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Vehicle 51279

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

03/10/58	New to	31A (Cambridge)
4w/e 30/05/70	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
May-73	Depot code change	NO
Sep-73	Depot code change	NR
w/e 16/11/74	Transferred to	FP (Finsbury Park)
w/e 29/02/76	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
2w/e 08/08/76	Transferred to	GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
2w/e 09/05/82	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
23/09/84	Transferred to	LN (Lincoln)
19/05/85	Withdrawn from	LN (Lincoln)

Notes

Nov-74 - 51274 transfer to FP published then cancelled, 51279 sent instead.

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51279	56437	As delivered to 31A - 3rd October 1958
	51279	56434	Noted 31/08/68 - at Ely North Junction¹
	51279	56434	Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street with 51116 + 56114²
	51279	56432	Noted 18/09/70 - at Cambridge²
	51279	56432	Noted 21/12/70 - at Peterborough²
57	51279	56101	Noted circa e1972 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
57	51279	56362	Noted circa late 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
57	51279	56124	Noted circa 1973 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
	51279	56124	Noted 20/05/73
57	51279	56128	Noted 01/01/74 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
	51279	56128	Noted 22/08/74 - on 1404 Norwich-Sheringham and 1530 Sheringham-Norwich with 51282 + 56365
57	51279	56128	Noted 13/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
57	51279	56128	Noted 14/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
	51279	56454	Transfer to FP - w/e 16/11/74
	51279	56115	Noted 21/06/75 - on 0925 Skegness-Grantham with 51260 + 56455
	51279	56458	Noted 10/08/75 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
	51279	56479	Noted 25/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
	51279	56479	Transfer to NR - w/e 29/02/76
50	51279	56479	Noted 29/03/76 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
50	51279	56479	Noted 31/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds being towed by 31251 after failure¹
	51279	56479	Noted 10/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
	51279	56136	Noted circa 03/1979³
	51279	56136	Noted 04/04/80
54	51279	56440	Noted 12/06/82 - at Norwich¹
54	51279	56440	Noted 02/07/82
54	51279	56440	Noted 18/08/83
54	51279	56440	Noted circa 03/1984³
	51279	54440	Transfer to LN - 23/09/84 - from NR
	51279	54440	Noted 10/04/85 - at Norwich, rare to see a Lincoln 105 there¹

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

3rd April 1976

Set number: 50

A Cravens Class 105 DMU (set 50, presumably 51279 closest) near Wicken on 3 April 1976. The number of photographers seen lineside suggests a railtour is due. Stuart Mackay Collection.

10th July 1980

Thursday 10/07/1980 at Hexham, and freshly repainted Class 105 DMBS no. E51279 and Class 101 DTS(L) no. E56388 call with a Newcastle - Haltwhistle service. Graeme Phillips Collection.

April 1984

Set number: 54

Cravens set 54 and a 2-car Class 101 in Cambridge station south bay in April 1984. Mike Cooper.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 4th March 1967

The M&GNJRS East Anglian Branch Farewell railtour passes Somersham on 4th March 1967 which was the last day of passenger services on the line. The Cravens DMU has E56440 leading, the Six Bells Junction website notes the DMBS as E51279. John Clark / Adrian Sutterby Collection.

Date: 4th April 1980

Cars E56136 E51279 are seen working a Newcastle-South Shields service on 4/4/1980... not giving much away about the location, this shot was taken from Park Lane, Gateshead. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 4th August 1981

The view from the Hexham station footbridge looking west on 4 August 1981. The dmu is a Cravens 2-car set of Class 105, made up of cars 56464/51279. From memory I think it has arrived on a service from Newcastle and is about set back over the crossover into the eastbound platform to form the 13.10 back to Newcastle Central. Note the wagons being filled with sand on the right of my pic, and Hexham signal box on the gantry in the background. The box is Grade II-listed and of NER origin. Lewis Bevan.

Date: 4th August 1981

Date: 26th September 1981

Left E56461, E51282, right E51279, Newcastle, 26 September 1981. John Carter.

Date: 2nd July 1982

Set number: 54

This pair of recently repainted dmus make a pleasant scene standing at the south end of York station on my visit of July 2nd 1982. Norwich based twin sets could turn up just about anywhere it seemed and here Cravens Class 105 set 54 formed of E56440 + E51279 is on the left having arrived as the 10.37 from Sheffield. Derby built set E50618 + E56190 has come in from Doncaster. Gerard Fletcher.

Date: 18th August 1983

Set number: 54

Bufferstop scene at a tidy looking Lowestoft station on 18th August 1983. 31229 has arrived with the daily freight from Norwich, while the Cravens dmu, E51279 + E56440 (set 54) is awaiting departure as the 13.06 to Norwich. Gerard Fletcher.

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