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Vehicle 51296 / 977124

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

31/12/58	New to	31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 04/07/59	Transferred to	34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
4w/e 29/06/63	Transferred to	40A (Lincoln)
Sep-64	Transferred to	31A (Cambridge)
Mar-65	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
4w/e 02/10/65	Transferred to	31A (Cambridge)
Nov-69	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
4w/e 30/05/70	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
2w/e 10/10/70	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
Jan-72	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
4w/e 29/04/72	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
Jul-72	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
May-73	Depot code change	NO
Sep-73	Depot code change	NR
w/e 12/02/78	Transferred to	LN (Lincoln)
14/11/82	To departmental stock	LN (Lincoln)
04/10/87	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge)
May-90	Withdrawn

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51296 - original number
977124 - from 4w/e 28/11/82 (departmental stock)

Department Use as TDB977124

Driver Training / Route Learner From 11/82 to 5/90.

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51296	56454		As delivered to 31A - 31st December 1958
	51296	56454		Transfer to 40A - 4w/e 29/06/63
	51296	56454		Transfer to 31A - Sep-64
	51296	56454		Transfer to 31A - 4w/e 02/10/65
	51296	56454		Transfer to 34G - Nov-69
	51296	56454		Noted 18/09/70 - at Cambridge¹
	51296	56454		Transfer to 34G - 2w/e 10/10/70
	51296	56417		Noted 06/06/71 - at Kings Cross¹
	51296	56417		Noted 12/06/71 - Rail Tours Syndicate London Termini No.2 Railtour 56417+51296 / 56123+51270 / 56424+51292
	51296	56139		Noted 01/01/1972 - at Kings Cross²
59	51296	56454		Noted circa e1972 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51296	56125		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 51281 + 56427⁴
40	51296	56144		Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds³
61	51296	56442		Noted circa mid-1973 - at Bury St Edmunds³
61	51296	56141		Noted 09/11/73 - at Bury St Edmunds³
61	51296	56141		Noted 29/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds³
61	51296	56141		Noted 19/10/74 - at Bury St Edmunds³
61	51296	56141		Listed at NR - 19/07/75
61	51296	56141		Noted 02/08/1975 - at Birmingham New Street ²
61	51296	56441		Noted 23/06/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
61	51296	56441		Noted 27/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50830	59332	51296	Noted 10/02/77 - on Cambridge depot³
61	51296	56451		Noted 15/10/77 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51296	56431		Transfer to LN - w/e 12/02/78
	977124	977126		Noted 20th March 1989
	977124	977126		Noted 10th June 1989 - Part of 4-car set (with E51430 + E51441) towing a GUV

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

Images:

22nd October 1967

The underframe equipment on the number one (drivers) side of Cravens DMBS E51296. Taken at Cambridge on 22 October 1967, the vehicle has a standard size radiator. Stuart Mackay Collection.

30th September 1981

At York station on 30 September 1981 are 08197 (Rowntrees-Dringhouses trip) and E51296 + 56431 (Scarborough-Sheffield). John Carter.

15th July 1983

Class 105 TDB977124 (ex-51296) and 110s York, 15 July 1983. I was pleased to find this Cravens set now in Departmental use stabled in one of the south end bay platforms surrounded by Class 110s on service workings. Alistair Ness.

1980s

Eastern Region Cravens Route Learning Saloon TDB977124 + TDB977126 at Trent Junction sometime in the 1980s. Stuart Mackay Collection.

28th November 1985

Route learner TDB977124 (ex-51296) with a layer of frost on its roof at Doncaster on 28/11/85. Just behind the cab door can be seen the rubber panel from it's token exchange days. It's partner was TDB977126 (ex-56445). Robert Chilton.

22nd February 1987

Cravens and Met-Camm DMUs in York station on 22 February 1987. The Class 105 is one of the ER route learning sets, 977126 at the far end and presumably 977124 this end. The Class 101 consists of DMSL 53182 at the far end and an unknown DMBS this end. Jonathan Hazan.

