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
03/10/58 | New to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
w/e 12/02/78 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
2w/e 11/06/78 | Transferred to | LN (Lincoln) | |
04/08/84 | Withdrawn from | LN (Lincoln) |
Jul-81 - 51280/5 and 56445/46 to move LN->NR but cancelled
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
51280 | 56438 | As delivered to 31A - 3rd October 1958 | |||||||
51280 | 56438 | Noted 13th August 1959 | |||||||
51280 | 56438 | Noted 1st June 1963 | |||||||
51280 | 56438 | Transfer to 34G - 3w/e 30/04/66 | |||||||
51280 | 56447 | Noted 04/09/69 - at Kings Cross1 | |||||||
51280 | 56438 | Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross1 | |||||||
51280 | 56451 | Noted 05/04/71 - in GN suburban area1 | |||||||
51280 | 56450 | Noted 01/01/1972 - at Kings Cross2 | |||||||
51280 | 56450 | Noted 12/08/72 - on 10:04 Liverpool Street - Sheringham (due 14:07) and 14:42 return (due London 18:22) with 51281 + 56427 and 51296 + 561253 | |||||||
51280 | 56457 | Noted 30/06/73 - at Ipswich3 | |||||||
51280 | 56457 | Noted 18/08/1973 - at Peterborough2 | |||||||
51280 | 56417 | Noted 15/06/74 - in Kings Cross1 | |||||||
51280 | 56416 | Noted 21/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51280 | 56415 | Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross2 | |||||||
51280 | 56419 | Noted 17/08/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51280 | 56456 | Noted 28/09/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51280 | 56456 | Noted 18/10/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51280 | 56456 | Noted 15/11/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51280 | 56433 | Noted 20/03/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51280 | 56416 | Noted 12/09/76 - in Kings Cross1 | |||||||
51280 | 56423 | Noted 27/01/77 - on Cambridge depot, 51280 ex-works4 | |||||||
51280 | 56455 | Noted 04/07/77 - on 1520 Huntingdon-Kings Cross | |||||||
51280 | 56442 | Noted circa 04/19825 | |||||||
51280 | 54446 | Noted 16/06/83 | |||||||
51280 | 54442 | Noted circa 01/19845 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
Cravens E51280 and E54446 in Doncaster station on 16-06-83. Vincent Haworth.
The Platform ends at Cleethorpes station on 25th September 1982 with Cravens and Derby built DMUs in different liveries. The Derby unit is headed by coach E56001 (a Class 114), the Cravens by E51280 (a Class 105). Bob Belcher.