Vehicle 51264
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
| 17/07/58 | New to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 3w/e 04/07/59 | Transferred to | 34B (Hornsey) | |
| Apr-60 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
| 16/04/67 | Withdrawn | - Accident at Hitchin 14/12/66 |
51264 was involved in the following incident:
14/12/66 - Hitchin
Collision involving Class 105
Info from Railway Observer p63 February 1967
A Cravens set was being reversed into one end of Hitchin station at 19:30 while a train of stock was being reversed in from the other end. DMBS E51264 suffered considerable damage, demolishing the cab and most of the front saloon.
Disposal
Scrapped by BR, Doncaster Works
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51264 | 56422 | As delivered to 31A - 17th July 1958 | |||||||
| 51264 | 56424 | Noted 12th Nov 1960 |
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: July 1966
A pair of Cravens Local Passenger (later Class 105) 2-car dmu's E56424 (141) with E51255 (105/2) and E56457 (141) with E51264 (105/2) departing Kings Cross to Hatfield on a service for which the class was not designed - intensive suburban passenger, July 1966. Hugh Llewelyn.