Vehicle 50788
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: 30353
Diagram: 529
Allocations
| w/e 05/10/57 | New 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 | |
| Dec-80 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50755 | 59310 | 50788 | As delivered to 5B - w/e 05/10/57 | ||||||
| EP476 | 50449 | 59157 | 50788 | Noted Apr-69 | |||||
| 50768 | 50788 | Noted 27/10/71 - in Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
| 50755 | 50788 | Noted 10/09/76 - on Newton Heath depot1 | |||||||
| 50755 | 50788 | Noted 10/07/1977 - Worked 10.30 Manchester Vic - Llandudno with 51176 - 563452 | |||||||
| 50755 | 50788 | Noted circa 07/19802 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
Images:
27th January 1979
Deep & Crisp and Even at Bamber Bridge as a Cravens Class 105 Power Twin formed of Driving Motor Composite Lavatory (DMCL) M50788 and Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M50761, was approaching the station with a Preston to Colne service on January 27th 1979. The Newton Heath allocated Cravens Power Twin fleet dominated these services from the late 1960's through the 1970's and into early 1980's. Martyn Hilbert.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 27th January 1979
Complete with its Paraffin tail lamp, a Newton Heath allocated Cravens Class 105 Power-Twin formed of cars M50761 & M50788, was stood at a snowy Bamber Bridge with a Preston to Colne service on January 27th 1979. The Cravens Power-Twins were synonymous with the ex L&Y routes in Lancashire and Greater Manchester from the late 1960's until their demise in the early 1980's. Martyn Hilbert.