Vehicle 51297

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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

05/01/59	New to	40A (Lincoln)
3w/e 01/08/59	Transferred to	34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
3w/e 02/07/60	Transferred to	40A (Lincoln)
4w/e 26/11/60	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73	Depot code change	FP
w/e 12/02/78	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
07/10/84	Withdrawn from	NC (Norwich)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51297	56455							As delivered to 40A - 5th January 1959
	51297	56455							Transfer to 34G - 4w/e 26/11/60
	51297	56426							Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross1
	51297	56455							Noted 01/01/1972 - at Kings Cross2
	51297	56420							Noted 07/07/73 - at Ipswich3
	51297	56420							Noted 11/08/73 - at Ipswich3
	51297	56420							Noted 11/08/73 - on a Liverpool Street - Sheringham service with 51257 + 56458 and 51281 + 564524
	51297	56460							Noted 10/08/1974 - at Kings Cross2
	51297	56423							Noted 05/07/1975 - at Nottingham2
	51297	56438							Noted 20/07/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4
	51297	56438							Noted 11/10/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4
	51297	56422							Noted 05/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
	51297	56422							Noted 30/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
	51297	56421							Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot4
43	51297	56414							Noted 13/03/78 - at Bury St Edmunds4
43	51297	56414							Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
43	51297	56114							Noted 20/01/79 - at Norwich4
	51297	56439							Noted 24/05/80 - at Norwich4
	51297	56439							Noted 13/09/80 - on 08.41 Bishops Stortford – Ely5
	51297	56439							Noted 17/04/81 - at Bury St Edmunds4
43	51297	56439							Noted 09/09/81

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

Images:

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1980

Set number: 43

E51297 beside 47 052 at Doncaster in 1980. John Law.

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9th September 1981

Set number: 43

Norwich was always swarming with the busy little Cravens Class 105 dmus in the 70s & 80s. Resting between duties here is Set 43, E51297 + E56439. The old twin headcode box has been plated over which was unusual and note yet another Cravens reflected in the windows! The destination blind shows Ipswich, but strangely there was only a single dmu working along the main line through Diss at this time. This was the 17.15 Norwich - Ipswich all stations which was scheduled to run just behind a London service. 9/9/81. Gerard Fletcher.

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4th May 1982

Set number: 43

A Class 105 DMU working the 12:48 Ipswich - Lowestoft service on the outskirts of Woodbridge with Bromhill bridge behind on 4 May 1982. The set number looks like it could be 43 and E51297 appears to be the leading car. Stuart Mackay Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 12th July 1978

Set number: 43

Class 105 DMU set 43 (56114 + 51297) arriving at Felixstowe on 12 July 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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Date: 12th September 1978

Set number: 43

51297 + 56114 leads a service from Norwich arriving at Felixstowe on 12 September 1978. The set number is a little blurry but the power car, noted as E51297, would be in set 43 and it looks like a possibility. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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Date: 29th July 1981

Set number: 46

Left to right: E56187 + E51273, E56136 + E50594, E56439 + E51297, 31259, 47135. Ipswich, 29/7/81. John Carter.

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Date: 4th May 1982

Set number: 43

The 12:48 Ipswich - Lowestoft service approaches Woodbridge on 4 May 1982. This is the reverse shot of image 30804 with the Class 105 thought be set 43 with E51297 the DMBS. Stuart Mackay Collection.