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Vehicle 51281

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

10/10/58 New to 31A (Cambridge)
4w/e 02/09/67 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
w/e 12/02/78 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
2w/e 11/06/78 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
Apr-81 Withdrawn from LN (Lincoln)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51281 56439 As delivered to 31A - 10th October 1958
51281 56439 Noted 19th July 1959
51281 56441 Noted May 1968
51281 56421 Noted 05/04/71 - at Peterborough1
51281 56425 Noted 01/01/1972 - at Kings Cross2
51281 56427 Noted 12/08/72 - on 10:04 Liverpool Street - Sheringham (due 14:07) and 14:42 return (due London 18:22) with 51280 + 56450 and 51296 + 561253
51281 56452 Noted 11/08/73 - at Ipswich3
51281 56452 Noted 11/08/73 - on a Liverpool Street - Sheringham service with 51257 + 56458 and 51297 + 564204
51281 56413 Noted 10/08/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51281 56449 Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross2
51281 56438 Noted 01/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51281 56438 Noted 12/09/76 - in Kings Cross1
51281 56438 Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot4
51281 56454 Noted 28/12/77 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51281 56442 Noted 10/09/80

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

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Barnsley

10th September 1980

E51281 / 56442 at Barnsley, 10-9-80. Malcolm Clements.

Class 105 DMU at Lincoln TMD

28th February 1982

On a dull February 28th 1982, there was an eclectic mix of vehicles lined-up in the yard at Lincoln TMD. The faded-looking Cravens Class 105 Driving Motor Brake Second E51281 had been partially stripped of parts and was withdrawn. Behind the Ventilated Van at its corridor connection end was Class 08 08277, a resident of Lincoln Depot since 1968 and had been withdrawn from service in November 1981 being eventually scrapped at Doncaster Works in July 1983. On the right is former Southern Railway 6-Wheel Milk Tank ADS4456 which had become a storage facility for waste coolant and lettered 'Not to be used for Milk'. Martyn Hilbert.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 10th September 1980

E56442 / 51281 at Barnsley, 10-9-80. Malcolm Clements.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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