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Vehicle 51261

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

26/06/58	New to	40A (Lincoln)
09/11/58	Transferred to	34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73	Depot code change	FP
2w/e 23/01/77	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
01/04/84	Withdrawn from	NC (Norwich)

Notes

14th September 1958 - Unit 51261+56419 was on display as part of an exhibition at Wood Green Goods Yard from 12th to 14th September 1958.
circa Aug-84 - In Autumn 1984 withdrawn 51261 and 54135 were noted at Lincoln before being stored at Holmes Yard. They were quoted as in use as "a sandite unit" but seems more probable that they were used for weedkilling.

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51261	56419	As delivered to 40A - 26th June 1958
	51261	56419	Noted 12th Sep 1958
	51261	56419	Noted 13th October 1958
	51261	56419	Transfer to 34B - 09/11/58
	51261	56419	Noted 12th Nov 1960
	51261	56460	Noted 25/08/69 - at Peterborough¹
	51261	56447	Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross¹
	51261	56430	Noted 06/06/71 - at Kings Cross¹
	51261	56430	Noted 03/09/71 - on Cambridge depot¹
	51261	56420	Noted 31/12/1971 - at Kings Cross²
	51261	56422	Noted 02/09/72 - at Ipswich³
	51261	56460	Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross²
	51261	56438	Noted 21/07/73 - at Ipswich³
	51261	56460	Noted 18/08/1973 - at Peterborough²
	51261	56459	Noted 10/08/74 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
	51261	56459	Noted 06/09/74 - on Cambridge depot⁴
	51261	56459	Noted 25/05/75 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
	51261	56429	Noted 06/02/76 - on Cambridge depot⁴
	51261	56430	Noted 27/03/76 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
	51261	56137	Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot⁴
65	51261	56137	Noted 12/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
65	51261	56137	Noted 25/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
65	51261	56137	Noted 10/11/77 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
65	51261	56447	Noted 11/03/78 - at Bury St Edmunds⁴
65	51261	56447	Noted 08/08/78 - at Norwich⁴
65	51261	56447	Noted circa 10/1978⁵
65	51261	56447	Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
	51261	56447	Noted 18/01/79 - at Norwich⁴
65	51261	56125	Noted circa 07/1983⁵

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

Images:

21st July 1981

Set number: 65

Spalding on 21 July 1981 - E51261 + E56139 have arrived on 17.35 ex-Peterborough and will now form the 18.07 back to Peterborough. Lewis Bevan.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: circa November 1958

In mid-October 1958 two Cravens sets (51257 + 56415 and 51261 + 56419) began working Kings Cross Great Northern line suburban services. This was an initial step towards a planned 20 sets being in operation during the first half of the following year (ultimately there would be 26 sets). The two sets are seen at Palmers Green station circa November 1958. British Railways.

Date: September 1959

Cravens twin set E56419 + E51261 was one of many exhibits at a rolling stock and equipment exhibition at Noel Park Goods Yard (on the Seven Sisters - Palace Gates branch) by the Great Northern line. 24,000 people attended the event held from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th September 1958. British Railways.

Date: July 1975

Cravens DMUs in Kings Cross (suburban) station in July 1975. Closest are E56459 + E51261 on a service to Moorgate. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: 24th July 1979

Set number: 65

Class 105 DMU set 65 (E56480 + E51261) arriving into March station on 24 July 1979. Brian Daniels.

Date: 30th October 1980

The 10.26 Doncaster - Cambridge dmu service, one of three southbound passenger services still serving the joint line in 1980. The setting is Murrow West. This was at one time the site of a flat crossing with the M&GN Peterborough - Wisbech - Sutton Bridge line on which, until its closure in 1959, the hamlet of Murrow had the extravagant facilities of a further station named Murrow East. On 30th October 1980 motoring past are Lincoln based Class 114 Derby 'heavyweight' set E50046 + E56026 leading Norwich allocated Cravens Class 105 unit E56480 + E51261 (set 65). Gerard Fletcher.

Date: 20th July 1981

Set number: 65

Cravens Class 105 2-car dmu 56139/51261 has just arrived at Spalding on the 17.35 from Peterborough on 20 July 1981. After a short wait it will return as the 18.07 to Peterborough. Lewis Bevan.

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