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<- 50774 | 50775 | 50776 ->

Vehicle 50775

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

3w/e 22/03/58 New to 26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63Depot code change9D
w/e 30/11/68 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
25/05/69 Withdrawn from 32A (Norwich)

Notes

18/08/72 - withdrawn vehicles 50775, 50780, 50813, 50816, 79059 and 79132 noted on Cambridge depot

Disposal

Scrapped by Bird Group, Long Marston

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50775 50808 As delivered to 26A - March 1958
50775 50816 Noted Autumn 1966 - at Brough on 07:56 Hull - Manchester Exchange1
50775 50816 Noted 20/12/66 - at Manchester Victoria1

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Ipswich depot

circa early 1970s

Cravens power cars 50813 (left) and 50775 (right) at Ipswich shed. Date unknown, but both were withdrawn in May 1969, and as 50775 is missing a cab door and some sliding lights this was probably taken late 1969 / early 1970s. Tony Wilkins.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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