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Vehicle 50376

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

18/03/57 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
3w/e 27/11/65 Transferred to 31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
w/e 13/02/77 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
21/11/82 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
p/e 21/05/83 Stored
Nov-83 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50376 56131 As delivered to 53C - 18th March 1957
50376 56131 Transfer to 31A - 3w/e 27/11/65
50376 56131 Transfer to 34G - 3w/e 30/04/66
50376 56428 Noted 02/09/72 - at Ipswich1
50376 56428 Noted 16/06/73 - at Ipswich1
50376 56448 Noted 13/07/73 - at Ipswich1
50376 56448 Noted 11/08/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50376 56429 Noted 04/08/74 - on Cambridge depot2
50376 56429 Noted 08/03/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50376 56429 Noted 01/06/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50376 56455 Noted 28/09/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50376 56423 Noted 15/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50376 56423 Noted 03/07/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50376 56423 Noted 17/07/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
34 50376 56432 Noted 18/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50376 56128 Noted 06/03/78 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50376 56458 Noted 25/03/79 - at Great Yarmouth3
50376 56458 Noted 17/04/79 - at Norwich2
50376 56186 Noted 10/09/1980 - at Norwich Thorpe3
50376 56186 Noted 13/09/80 - on 15.37 Peterborough – Cambridge 4
50376 56186 Noted 27/09/80 - on 15.37 Peterborough – Cambridge4
50376 56186 Noted 11/10/1980 - F&DRS Central Norfolk Freight Lines railtour with 56413 + 50383
50376 56136 Noted 14/03/1982 - on Norwich depot3
34 50376 56469 Noted 08/08/1982 - on Norwich depot3
50376 56469 52003 Noted 18th January 1983
50376 56464 51536 Noted 4th March 1983 - on 17:20 Edinburgh - Glasgow Central via Shotts

Formation Sources
1: Ipswich Transport Society
2: Gerald Brown
3: Martin Lumley
4: Phil Shatford

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Hitchin

10 October 1976

The 10:04 Kings Cross - Cambridge service is seen at Hitchin on 10 October 1976. The closest vehicle appears to be E50376. Note the former steam loco tender which has been converted to a snowplough and allocated to Peterborough, according to the text on the end. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Stowmarket

circa 1977

Set number: 34

Cravens Class 105 DMU set departs from Stowmarket station. Undated, E50376 is leading which should date it to circa 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Falkland Yard, Ayr

circa late 1983

Withdrawn Class 105 DMBS E50376 in Falkland Yard, Ayr, circa late 1983. John Horne.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 25th March 1979

Set number: 34

E56458 and E50376 (set 34) at Norwich Station on March 25th 1979. Ian Charles.

DMU

Date: 11th October 1980

Set number: 37

The Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society Central Norfolk Freight Lines railtour in Dereham station on 11 October 1980. The Six Bells Junction website lists the vehicles as 56413 + 50383 / 56186 + 50376. Stuart Mackay Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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