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: 30353
Diagram: 529
Sep-57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
Oct-57 | Transferred to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
Mar-58 | Transferred 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 | |
3w/e 27/09/75 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
08/11/81 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
50753 | 59308 | 50786 | As delivered to 9A - September 1957 | ||||||
EP480 | 50753 | 59309 | 50786 | Noted Apr-69 | |||||
TS413 | 51119 | 56411 | 50786 | Noted 18/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 1 | |||||
TS413 | 51119 | 56411 | 50786 | Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham New Street2 | |||||
TS403 | 50786 | 56296 | 50325 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 - 50325 was running int TS406 in place of fire-damaged 50326 | |||||
51492 | 59536 | 50786 | Noted 09/05/1981 - at Birmingham Moor Street1 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
DMSL M50786 leads a three-car Cravens and a three-car Met-Camm with a Birmingham service seen near Arley (between Whiteacre and Nuneaton) in mid-1966. Michael Mensing.
Tyseley set TS413 with Class 105 DMCL M50786 and a Class 101 DTCL, presumably M56411, in view at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A Tyseley scratch set (TS413) formed of a Class 105 DMCL (M50786), a Class 101 DTCL, and a Class 100 DMBS seen at Leicester on 13 August 1976. Nicholas T Smith.
Tyseley hybrid DMU set TS413 (Class 105 DMCL M50786, a Class 105 DTSL which looks like M56456 and a Class 101 DMBS) with a refurbished Class 116 on the rear is seen on a southbound ECS leaving Four Oaks on 30 May 1978. Michael Mensing.
Cravens DMS 50786 is part of a set with a Met-Camm TS and Gloucester DMBS at Birmingham New Street on May 8, 1980. See image 12859 for similar formation at the same place two years later. Steve Jones.
A three-car Cravens DMU showing 50753 and presumably 59308 + 50786. They were delivered new to Longsight depot in September 1957. This was taken from a Cravens advertisement, hence the cropping. Cravens.
Tyseley hybrid DMU set TS413 (51119 and presumably 56411 + 50786) has just arrived at Hereford from Worcester Foregate Street on 21 August 1976. Stephen Burdett.
Class 100 DMBS M51119 is part of a three-car hybrid DMU with a Class 101 DTSL and Class 105 DMSL (50786), working with a Class 116, at the entrance to Tyseley depot on November 9th 1976. Michael Mensing.
A Class 116 DMU works its way into Tyseley depot closely followed by a formation headed by a Class 105 DMSL (50786) and Class 101 on 9 November 1976. Image 19408 was taken just after. Michael Mensing.
Tyseley set TS413, a scratch formation consisting of a Class 105 (Could this be M50786 declassified?) and a selection of Class 101 vehicles. Photographed at Croft, Leicestershire on the evening of Monday 16 May 1977 whilst working a westbound ECS. Phillip Lindsey.