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
3w/e 19/04/58 | New to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
May-58 | On loan to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
Jun-58 | Ex-loan back to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9D | |
w/e 30/11/68 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
25/05/69 | Withdrawn from | 32A (Norwich) |
18/08/72 - withdrawn vehicles 50775, 50780, 50813, 50816, 79059 and 79132 noted on Cambridge depot
Scrapped by Bird Group, Long Marston
50780 | 50813 | As delivered to 26A - April 1958 | |||||||
50780 | 50813 | Noted 21/12/70 - on Cambridge depot (withdrawn)1 | |||||||
50780 | 50813 | Noted 03/09/71 - on Cambridge depot (withdrawn)1 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
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Cravens power cars 50813 (left) and 50775 (right) at Ipswich shed. Date unknown, but both were withdrawn in May 1969, and as 50775 is missing a cab door and some sliding lights this was probably taken late 1969 / early 1970s. Tony Wilkins.