Vehicle 50763
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
| 4w/e 25/01/58 | New 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 | |
| 15/11/81 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Modifications
circa early 1975 - AWS fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50763 | 59318 | 50796 | As delivered to 5B - January 1958 | ||||||
| EP488 | 50763 | 59310 | 50798 | Noted Apr-69 | |||||
| 50798 | 59310 | 50763 | Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50763 | 59310 | 50768 | Noted 14/04/69 - in Derby (two DMBSs)1 | ||||||
| 50763 | 50793 | Noted 26/02/1972 - Britannia Locomotive Society / Southern Electric Group South in the North Railtour 50970+562?6 plus 50763+50793 | |||||||
| 50763 | 50790 | Noted 19/04/73 - in Manchester Victoria2 | |||||||
| 50763 | 50796 | Noted circa 01/1977 - Working 09.56 Manchester Vic to Holyhead with 50505 - 59161 - 50453 and 56248 - 509653 | |||||||
| 50763 | 50796 | Noted 11/04/80 | |||||||
| 50763 | 50796 | Noted 11/04/80 - at Wigan NW with 50627 + 56497 | |||||||
| 50763 | 50796 | Noted circa 04/19813 | |||||||
| 50763 | 50796 | Noted circa 01/19823 | |||||||
| NH149 | 50763 | 50796 | Noted circa 05/19823 | ||||||
| 50763 | 50796 | Noted circa 08/19823 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
October 1966
DMBS M50763 at the front of a Cravens triple set heading for Leicester at Shustoke in October 1966. Michael Mensing.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 11th April 1980
50627 + 56497 and 50763 + 50796 at Wigan NW on 11/4/80. Chris Lings.