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Vehicle 51270

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

01/08/58 New to 31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 04/07/59 Transferred to 34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
3w/e 01/07/61 Transferred to 40A (Lincoln)
4w/e 03/03/62 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
w/e 12/02/78 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
20/02/83 Withdrawn from NR (Norwich)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51270 56428 As delivered to 31A - 1st August 1958
51270 56428 Transfer to 40A - 3w/e 01/07/61
51270 56428 Transfer to 34G - 4w/e 03/03/62
51270 56418 Noted 04/09/69 - at Kings Cross1
56123 51270 Noted 12/06/1971 - Rail Tours Syndicate London Termini No.2 Railtour 56417-51296+56123-51270+56424-51292
51270 56455 Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross2
51270 56455 Noted 04/08/73 - at Ipswich3
51270 56449 Noted 07/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51270 56449 Noted 10/08/1974 - at Kings Cross2
51270 56455 Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross2
51270 56449 Noted 10/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51270 56449 Noted 10/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51270 56449 Noted 09/09/1975 - at Kings Cross 2
51270 56417 Noted 21/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51270 56417 Noted 29/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51270 56460 Noted 20/11/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51270 56433 Noted 27/11/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51270 Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle4
51270 56413 Noted 10/02/77 - on Cambridge depot4
51270 56455 Noted 28/12/77 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51270 56115 Noted 07/10/78 - on 1633 Norwich-Peterborough
41 51270 56115 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
41 51270 56115 Noted 02/01/79 - at Norwich4
41 51270 56115 Noted 30/05/79
51270 56115 Noted 30/08/1979 - At Cambridge Station5
51270 56447 Noted 29/03/1980 - Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society West Norfolk Freight Lines Railtour 51270-56447+56448-51298
51270 56188 Noted 01/09/1980 - R.C.T.S. (London Branch) East Suffolk Railtour 56441-51259 + 51270-56188
51270 56188 Noted 18/07/81

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 29th March 1980

The Fakenham and Dereham Railway Society West Norfolk Freight Lines railtour at Middleton Towers on 29 March 1980. Formed of two Class 105 DMUs, the Six Bells Junction website lists the vehicles as 51270 + 56447 and 56448 + 51298. Roger Geach Collection.

DMU

Date: 7th July 1981

Set number: 49

The 12:29 to Norwich awaiting departure from Lowestoft station on 7 July 1981. It is formed of 56125 + 51271 (set 49) and 56188 + 51270. Stuart Mackay Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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