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Vehicle 51292


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

06/12/58 New to 40A (Lincoln)
2w/e 31/05/59 Transferred to 34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
30/01/77 On loan to NH (Newton Heath)
28/03/77 Ex-loan back to FP (Finsbury Park)
w/e 12/02/78 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
16/02/86 Withdrawn from NC (Norwich)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51292 56450 As delivered to 40A - 6th December 1958
51292 56450 Noted 12th Nov 1960
51292 56424 Noted 12/06/1971 - Rail Tours Syndicate London Termini No.2 Railtour 56417-51296 + 56123-51270 + 56424-51292
51292 56424 Noted 03/09/71 - on Cambridge depot1
51292 56459 Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross2
51292 56453 Noted 08/08/1974 - at Kings Cross2
51292 56428 Noted 10/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51292 56428 Noted 24/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51292 56115 Transfer to FP - 28/03/77 - ex-loan LMR
51292 56424 Noted 14/01/1978 - At Kings Cross Station4
51292 56421 Noted 14/01/78 - on 1124 Huntingdon-Kings Cross
38 51292 56131 Noted 04/03/78 - at Bury St Edmunds3
38 51292 56131 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
51292 56462 Noted 24/05/80 - at Norwich3
38 51292 56115 Noted 17/06/83
38 51292 54115 Noted circa 02/19855
38 51292 54115 Noted circa 09/19855
38 51292 54115 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
38 51292 54115 Listed at NC - Dec-85

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Norwich

10th March 1979

Set number: 38

Passing Cravens sets at Norwich on 10th March 1979. On the left is set 67 arriving with the 3.26pm ex-Sheringham, while on the right set 38 is an ECS with DMBS 51292 closest. Michael Mensing.

Class 105 DMU at Norwich

27th April 1980

Set number: 38

A tidy-looking Cravens Class 105 two-car DMU, Norwich Depot allocated set 38, with Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) E51292, stabled at Norwich station between duties on April 27th 1980. The set was coupled to another Class 105 two-car set. In the centre road was a BRCW Class 104, set 83, with another Cravens set alongside in the platform. Period details to the right of the Cravens are BRUTE trolleys, a blue/grey Mk.I coach and the end of a former Blue Spot Fish Van/SPV Van in use as an internal user vehicle at Norwich station. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 105 DMU at Snailwell

26th February 1989

Set number: 38

E51292 at Snailwell on the 26th February 1989. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 17th June 1983

Set number: 38

E56115 E51292 are seen at Wrabness with a service heading for Harwich on 17/06/1983. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 1988

Two withdrawn Met-Camm driver trailers in Norwich sometime in 1988. E54404 is on the left, 54058 on the right, both went to Snailwell in February 1989 and were burned very quickly. A Cravens DMBS is on the left, possibly 51292. Nicholas Youngman.