Vehicle 51298

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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	31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 04/07/59	Transferred 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)
w/e 01/09/62	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
19/05/85	Transferred to	LN (Lincoln)
28/09/86	Withdrawn from	LN (Lincoln)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51298	56456							As delivered to 31A - 5th January 1959
	51298	56456							Transfer to 40A - 3w/e 04/07/59
	51298	56456							Transfer to 34G - w/e 01/09/62
	51298	56425							Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross1
	51298	56458							Noted 06/06/71 - at Kings Cross1
	51298	56451							Noted 03/09/71 - at Kings Cross1
	51298	56421							Noted 31/12/1971 - at Kings Cross2
	51298	56414							Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross2
	51298	56414							Noted 11/08/73 - at Ipswich3
	51298								Noted 31/08/74 - ex-works at Cambridge, possibly paired with 564514
	51298	56415							Noted 10/04/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
	51298	56415							Noted 17/04/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
	51298	56415							Noted 17/07/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
	51298	56417							Noted 10/02/77 - on Cambridge depot4
	51298	56431							Noted 08/01/78
	51298	56431							Noted 08/01/1978 - RCTS Great Northern Outer Suburban Railtour 51301-56433+51298-56431
45	51298	56462							Noted 24/05/78 - on Norwich depot4
45	51298	56462							Noted 08/08/78 - at Norwich4
45	51298	56462							Noted circa 10/19785
45	51298	56462							Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
	51298	56419							Noted 17/01/79 - at Norwich4
	51298	56448							Noted 29/03/1980 - Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society West Norfolk Freight Lines Railtour 51270-56447+56448-51298
	51298	56443							Noted 17/10/81 - on 15.37 Peterborough – Cambridge6
45	51298	56468							Noted circa 07/19835
45	51298	54467							Noted circa 04/19855
	51298	54458							Noted 12/02/86 - at Norwich4
	51298	54458							Noted 20/07/86
	51298	54458							Noted 25/07/86
	51298	54458							Noted circa 09/19865
	51298	54458							Noted 30/10/19865

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

Images:

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24th October 1984

Set number: 45

Cravens DMU set 45 arrives into Ely on 24 October 1984 led by DMBS 51298. Chris Thorp.

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26th July 1985

Set number: 45

E51298 at Darnall on July 26, 1985. John Carter.

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15th February 1986

51298 passes Leicester North box on the 15th February 1986 with a Cambridge to Birmingham service. Dennis Taylor.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 8th January 1978

Two Finsbury Park based class 105 2-car sets with 51301 leading 56433, 51298 and 56431 on a RCTS special to Peterborough for the N.V.R. at London Kings Cross, alongside some Mk.1 sleepers on the 8th January 1978. Robert Chilton.

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Date: 8th January 1978

Two Finsbury Park based class 105 sets with 56431 leading 51298, 56433 and 51301 on a RCTS special to Peterborough for the N.V.R. at a photo-stop at Royston on the 8th January 1978. Robert Chilton.

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Date: 8th January 1978

Two Finsbury Park based class 105 sets with 56431 leading 51298, 56433 and 51301 on a RCTS special to Peterborough for the N.V.R. seen at Hertford North on the 8th January 1978. Robert Chilton.

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Date: 8th January 1978

A pair of Cravens Class 105 DMUs (51301 + 56433 / 51298 + 56431) at Letchworth with the RCTS "Great Northern Outer Suburban" railtour on 8 January 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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Date: 8th January 1978

E51301 + 56433 / 51298 + 56431 on the RCTS "Great Northern Outer Suburban" at Royston on 8 January 1978 Stuart Mackay Collection.

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Date: 29th March 1980

The Fakenham and Dereham Railway Society West Norfolk Freight Lines railtour at Middleton Towers on 29 March 1980. Formed of two Class 105 DMUs, the Six Bells Junction website lists the vehicles as 51270 + 56447 and 56448 + 51298. Roger Geach Collection.

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Date: unknown

E54458 + E51298 on Lincoln depot in the mid-1980s. Glyn Weigh.

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Date: 25th July 1986

Vehicles E54458 E51298 are seen entering what was then platform 8 of York station with the 16:42 York - Doncaster via Selby, 25/07/1986. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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Date: 23rd October 1986

A two car class 105 set (54458/51298) sits in Hull Paragon station on the afternoon of 23/10/86. It will form the 16.53 to Doncaster. Leonard Rogers.