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Vehicle 51272

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

03/09/58 New to 31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 04/07/59 Transferred to 34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
30/01/77 On loan to NH (Newton Heath)
14/04/77 Ex-loan back to FP (Finsbury Park)
w/e 12/02/78 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
01/06/86 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
22/06/86 Withdrawn from CA (Cambridge)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51272 56430 As delivered to 31A - 3rd September 1958
51272 56420 Noted 25/08/69 - at Peterborough1
51272 56456 Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross1
51272 56447 Noted 03/09/71 - at Kings Cross1
51272 56447 Noted 31/12/1971 - at Kings Cross2
51272 56430 Noted 21/07/73 - at Ipswich3
51272 56438 Noted 09/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51272 56430 Noted 18/08/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51272 56430 Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross2
51272 56418 Noted 03/1975 - at Kings Cross 2
51272 56433 Noted 27/07/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51272 56420 Noted 01/11/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51272 56419 Noted 10/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51272 56425 Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot4
51272 56425 Noted 10/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51272 56424 Transfer to FP - 14/04/77 - ex-loan LMR
51272 56458 Noted 18/05/78 - at Norwich4
51272 56458 Noted 07/10/78 - on 0640 Norwich-Peterborough
42 51272 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 - with spare
51272 56140 Noted 10/01/79 - at Norwich4
51272 56432 Noted 24/05/80 - at Norwich4
42 51272 54443 Noted circa 10/19845
42 51272 54443 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
42 51272 54443 Listed at NC - Dec-85
42 51272 54443 Noted 07/02/19865
42 51272 54443 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
51272 54443 Transfer to CA - Jun-86 - from CA
51272 54443 Transfer to NC - Jun-86 - from CA

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

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Brampton

2nd June 1983

Set number: 42

E51272 + E56443 at Brampton on a Lowestoft to Ipswich service, 2 June 1983. Phil Bevan.

Class 105 DMU at Lowestoft

18th August 1983

Set number: 42

Before the introduction of the RETB signalling on the East Suffolk line, a pair of Cravens Class 105 units leave a smokescreen over Lowestoft as they depart on the 12.55 to Ipswich on Thursday August 18th 1983. Set 42 has E51272 & E56443 leading with set 46 E56434 + E51273 trailing. Both units were reallocated to Norwich from Finsbury Park in February 1978. Gerard Fletcher.

Class 105 DMU at Cambridge

27th August 1984

Set number: 42

DMBS E51272 is nearest to the camera in this classic Eastern Region scene at Cambridge on 27/8/84. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Sleaford

14th September 1985

Set number: 42

Norwich set 42 - 51272 54443 - with a late morning Nottingham - Skegness via Grantham service contrast with a 114 set recently arrived from Peterborough as it awaits departure at Sleaford on Saturday 14th September 1985. Colin Brooks.

Class 105 DMU at Tyseley

22nd February 1986

Set number: 42

Class 105 DMBS 51272, set number 42, had worked up to Birmingham from Norwich. These were soon to be replaced by Class 156's. It is seen stabled at Tyseley painted all over blue livery on 22.02.1986. Andy Cole.

Class 105 DMU at Trowse

31st March 1986

Set number: 42

Over the Easter weekend of 1986 (28th-31st March) Norwich station was closed for track remodelling and electrification work this saw the unusual re-opening of Trowse station as an interchange and bus transfer point for passengers destined for Norwich. The station at Trowse was an early closure having lost its passenger service on 05/09/1939. The fact the platform remained largely intact allowed it to be fettled up with a gravel surface and signage for services over the four day re-opening. On 31/03/86 Class 105 DMU set 42 (51272+54443) is at the front of 2B29 the 12.19 from Lowestoft to Trowse having disgorged its passengers onto the island platform at Trowse. The crew have changed ends in readiness to work 2B16 the 13.42 back to Lowestoft while intending passengers join the 12.48 Great Yarmouth to London Liverpool Street both trains would have arrived via the Wensum curve avoiding Norwich. Adrian Nicholls.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 1985

Set number: 42

A Cravens Class 105 DMU, set 42 (E54443 and presumably 51272) at Doncaster during 1985. Walter Burt.

DMU

Date: 22nd February 1986

Set number: 42

Class 105 DTC 54443 (set 42, presumably with 51272) is seen stabled in Tyseley on February 22, 1986. Andy Cole.

DMU

Date: 22nd March 1986

Set number: 42

Tyseley depot has for many years hosted other regions' DMUs when fuelling is required as was the case on 22 March 1986 when 3 all-blue Cravens class 105 units were photographed heading towards Birmingham New Street ready to go east on a Norwich service. The trailing set is number 42, formed of 54443 and presumably 51272, with the instantly recognisable Birmingham city skyline in the background along with the well-used freight yard on the left. This scene has changed since the date of this picture with new housing on the right, a rationalised yard on the left and many changes to the city buildings in the background. Peter Tandy.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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