Vehicle 50793
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
| Nov-57 | New to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
| 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 | |
| Sep-82 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50760 | 59315 | 50793 | As delivered to 5B - November 1957 | ||||||
| 50444 | 59169 | 50793 | Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with small yellow panel, except 50793 in green | ||||||
| 50763 | 50793 | Noted 26/02/1972 - Britannia Locomotive Society / Southern Electric Group South in the North Railtour 50970+562?6 plus 50763+50793 | |||||||
| 50760 | 50793 | Noted 28/08/75 - in Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
| 50766 | 50793 | Noted 27/09/1976 - at Preston 2 | |||||||
| 50389 | 50793 | Noted circa 08/19803 | |||||||
| 50389 | 50793 | Noted 03/01/1981 - Worked 1512 to Bolton from Blackburn4 | |||||||
| 50389 | 50793 | Noted circa 06/19813 | |||||||
| 50389 | 50793 | Noted circa 01/19823 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Shayne Lewis
Images:
1973
Class 105 DMCL has suffered some side-swipe damage when seen at Derby C&W Works sometime in 1973. Details of the incident are unknown, and it was not withdrawn until 1982 so it was presumably repaired. Stuart Mackay Collection.