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Vehicle 50777

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
18/07/82	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50777	50810	As delivered to 26A - March 1958
	50777	50810	Noted 04/06/71 - at Newton Heath¹
	50777	50810	Noted 24/03/73 - in Manchester Victoria²
	50777	50810	Noted 04/1973³
	50777	50810	Noted 04/09/74 - in Liverpool Lime Street⁴
	50777	50810	Noted 28/08/75 - on Newton Heath depot⁴
	50777	50810	Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria¹
	50777	50810	Noted 09/07/78 - at Red Bank CS²
	50777	50804	Noted 17/02/1980 - on Allerton depot²
	50777	50802	Noted 07/09/1980 - at Preston²
	50777	50802	Noted circa 08/1981⁵
	50777	50802	Noted 12/10/81
NH154	50777	50802	Noted circa 05/1982⁵

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

Images:

April 1976

Cravens Local Passenger Class 105 "power twin" 2-car dmu Nos.M50777 (105/2 ex-3-car set with one piece headcode), M50810 (105/1) of the 1957 batch, in Rail Blue livery with all-yellow front end arriving at Accrington on a Colne - Blackburn - Preston service, 04/76. Hugh Llewelyn.

12th October 1981

Class 105 M50777 M50802 at Colne on 12/10/1981, having have arrived and terminated with the 15:33 from Preston. Note that 'Newton Heath' has been stenciled below the driver's cab window. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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