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Vehicle 51268

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

29/07/58	New to	31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 04/07/59	Transferred to	34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73	Depot code change	FP
w/e 18/09/77	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
22/06/86	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
28/09/86	Withdrawn from	AY (Ayr)	- continued in service after withdrawal but finally taken out of traffic in December

Notes

24th April 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard
29th April 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51268	56426		As delivered to 31A - 29th July 1958
	51268	56442		Noted 01/04/69 - in Sheffield Midland¹
	51268	56115		Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross¹
	51268	56138		Noted 08/08/1974 - at Kings Cross²
	51268	56138		Noted 04/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51268	56138		Noted 04/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51268	56427		Noted 01/11/75 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51268	56427		Noted 03/04/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51268	56414		Noted 12/09/76 - at Harringay¹
	51268	56418		Noted 09/12/76 - on Cambridge depot³
	50825	59336	51268	Noted 24/02/77 - on Cambridge depot³
63	51268	56435		Noted 06/08/78 - at Norwich³
63	51268	56435		Noted 13/08/78 - on Norwich depot³
63	51268	56435		Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
63	51268	56435		Noted 08/01/79 - at Norwich³
	51268	56432		Noted 05/02/79 - at Norwich³
68	51268	54422		Noted 19/08/83 - at Norwich³
63	51268	54422		Noted circa 05/1984⁴
63	51268	54422		Noted 22/12/84
63	51268	54422		Noted circa 04/1985⁴
63	51268	54422		Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
	51268	54422		Noted 14/12/85
63	51268	54422		Listed at NC - Dec-85
63	51268	54422		Noted circa 01/1986⁴
63	51268	54422		Listed at Norwich - May 1986
63	51268	54422		Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich³
63	51268	54422		Noted 26/06/1986 - at Chettisham on 12.05 Cambridge to Peterborough.⁵
454	51268	59785	51584	Listed at Ayr - August 1986
	51268	59560	51584	Noted 28th August 1986
454	51268	59127	53730	Formation change - early Sep-86 - two vans
	51268	59127	53730	Noted 5th September 1986
	53730	59127	51268	Noted 11/10/1986 - working from Glasgow Queen Street to Falkirk Grahamston⁴

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

Images:

4th August 1984

Set number: 63

Two twin car Norwich allocated Cravens class 105 dmu's both still with their 1st Class accommodation, pull out of West Runton after calling with a Norwich - Sheringham service on 4th August 1984. Closest is probably 51268. Andrew J Crowther.

9th January 1985

E51268 + E54422 with the 14.10 Peterborough to Cambridge passing Queen Adelaide on 9th January 1985. Nicholas Youngman.

19th October 1985

Set number: 63

On a journey from Leamington Spa to Ely on 19 October 1985 we stopped at Cambridge where I photographed all-blue class 105 DMU, 51268 + 54422, receding from the camera probably making a shunt move between platforms at the station. Peter Tandy.

circa August 1986

Set number: 454

Class 105 DMBS E51268 is on the rear of this formation leaving Paisley Gilmour Street, circa August 1986. Andrew McConnell.

circa late August 1986

Set number: 454

A hybrid DMU set in Prestwick station in August 1986. Class 105 DMBS E51268 is closest, the Class 101 centre car is probably 59560, the 120 DMSL is likely 51584. Stuart Mackay Collection.

28th August 1986

Set number: 454

Hybrid sets in a variety of liveries. Cravens DMBS 51268 (leading) is with a 107 and 120, at Howwood on August 28, 1986, with a Glasgow - Ayr service. Hamish Stevenson.

29th August 1986

Set number: 454

A colourful scene at Glasgow Central on a late afternoon of 29th August 1986 sees Units of classes 101 105 and 120 combined in one set and all with different liveries! Set 454 ran around for a while like this. It is coupled to a blue and grey 101 and alongside another Strathclyde liveried 101 101321. Steve Robinson.

circa September 1986

Set number: 454

105454 departing from Glasgow Central circa September 1986. Andrew McConnell.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 5th March 1980

Set number: 63

Wednesday would usually be my day off from work around the time this photograph was taken, so quite often I would buy an Anglia Day Ranger ticket and do a circular tour from March or King's Lynn. This was the case on 5/3/80 when this was the scene alongside Ipswich station at 11.25 that morning. Set 63 with Felixstowe on the blinds comprised E56432 with power car E51268 at the rear. The most interesting aspect of this shot though, are the two dmu cars in the background. Set 70 has obviously had some incident befall it, as Gloucester RCW Class 100 power car E51127 has been separated from its partner Cravens Class 105 trailer E56134. Some of the Gloucester RCW units had charmed lives and E51127 had already survived being withdrawn in 1972 and stored in 1974 on its native Scottish Region, before being sent down to Norwich in May 1975. It lasted here until October 1980 when it was dispatched to the LMR ending up at Tyseley and finally Newton Heath from where it was retired in Dec. 82. Gerard Fletcher.

Date: 29th July 1981

Set number: 58

E51255 + E56130 / E51268 + E56131 with the 1645 ex-Norwich at Peterborough on 27/7/81. John Carter.

Date: 29th July 1981

Set number: 63

E56131 + E51268 at Norwich with the 16:45 to Peterborough, 29/7/81. John Carter.

Date: May 1984

Set number: 63

Class 105 DMU set 63 (presumably 54422 + 51268) with an Ely service at Thetford in May 1984. Bill Fraser.

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