Vehicle 50769
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
| Feb-58 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 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 | |
| Sep-82 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50769 | 59324 | 50802 | As delivered to 9A - February 1958 | ||||||
| 50769 | 50792 | Noted 21/12/71 - at Rose Grove (Burnley)1 | |||||||
| 50769 | 50802 | Noted 07/10/1973 - at Wigan2 | |||||||
| 50769 | 50802 | Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
| 50769 | 50802 | Noted 09/09/76 - at Preston3 | |||||||
| 50769 | 50802 | Noted 09/04/1977 - at Preston 4 | |||||||
| 50769 | 50802 | Noted circa 04/19805 | |||||||
| 50769 | 50798 | Noted 22/10/80 - on 15.10 Preston-Barrow with 50963 + 56240 | |||||||
| 50769 | 50798 | Noted circa 01/19825 | |||||||
| NH152 | 50769 | 50798 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria5 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
1975
A Cravens DMU on arrival at Rochdale in 1975, DMBS M50769 is closest. John Law.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa 1978
A Class 105 Cravens DMU (M50802 + M50769) at Miles Platting circa 1978. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 22nd October 1980
A four-car formation of DMU classes 105 and 108 - 50798 + 50769 / 50963 + 56240 - working the 15.10 Preston-Barrow photographed at a rather wet Lancaster station on 22 October 1980. Lewis Bevan.