Vehicle 50779
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
| 3w/e 19/04/58 | New to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9D | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
| 01/08/82 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50779 | 50812 | As delivered to 26A - April 1958 | |||||||
| 50779 | 50812 | Noted 13/08/70 - in Manchester Piccadilly1 | |||||||
| 50779 | 50812 | Noted 01/06/1974 - at Preston2 | |||||||
| 50779 | 50807 | Noted 28/08/75 - in Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
| 50779 | 50807 | Noted 24/02/76 - in Liverpool Exchange3 | |||||||
| 50779 | 50807 | Noted 27/09/1976 - at Preston 2 | |||||||
| 50779 | 50807 | Noted 05/01/77 - in Manchester Victoria3 | |||||||
| 50779 | 50807 | Noted circa 05/19804 | |||||||
| 50779 | 50807 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||||
| 50779 | 50807 | Noted 03/01/1981 - At Blackburn Station5 | |||||||
| 50779 | 50807 | Noted circa 06/19814 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Shayne Lewis
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 26th March 1961
A three-car Cravens DMUs standing in Derby station after arriving with a train from Crewe 26th March 1961 on 26 March 1981. The DMBS is noted as M50779, a Newton Heath allocated vehicle normally formed in a power-twin. Keith Long.