Vehicle 50770
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
| Mar-58 | New 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 | |
| Feb-81 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 05/06/81 | Stored U. | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 29/06/81 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) |
Modifications
circa early 1975 - AWS fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50770 | 59325 | 50803 | As delivered to 17A - March 1958 | ||||||
| 50770 | 59318 | 50497 | Noted 14/04/69 - in Derby1 | ||||||
| 50770 | 59318 | 50497 | Noted 18/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50770 | 50803 | Noted 16/08/70 - at Preston2 | |||||||
| 50770 | 50810 | Noted 02/01/71 | |||||||
| 50770 | 50804 | Noted 12/09/71 - at Preston1 | |||||||
| 50770 | 50803 | Noted 08/12/75 - at Preston1 | |||||||
| 50770 | 50803 | Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
| 50770 | 50803 | Noted 28/05/1978 - Worked 09.15 Manchester Vic to Llandudno with 50465 - 59173 - 50517. At Chester this train was combined with the 09.40 Lime Street - Llandudno : 51858 - 59718 - 59720 - 51860.3 | |||||||
| 50770 | 50803 | Noted circa 07/19803 | |||||||
| 105372 | 50770 | 59150 | 50803 | Noted March 1981 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
24th October 1964
M50770 is at the front of a 3-car Cravens set in Birmingham New Street on October 24, 1964. It is standing empty at the end of platform 8, probably forming the 5.28pm to Derby. Michael Mensing.
September 1975
A Class 105 power-twin in Burneside station on the Oxenholme to Windermere line in late September 1975. Leading is believed to be M50770. Michael Mensing.
September 1975
A Class 105 power-twin (leading appears to be M50770) departs from Burneside station (on the Oxenholme - Windermere line) in late September 1975. Michael Mensing.
circa 1982
Class 105 50770 condemned in Millerhill Yard circa 1982. S Saunders.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 8th November 1981
Withdrawn vehicles at Millerhill on the 8th November 1981. Met-Camm buffet car 59578 is next to Cravens 50770, this has 'cond 7720 30.9.81' painted on its side. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: January 1982
Class 105s & 101 Millerhill Jan 1982. Withdrawn Cravens unit 50782 (formerly a Midland Region allocation) plus an SC one, thought to be 50770, and a Met Cam centre trailer await towing south for scrapping. Alistair Ness.