Vehicle 51254
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: 30469
Diagram: 532
Allocations
| 31/05/58 | New to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
| 4w/e 24/01/59 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| w/e 31/01/59 | Transferred to | 34B (Hornsey) | |
| Apr-60 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
| w/e 06/02/77 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| 14/06/81 | Withdrawn from | NR (Norwich) |
Notes
23/10/81 - withdrawn vehicles noted on Norwich depot with parts removed: 50382, 50383 (damaged), 51254, 51274 and 51482 (before official withdrawal)
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51254 | 56412 | As delivered to 40A - 31st May 1958 | |||||||
| 51254 | 56412 | Transfer to 31A - 4w/e 24/01/59 | |||||||
| 51254 | 56433 | Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross1 | |||||||
| 51254 | 56457 | Noted 06/06/71 - at Kings Cross1 | |||||||
| 51254 | 56416 | Noted 15/06/74 - in Kings Cross1 | |||||||
| 51254 | 56452 | Noted 13/07/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||||
| 51254 | 56452 | Noted 02/09/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||||
| 54 | 51254 | 56126 | Noted 25/02/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 54 | 51254 | 56126 | Noted 20/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 54 | 51254 | 56436 | Noted 16/12/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 51254 | 56437 | Noted 24/05/78 - at Norwich2 | |||||||
| 54 | 51254 | 56437 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | ||||||
| 51254 | 56468 | Noted 24/05/80 - at Norwich2 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
Images:
31st December 1977
Cravens E51254 at Sudbury on 31/12/77. David Underwood.
27th April 1980
Set number: 54
Having worked from Norwich, a Cravens Class 105 two-car set with Driving Motor Brake Second E51254 at the rear (set 54), was stood at Lowestoft on April 27th 1980. On the left is E51258 (set 59). Martyn Hilbert.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 8th February 1978
Set number: 54
Running 'wrong line' at Saxmundham after a snow shower on Wednesday February 8th 1978 is Norwich based Cravens twin set no. 54 (E56436 + E51254) forming the 10.50 Lowestoft - Ipswich. Still retaining the twin headcode boxes, this original style of front end was rapidly disappearing by 1978 as cars went through Doncaster Works, reappearing with flush fronts. Photograph by Michael Bryant. Gerard Fletcher.