Vehicle 50816
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
| 2w/e 31/05/58 | New 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| 25/05/69 | Withdrawn from | 32A (Norwich) |
Notes
18/08/72 - withdrawn vehicles 50775, 50780, 50813, 50816, 79059 and 79132 noted on Cambridge depot
Disposal
Scrapped by Bird Group, Long Marston
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50775 | 50816 | Noted Autumn 1966 - at Brough on 07:56 Hull - Manchester Exchange1 | |||||||
| 50775 | 50816 | Noted 20/12/66 - at Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
| 50771 | 50816 | Noted 20/07/68 - in Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
| 50771 | 50816 | Noted 20/07/68 - at Preston1 | |||||||
| 50783 | 50816 | As delivered to 26A - May 1958 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
Images:
circa mid-1969
50816 at Ipswich in the company of a Met-Camm and Derby Lightweight. Undated, but judging by the appearance if the route indicators it's around the time of its withdrawal (May 1969). Tony Wilkins.