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<- 50380 | 50381 | 50382 ->

Vehicle 50381 / 53381

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

01/05/57 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
May-73Depot code changeBG
w/e 12/10/74 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
w/e 25/01/75 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
03/10/82 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
08/06/86 Stored S. LN (Lincoln)
22/06/86 Reinstated LN (Lincoln)
10/05/87 Withdrawn from LN (Lincoln)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50381 - original number
53381 - from Nov-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50381 56136 As delivered to 53C - 1st May 1957
50381 56130 Noted 29/08/70 - at Brough1
50381 56440 Noted 15/04/1972 - R.C.T.S. (London Branch) Kesteven Ironstone Branches Railtour
50381 56440 Noted 06/07/73 - at Doncaster1
50381 56398 Noted 24/08/74 - at Sheffield Midland2
H21 50381 56398 Noted 26/08/74 - at Sheffield Midland (set number on 56398)2
50381 56468 Noted 08/09/75 - at Brough1
50381 56468 Noted 16/09/75 - at Hull1
50381 56468 Noted 06/10/75 - at Brough1
50381 56468 Noted 01/11/75 - at Brough1
50381 56384 Noted 05/01/76 - at Brough1
50381 56384 Noted 10/01/76 - at Brough1
50381 56384 Noted 12/01/76 - at Brough1
50381 56130 Noted 11/02/76 - at Brough1
50381 56130 Noted 10/04/76 - at Brough1
50381 56135 Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds1
50381 56473 Noted Sep-76 - at Brough1
50381 56426 Noted 11/08/82
71 50381 56426 Noted 11/11/82 - at Norwich2
71 53381 54426 Noted circa 03/19843
71 53381 54439 Noted circa 04/19853
71 53381 54439 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
71 53381 54439 Listed at NC - Dec-85
71 53381 54439 Noted 12/04/19863
71 53381 54439 Listed at Norwich - June 1986
53381 54439 Noted 04/08/86

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

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Cambridge station

October 1984

Set number: 71

Two Cravens sets side by side in Cambridge station north bay, 63 on the left and 71 on the right. Mike Cooper.

Class 105 DMU at Wrabness

16th November 1985

Set number: 71

Class 105 Set 71 (presumably 53381 + 54439) depart Wrabness on the 12:30 Manningtree - Harwich Town service on Saturday 16th November 1985. Colin Brooks.

Class 105 DMU at Mistley

16th November 1985

Set number: 71

Class 105 Set 71 (presumably 53381 and 54439) with the 10:46 Manningtree - Harwich Town arrives at Mistley on Saturday 16th November 1985. Colin Brooks.

Class 105 DMU at Mistley

16th November 1985

Set number: 71

Cravens Class 105 Set 71 (presumably 53381 + 54439) with the 10:46 Manningtree - Harwich Town approaches Mistley on Saturday 16th November 1985. Colin Brooks.

Class 105 DMU at Cambridge

circa May 1986

Set number: 71

Cravens DMU set 71 in Cambridge station circa summer 1986 with DMBS 53381 closest. Brian Ward.

Class 105 DMU at Leicester

5th July 1986

53381 and 54439 depart from Leicester with the 11:54 Leicester to Peterborough on the 5th July 1986. Dennis Taylor.

Class 105 DMU at Leicester

5th July 1986

53381 has just arrived at Leicester with the 08:45 from Cambridge on the 5th July 1986. Dennis Taylor.

Class 105 DMU at Sheffield

12th February 1987

53381 departs from Sheffield with a Retford service on the 12th February 1987. Dennis Taylor.

Class 105 DMU at Neville Hill depot

15th March 1987

Having carried it's last passengers, Cravens Class 105 Two-Car DMU formed of cars 53381 & 54439, had been relegated to mail and parcels duties, seeing out its last few months in traffic before withdrawal. The unit was stabled with a Class 114 at Leeds Neville Hill Depot on March 15th 1987. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 105 DMU at Snailwell

26th October 1987

Class 105 DMBS E53381 awaiting disposal at Snailwell on the 26th October 1987. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 105 DMU at Snailwell

26th October 1987

E53381 at Snailwell on the 26th October 1987. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 105 DMU at Snailwell

26th October 1987

Looking through the gangway of Class 105 DMBS E53381 at Snailwell on October 26, 1987. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 15th April 1972

The RCTS Kesteven Ironstone Branches railtour at Stainby sidings on 15 April 1972. The tour started at Grantham and a Hull Botanic Gardens Cravens DMU was used - closest is DTCL E56440 and the Six Bells Junction website notes the DMBS as E50381. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 15th March 1982

Cravens class 105, E56424 + E50381 stands in Platforn 1a at Sheffield Midland station. 15-03-82. Paul James.

DMU

Date: 11th August 1982

E56426 and E50381 heads out of Selby station with the 10:27 York - Hull service on August 11, 1982. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 16th November 1985

Set number: 71

Cravens Class 105 Set 71 (54439 closest and presumably 53381) on the 12:30 Manningtree - Harwich Town heads away from Wrabness on Saturday 16th November 1985. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 4th August 1986

E54439 + E53381 near Ely on a Cambridge to Lincoln service, 04.08.86. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 21st March 1987

A two-car Cravens DMU (54439 + 53381) in Doncaster station on 21 March 1987. John Law Collection.

DMU

Date: 21st March 1987

Class 105 DMU vehicles 54439 + 53381 are seen at Doncaster, Saturday 21/03/1987. Graeme Phillips Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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