Vehicle 50799
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) | |
| Mar-58 | Transferred to | 17A (Derby Etches Park) | - already there? |
| Apr-58 | Transferred to | 18A (Toton) | |
| 4w/e 29/12/62 | Transferred to | 17A (Derby Etches Park) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 16C | |
| 22/02/69 | Withdrawn from | 16C (Derby Etches Park) |
50799 was involved in the following incident:
15/02/69 - Catholme Level Crossing, LMR
Collision involving Class 105 / Tractor
Info from Peter Mullen
A tractor drove into the path of a DMU. More Details.
Disposal
Scrapped by H Cartwright, on location at Nottingham C&W
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50766 | 59321 | 50799 | As delivered to 5B - January 1958 | ||||||
| 50753 | 59308 | 50799 | Noted 29/04/61 - working the Vale of Belvoir railtour. | ||||||
| 50794 | 59159 | 50799 | Noted 09/08/68 - at Brandon (Suffolk)1 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 15th February 1969
The aftermath of a three-car Cravens DMU working the 13:00 Birmingham-Derby service hitting a trailer loading with 2 1/2 tons of manure at Catholme crossing (at Wichnor Junction on the Birmingham to Derby main line) on 15 February 1969. The three vehicles came to rest forming a triangle, M50774 closest, M59322 left to right behind, and the mangled wreckage of M50799 (which looks like it was in blue with a yellow panel) on the left. All were withdrawn after the incident. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 18th April 1969
A poor-quality 'snap' taken from a passing northbound express at Catholme crossing on 18.04.69, where a three-car Cravens set collided with a farm tractor and trailer there some two months previously on 15.02.69. This shows the remains of a power car which should be 50774 since 50799 suffered extensive front end damage in the collision. Leonard Rogers.