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<- 50373 | 50374 | 50375 ->

Vehicle 50374

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: 30282
Diagram: 525

Allocations

04/03/57 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
May-73Depot code changeBG
23/02/77 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
Dec-82 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50374 56129 As delivered to 53C - 4th March 1957
50374 56136 Noted 29/08/74 - at Ferriby1
50374 56136 Noted 03/01/75 - in Leeds City1
50374 56118 Noted 12/04/1975 - at Doncaster2
50374 56394 Noted 08/09/1975 - part of 15:15 York to Liverpool Lime Street2
50374 56394 Noted 10/09/75 - at Brough3
50374 56394 Noted 06/10/75 - at Brough3
50374 56136 Noted 19/11/75 - at Brough3
50374 56118 Noted 30/04/76 - at Doncaster1
50374 56118 Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds3
50374 50803 Noted 30/08/1977 - Seen near Rhyl4
50374 56129 Noted 09/08/79
50374 56129 Noted circa 06/19804
50374 56129 Noted circa 08/19814
50374 56452 Noted circa 05/19824
NH337 50374 56452 Noted 19/07/19824
50374 56452 Noted circa 10/19824
50374 56452 Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 07.08 Wigan to Manchester Victoria via Atherton, then 08.03 Man Vic to Wigan via Bolton.4

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

Images:

Class 105 DMU at BIngley

14th September 1976

A two-car Class 105 DMU with E50374 closest is seen in Bingley station on 14 September 1976. Michael Mensing.

Class 105 DMU at Stoke-on-Trent

20th April 1984

Withdrawn Newton Heath DMUs at Stoke-on-Trent on Friday 20 April 1984, boarded up and awaiting movement to Vic Berry's scrapyard at Leicester. Left to right are Class 104 TBSL M59229, Class 105 DMBS M53374, Class 105 DMCL M53795 and Class 105 DTSL M54453. David Russon.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 9th August 1979

Carnforth, the 9th August 1979. On train on the left is formed E50035 + E56008 + E50289 + E59531 + E51559 (Class 114 & 101/111). On the right is M56475 + M50784 + M56129 + M50374. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 4th August 1980

Cravens M56129 + M50374 with a BRC&W unit at Stockport on August 4th, 1980. John Carter.

DMU

Date: circa 1981

A Cravens (the DMBS is thought to be 50374) and a Class 108 at Preston in the early 1980s. Curly42.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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