May 1989

A route learning class 105, TDB977124 + TDB977126, arrives at the south end of York on either 14th or 15th May 1989. The throat is in the middle of being rebuilt from the 1951 layout to that used today. The new IECC signalbox was commissioned on 14th May Tony Walmsley.

25th May 1989

Cravens route learner 977124 / 977126 at Manchester Oxford Road (at 1345) on Thursday 25th May 1989. Colin Brooks.

26th August 1990

TDB977124 (E51296) at Snailwell on 26th August 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

26th August 1990

TDB977124 (ex-51296) at Snailwell on 26th August 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 28th November 1985

Route Learning Saloon TDB977126, formerly 56445, at Doncaster with its partner TDB977124, formerly 51296, on 28/11/85. Robert Chilton.

Date: circa May 1986

Class 105 Route Learning Saloon TDB977126 + TD977124 with York on the destination blind leading a Class 111 is seen at Marsh Lane, Leeds. The process date was May 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 10th May 1986

977126 leads 977124 (51296) under Holgate Bridge, York on 10/5/86. Paul Moxon.

Date: 10th July 1986

South Kirkby, taken in the long gone 'Pit Yard'. The power car is noted as 977124, so presumably working with 977126 (closest). The photographer was a 'Road learning Instructor' based at Leeds, and the unit was taken into the 'pit yards' so Knottingley men could have a refresh on the railway, because like miners they had done no work for over a year. The working was 0G33 on 10th July 1986. Michael Kaye 55A.

Date: 11th July 1986

977126 / 977124 at a route learning trip to Drax on 0G33, 11/7/86. Michael Kaye 55A.

Date: 5th September 1986

Class 105 977126 is seen passing Saltley on route learning duty 05.09.1986. It was converted from 56445 and is presumably paired with 977124. Andy Cole.

Date: 16th September 1986

Class 105 977126 is seen at Lawley Street on route learning duties on 16.09.1986. It is presumably paired with 977124. Andy Cole.

Date: 2nd February 1988

ER Route Learning Saloon TDB977126 and TDB977124 at Ipswich Station on 2nd February 1988. AndrewHA.

Date: 15th April 1988

TDB977126 and TDB977124 passes Attenborough, acting as a BR Directors' Inspection Saloon at the time of the photograph: 15th April 1988. Andrew Walker.

Date: 14th September 1988

Class 114 55931, converted to a Parcels unit (with converted 54016 behind) and Cravens Ex-Class 105 TDB977124 which is in Departmental use as a route-learning vehicle await their respective next turns in the bay platforms at York on 14th September 1988. Syd Young.

Date: 10th April 1989

Route learning departmental Cravens unit TDB977126 + TDB977124 approaching Manchester Piccadilly on 10/4/89. Sparegang.

Date: 10th June 1989

A Cravens route learner with Met-Camm parcels unit and a GUV! TDB977126 + TDB977124 with E51441 + E51430 on 3E26, the 17:57 Manchester Piccadilly to Leeds at New Mills South Junction, 10-6-89. Kevin Dowd.

Date: 7th August 1989

Class 105 Route Learning Saloon 977126 at Cambridge on the 7th August 1989. To the left is 53233 and on the right 977124. Mike Cooper.

Date: 7th August 1989

"Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye" - semtiment over the withdrawal of Class 105 parcels vehicle 53367? Seen at Cambridge on 7/8/89, classmate 977124 is in the adjacent siding. Mike Cooper.

Date: 7th August 1989

977123 at Cambridge on 7/8/89. Behind are 977125 and 977124. Mike Cooper.

Date: 4th November 1989

TDB977126 and behind seen are 977124, 977125, 977123 and 54026 at Cambridge on 4th November 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 5th May 1990

Two Cravens route learning DMUs at Cambridge on Saturday 5th May 1990. Left to right are 977123 + 977125 / 977124 + 977126, all four were withdrawn that month. Colin Brooks.

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