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<- 50763 | 50764 | 50765 ->

Vehicle 50764

Class 105

BR Diagram 528

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)
Jan-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-63Depot code change16C
3w/e 01/06/68 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
16/11/70 Transferred to 10E (Accrington)
Oct-72 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
May-73Depot code changeNH
Sep-82 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50764 59319 50797 As delivered to 5B - January 1958
50764 50787 Noted 21/12/71 - at Rose Grove (Burnley)1
50764 50798 Noted 01/06/1974 - at Preston 2
50764 50798 Noted 28/08/75 - on Newton Heath depot3
50764 50810 Noted circa 08/19804
50764 50810 Noted circa 01/19814
50764 50810 Noted circa 08/19814
50764 50810 Noted 15/03/19824
NH150 50764 50810 Noted circa 05/19824

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

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Southport

11th May 1974

Class 105 DMBS M50764 at Southport on 11 May 1974. Alistair Ness.

Class 105 DMU at Ormskirk

January 1979

With the paraffin tail lamp moved to the cab front of Motor Brake Second M50764, the Cravens Power-Twin prepares to depart from a Wintery Ormskirk with the 09.19 to Preston in January 1979. During this period the Newton Heath based Class 105s were not common on the Ormskirk Line, the Derby built Class 108s were the normal fare. The weather was a total surprise on that day, no snow on leaving Preston, the wintery weather started across Farington Moss and got progressively worse towards Merseyside. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 105 DMU at Rufford

18th March 1979

Cravens Class 105 Motor Brake Second M50764 leads a 2-Car power-twin into Rufford with a Preston to Ormskirk working on March 18th 1979. M50764 has a clean almost ex-works appearance. Waiting at the level crossing is Threlfall Haulage Bedford TK flatbed lorry, Registration number POD 654H dating from 1969. The shot is the wrong side for the light, but the gates were closed as I arrived and forced this view! Martyn Hilbert.

Class 105 DMU at Hoghton

11th May 1981

A Cravens Class 105 Power Twin DMU with Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M50764 at the rear, was hurtling downgrade at Hoghton with a Colne to Preston service on May 11th 1981. At the time, Hoghton was quite a rural location, with the former goods yard in use as an ex military vehicle sales dealer. The former Hoghton station, closed in 1960, was located beyond the level crossing. Today, the goods shed has gone, replaced by a housing, and the open aspect seen in this view has vanished - trees, unchecked lineside undergrowth and housing now being located on both sides of the railway. Martyn Hilbert.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: unknown

A Cravens set, possibly 50764 at the front, heads towards Manchester at Ashton Moss North Junction, date unknown. The line to Guide Bridge, with Woodhead scheme overhead wires, can be seen on the right. Walter Burt.

DMU

Date: 27th May 1981

A Class 105 DMU formed of M50810 + M50764 in Preston station on Wednesday 27 May 1981. David Russon.

DMU

Date: 15th March 1982

Cravens Class 105, 50810 + 50764, with a Preston-Ormskirk service, crosses the service I was on, at Rufford, 15th March 1982. Paul James.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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