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Vehicle 51263

Class 105

BR Diagram 532

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

01/07/58 New to 40A (Lincoln)
w/e 28/02/59 Transferred to 34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
2w/e 27/03/77 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
01/06/86 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
28/09/86 Withdrawn from LN (Lincoln)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51263 56421 As delivered to 40A - 1st July 1958
51263 56421 Transfer to 34B - w/e 28/02/59
51263 56414 Noted 22/04/661
51263 56423 Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge1
51263 56457 Noted 21/12/70 - on Cambridge depot1
51263 56425 Noted 03/09/71 - at Cambridge1
51263 56429 Noted 01/01/1972 - at Kings Cross2
51263 56418 Noted 12/08/72 - ECS FP to Ipswich, all Felixstowe branch workings after the 08:08 ex-Ipswich, ECS to Colchester, 22:40 Colchester - Ipswich, all with 51257 + 564153
51263 56418 Noted 13/08/72 - on Felixstowe branch workings then 22:00 Ipswich - Colchester ECS to FP, all with 51257 + 564153
51263 56431 Noted 10/08/1974 - at Kings Cross2
51263 56454 Noted 08/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51263 56454 Noted 06/06/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
57 51263 56142 Noted 11/03/78 - at Bury St Edmunds4
57 51263 56142 Noted 06/08/78 - at Norwich4
57 51263 56142 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
51263 56142 Noted 05/02/79 - at Norwich4
57 51263 56142 Noted circa 07/19795
57 51263 56470 Noted circa 01/19845
57 51263 54132 Noted circa 09/19855
57 51263 54132 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
57 51263 54132 Listed at NC - Dec-85
51263 54115 Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich4
51263 54115 Noted 28/06/1986 - at Chettisham on 08.49 Lincoln Central to Cambridge.6

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

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Spalding

May 1982

Set number: 57

Cravens Class 105 DMU set 57 departs from Spalding led by E51263 in May 1982. Tony Watson.

Class 105 DMU at Peterborough

May 1982

Set number: 57

Norwich allocated DMU set 57 with E51263 closest at Peterborough in May 1982. Tony Watson.

Class 105 DMU at Norwich

1980s

Set number: 57

Cravens DMU set 57 and a Met-Camm DMU in Norwich station circa early/mid-1980s. The closest car DMBS E51263 has a larger radiator from its time on GE duties when based at Finsbury Park, also note that the destination display has been covered over. Mike Bunker.

Class 105 DMU at Doncaster

29th June 1986

A Cravens Class 105 DMU formed of 51263 + 54115 outside Doncaster Works on 29 June 1986. Both has been transferred from Norwich to Lincoln at the start of the month. Keith Miller.

Class 105 DMU at Warrington Bank Quay

14h July 1986

51263 at Warrington Bank Quay on 14th July 1986 The trailer was possibly 54115. Nicholas Youngman Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 29th August 1981

Set number: 57

Class 105 DMU set 57 (56458 + 51263) approaches Oulton Broad North on a Norwich - Lowestoft service on 29 August 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: March 1985

Set number: 57

Cravens DMU set 57 stabled at Norwich in March 1985, formed of E54132 and E51263. Robert28194.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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