Vehicle 50805
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 28/02/58 | New to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9D | |
| 4w/e 04/06/66 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 3w/e 01/06/68 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| 16/11/70 | Transferred to | 10E (Accrington) | |
| w/e 07/08/71 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
| Mar-81 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 29/06/81 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) |
Notes
10/05/59 - Noted receiving attention in Horwich Works were M50440, 50495, 50772, 50805, 59148, 79078, 79080 and 79627.
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50772 | 50805 | As delivered to 26A - February 1958 | |||||||
| 50772 | 50805 | Noted 12/09/71 - at Wigan Wallgate1 | |||||||
| 50772 | 50805 | Noted 19/09/71 - in Manchester Piccadilly1 | |||||||
| 50772 | 50805 | Noted 24/12/1971 - at Chesterfield2 | |||||||
| 50772 | 50805 | Noted 04/19733 | |||||||
| 50772 | 50805 | Noted 04/09/74 - in Manchester Victoria4 | |||||||
| 50772 | 50805 | Noted 06/02/77 - at Wigan North Western5 | |||||||
| 50772 | 50805 | Noted 01/04/1977 - at Wigan North Western3 | |||||||
| 50772 | 50805 | Noted 03/06/78 - at Preston5 | |||||||
| 50772 | 50805 | Noted 09/07/78 - at Newton Heath5 | |||||||
| 50772 | 50805 | Noted 23/09/79 - at Cheetham Hill CS5 | |||||||
| 50772 | 50805 | Noted circa 07/19806 | |||||||
| 50778 | 50805 | Transfer to HA - Mar-81 - from NH | |||||||
| 105373 | 50778 | 59161 | 50805 | Noted March 1981 | |||||
| 51477 | 59567 | 50805 | Noted 18/04/1981 - at Edinburgh Waverley5 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Martin Lumley
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
9th June 1968
Cravens and Birmingham R.C.W. DMUs in Blackpool North excursion platforms on Sunday 09 June 1968. Vehicles are M50805 / 50439 / 59175 / 59148 / 50438 (order not known). Possibly M50805 + 59148 + 50439 (three recent arrivals at Newton Heath) then 50438 + 59175 forming the start of the set behind. Talbot Road Bus Station / Car Park is in the background. Ian 10B.
23rd June 1979
M50805 in the bay platform at Blackburn on 23rd June 1979. Martyn Hilbert.