 1989. Right to left are 53364, 53218 and 53230. Stuart Mackay Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 15th March 1986

Set number: 35

Shortly to be transferred to Cambridge depot for DPU use was Cravens set 35, E54423 + E53364, seen here in the Norwich Jubilee sidings awaiting its next turn. 15/3/86. Photo by Philip Mott. Gerard Fletcher.

Date: 22nd September 1986

Set number: 349

M53364, Newton-on-Ayr, 18 September 1986 Graham Johnston.

Date: 11th October 1986

One of the Cravens units (E53373 + E53364) relegated to parcels duty waits at York on the 11th Oct 1986. 54A South Dock.

Date: circa 1987

A Cravens "Express Parcels" DMU in York station circa 1987. Closest is E53373, the other vehicle is presumably E53364. George Woods.

Date: 20th March 1987

Class 101 Met Camm car 51439 and Class 105 DMUs in Express Parcels service stabled next to Spillers, Cambridge 22-3-87. By marks on the cab the Cravens set may well be 53364+53373, photo of this set at Leeds in February 1987, no yellow stripe and Red Star logo beneath the number too, at this date anyway - by October it had the stripe. There were only 4 Met Camm Parcels sets and two of them are in this shot. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Date: 21st April 1987

This Cravens unit, nos. E53373 and E53364, has just passed Ravensthorpe to the west of Dewsbury and is heading towards Heaton Lodge at Mirfield East Junction on 21st April 1987. The unit is carrying the words 'Express Parcels' on each car. Andrew Walker.

Date: 22nd March 1988

Cravens Express Parcels set 53373 + 53364 at Leeds on the 22nd March 1988. Dennis Taylor.

Date: 23rd April 1988

Cravens parcels conversion 53373 + 53364 at York on 23 April 1988. David Mant.

Date: 11th July 1988

Parcels Class 105 E53373 + E53364 and Class 101 M54351 at Ely on July 11, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 28th July 1988

Set number: 78

Mat-Camm and Cravens DMU's E53201, E54062, E53373 and E53364 with the 09.36 Ely to Norwich seen north of Ely, 28.07.88. Nicholas Youngman.

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