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Vehicle 51260 / 977453

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

19/06/58	New to	40A (Lincoln)
w/e 31/01/59	Transferred to	34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73	Depot code change	FP
4w/e 27/03/77	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
04/08/84	Transferred to	LN (Lincoln)
28/09/86	To departmental stock	LN (Lincoln)
04/10/87	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge)
10/05/88	Withdrawn from	CA (Cambridge)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51260 - original number
977453 - from Sep-86 (departmental stock)

Department Use as TDB977453

Driver Training / Route Learner From 9/86 to 5/88.

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51260	56418	As delivered to 40A - 19th June 1958
	51260	56448	Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge¹
	51260	56448	Noted 25/08/69 - at Peterborough¹
	51260	56425	Noted 05/04/71 - in GN suburban area¹
	51260	56416	Noted 27/05/72 - at Ipswich²
	51260	56455	Noted 21/06/75 - on 0925 Skegness-Grantham with 56115 + 51279
	51260	56429	Noted 10/08/75 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51260	56421	Noted 03/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51260	56421	Noted 07/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51260	56447	Noted 30/10/76 - LCGB The Greater London & Southminster Railtour 56429 + 51471 / 56447 + 51260
	51260	56447	Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot³
66	51260	56435	Noted 05/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds³
66	51260	56432	Noted 11/03/78 - at Bury St Edmunds³
66	51260	56432	Noted 24/05/78 - at Norwich³
66	51260	56432	Noted 17/06/78 - at Norwich³
66	51260	56432	Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
	51260	56467	Noted 30/08/1979 - At Cambridge Station⁴
66	51260	56413	Noted 09/09/81
66	51260	56413	Noted 02/10/81 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51260	56130	Noted 28th August 1982
	51260	54440	Noted 07/03/86
	51260	54440	Noted 20/07/86
	51260	54440	Noted circa 09/1986⁵
	977453	977454	Noted circa 11/1986 - Route Learner⁵
	977453	977454	Listed at - 1989

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

27th August 1979

Set number: 66

Cravens set 66 (E51260 closest) at Brundall on 27/8/79. Steve Davies Collection.

9th September 1981

Set number: 66

Cravens Class 105 Set no. 66, E51260 leading E56413 departing Norwich on 9th September 1981 as the 12.05 to Sheringham. The diagrams for these units involved considerable distances and on this date set 66 worked the 11.04 Yarmouth - Norwich, 12.05 to Sheringham and back followed by the 16.45 Norwich - Peterborough and 19.15 Peterborough - Cambridge. Gerard Fletcher.

17th June 1985

A Cravens set in York station on Juune 17, 1985, formed of E51260 + 54442. John Carter.

7th March 1986

51260 and 54440 depart from Sheffield with a service for Retford on the 7th March 1986. Dennis Taylor.

17th December 1988

977453 (51260) + 977454 (54440). Note 'ROWNTREE HALT' in the destination blind. To the left can be seen E53369. At Snailwell, 17.12.88. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 31st December 1982

Set number: 31

The 2-car class 105 'Cravens' DMU sets were synonymous with East Anglia in the BR era as Norwich Thorpe depot had a large allocation. This scene on December 31, 1982 depicts an afternoon gathering of the class at Ipswich where five Norwich sets are captured line a breast but only four were placed conveniently side by side. Set 61 in the platform with people boarding was working 2R22 the 12.52 via the East Suffolk line to Lowestoft. The line up left to right comprises; set 31. 53375+54468, set 52. 51299+54429, set 66. 51260+54130, set 61. 51290+54462, and 51478 on the very left. Adrian Nicholls.

Date: 26th July 1986

A Class 105 DMU formed of Lincoln vehicles 54440 and 51260 in Sheffield station on 26 July 1986. A Met-Camm is in the platform to the left. Keith Miller.

Date: 12th July 1987

Keith has noted Class 105 Departmental DMU TDB977453, DMUs 53026, 54026, 54039 and 53005 in this view of Lincoln depot on 12 July 1987. In the platform on the left are the two departmental 100s: 975539 + 975349 and 975637 + 975664; it looks like the Cravens is next in that line, presumably its partner is 977454. Keith Miller.

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