Vehicle 50753
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: 30352
Diagram: 528
Allocations
| Sep-57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Oct-57 | Transferred to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
| Mar-58 | Transferred to | 17A (Derby Etches Park) | |
| Apr-58 | Transferred to | 18A (Toton) | |
| 4w/e 29/12/62 | Transferred to | 17A (Derby Etches Park) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 16C | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 10E (Accrington) | |
| Oct-72 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
| 14/10/73 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Disposal
Scrapped by CA Chadwick, on location at Newton Heath depot
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50753 | 59308 | 50786 | As delivered to 9A - September 1957 | ||||||
| 50753 | 59308 | 50799 | Noted 29/04/61 - working the Vale of Belvoir railtour. | ||||||
| EP480 | 50753 | 59309 | 50786 | Noted Apr-69 | |||||
| 50753 | 50803 | Noted 12/09/71 - at Preston1 | |||||||
| 50753 | 50800 | Noted 08/09/73 - in Manchester Victoria2 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
Images:
circa September 1957
A three-car Cravens DMU showing 50753 and presumably 59308 + 50786. They were delivered new to Longsight depot in September 1957. This was taken from a Cravens advertisement, hence the cropping. Cravens.
22nd April 1962
The 5:55pm Birmingham New Street - Derby service formed of a Cravens triple DMU approaches Wilnecote on Easter Sunday, 22 April 1962. Michael Mensing.