Vehicle 50381 / 53381

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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: 30282
Diagram: 525

Allocations

01/05/57	New to	53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58	Transferred to	53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)	- (53C closed)
Jan-60	Depot code change	50C
May-73	Depot code change	BG
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-83	Depot code change	NC
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10/05/87	Withdrawn from	LN (Lincoln)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	56136							Noted 12/04/1975 - Seen at Manchester Picc on Hull service3
	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:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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circa May 1986

Set number: 71

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

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5th July 1986

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

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5th July 1986

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

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12th February 1987

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

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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.

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26th October 1987

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

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26th October 1987

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

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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:

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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.

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Date: 15th March 1982

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

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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.

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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.

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Date: 4th August 1986

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

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Date: 21st March 1987

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

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Date: 21st March 1987

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