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<- 50796 | 50797 | 50798 ->

Vehicle 50797


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

4w/e 25/01/58 New to 5B (Crewe South)
Jan-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-63Depot code change16C
4w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 10E (Accrington)
Oct-72 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
May-73Depot code changeNH
Nov-81 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

Modifications

circa early 1975 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50764 59319 50797 As delivered to 5B - January 1958
50757 50797 Noted 01/09/74 - at Preston1
50754 50797 Noted 21/02/77 - at Preston2
50752 50797 Noted 09/08/79
50752 50797 Noted 29/06/80 - at Morecambe3
50752 50797 Noted circa 07/19804
50752 50797 Noted circa 01/19814
50752 50797 Noted 03/01/1981 - At Burnley Station3

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Detail of a Class 105 DMU

circa February 1958

The first of four images recording damage under Cravens DMSL M50797 circa February 1958 where it seems the cardan shaft has ripped off the output end of the gearbox. Note the puncture damage to the vacuum cylinder on the left. Only this print had any text on the rear, nothing about the incident just details about the vehicle including 'In service Oct 57 - Feb 58' and 'Working Derby, Notts, & Leicester'. British Railways.

Class 105 DMU at Nelson

March 1977

A Class 105 power twin with DMCL M50797 departing Nelson station in late March 1977. Michael Mensing.

Class 105 DMU at Lancaster

circa 1978

Cravens DMC M50797 at Lancaster circa 1978. Andrew Pilkington.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa February 1958

The second of four images recording damage under Cravens DMSL M50797 circa February 1958 where it seems the cardan shaft has ripped off the output end of the gearbox, this one being a close up of the damaged gearbox. British Railways.

DMU

Date: circa February 1958

The third of four images recording damage under Cravens DMSL M50797 circa February 1958 where it seems the cardan shaft has ripped off the output end of the gearbox. This one shows the part of the gearbox that was ripped of along with the end of the cardan shaft still attached. British Railways.

DMU

Date: circa February 1958

Damage under a DMU vehicle. The cover has been knocked of the wiring channel, the pipe on the last has been dented and the downward facing cylinder has also been damaged. This could be under Cravens DMSL M50797 circa February 1958 where other images record damage after the cardan shaft ripped off the output end of the gearbox. British Railways.

DMU

Date: 9th August 1979

At Carnforth on the 9th August 1979 was a train formed of M50966 + M56249 + M50752 + M50797 + M50765 + M50798. Robert Frise.