Vehicle 50776
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
| 2w/e 31/03/58 | New to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9D | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
| 4w/e 17/03/79 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| Feb-81 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Mar-81 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| Dec-81 | Withdrawn |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50776 | 50809 | As delivered to 26A - March 1958 | |||||||
| 50776 | 50809 | Noted 20/07/68 - in Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
| 50776 | 50809 | Noted 04/08/68 - in Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
| 50776 | 50809 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
| 50776 | 50809 | Noted 04/19732 | |||||||
| 50776 | 59142 | 50809 | Noted 19/04/74 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50776 | 50809 | Noted 09/09/76 - at Preston3 | |||||||
| 50776 | 50809 | Noted 17/08/77 - at Windermere with M50967 + M56250 | |||||||
| 50776 | 50809 | Noted circa 07/19804 | |||||||
| 50776 | 50809 | Transfer to NH - Mar-81 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
March 1970
Set number: NH130
Cravens set NH130, M50776 closest, in Derby in March 1970. Mel Smith.
19th June 1974
A Class 105 Cravens DMU formed of M50776 and M50809 seen at Rochdale on 18 June 1974. David Mant.
17th August 1977
Windermere on the 17th August 1977. The unit, M50776 + M50809 + M50967 + M56250 still has 'Barrow' on the blinds. Robert Frise.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: April 1976
Cravens Local Passenger Class 105 "power twin" 2-car dmu Nos.M50809 and M50776 departing Accrington on a Colne - Blackburn - Preston service, April 1976. Hugh Llewelyn.