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Vehicle 50382

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

06/05/57 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
Apr-73 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
2w/e 08/08/76 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
2w/e 17/12/78 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
14/06/81 Withdrawn from NR (Norwich)

Notes

23/10/81 - withdrawn vehicles noted on Norwich depot with parts removed: 50382, 50383 (damaged), 51254, 51274 and 51482 (before official withdrawal)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50382 56137 As delivered to 53C - 6th May 1957
50382 56134 Noted 02/01/70 - in Sheffield Midland1
36 50382 56140 Noted 31/03/73 - at Ipswich2
50382 56140 Noted 08/08/73 - at Bury St Edmunds, 56140 with "Testr Clean" branding1
36 50382 56140 Noted 22/09/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1
36 50382 56140 Noted 08/12/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1
36 50382 56140 Noted 17/04/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
36 50382 56121 Noted 11/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
36 50382 56121 Noted 09/08/74 - at Parkeston Quay1
36 50382 56121 Noted 24/10/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
36 50382 56125 Noted 30/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
36 50382 56125 Noted 30/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
36 50382 56435 Noted 02/04/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1
36 50382 56435 Listed at NR - 19/07/75
50382 56465 Noted 16/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1
76 50382 56465 Noted 06/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1
50382 56130 Transfer to NR - 2w/e 17/12/78
50382 56130 Noted 02/04/79 - at Norwich1
50382 56130 Noted 25/08/1979 - on 14:00 Norwich to Lowestoft service with 50377 & 564343
50382 56135 Noted 24/05/80 - at Norwich1

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Peter Wallwork

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Darsham

21st April 1973

Set number: 36

Class 105 Cravens set 36 (E50382 + E56140) at Darsham station on the East Suffolk line from Lowestoft to Ipswich, 21 April 1973. Phil Bevan.

Class 105 DMU at Haughley Junction

circa early 1970s

Set number: 36

A track gang stand back at Haughley Junction to let Cravens set 36 past working wrong line on its way to Ipswich. It is working with a Class 105/101 hybrid. Closest seems to be E50382, and probably from the early 1970s. The image was from the Steve Davies Collection. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Halesworth

17th April 1974

This slide, taken at Halesworth on 17 April 1974 noted the train as the 12:48 Liverpool St - Lowestoft. At the front is a 105 DMBS/101 DTCL hybrid, closest is Class 105 DMBS E50382 - note how the top cream lining from the green livery has not been sanded flat and is the blue paint has flaked off it in several places. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Doncaster Works

13th March 1979

Set number: 36

Cravens DMBS E50382 receives attention in Doncaster Works alongside BRC&W, Swindon and Met-Camm vehicles on March 13, 1979. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Norwich depot

27th April 1980

Set number: 36

With Victorian looking buildings either side, Cravens two-car Class 105 formed of cars E50382 & E56130 was stood at Norwich TMD on April 27th 1980. Martyn Hilbert.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 13th March 1979

A Class 104 DMC in Doncaster Works DMU shop on March 13, 1979 along with Cravens 50382 and a Met-Camm. Steve Davies Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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