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
15/01/59 | 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) | |
4w/e 26/11/60 | Transferred to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
3w/e 01/07/61 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
4w/e 03/03/62 | Transferred to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
Sep-64 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
w/e 10/12/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
w/e 22/06/80 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
13/03/83 | Transferred to | LN (Lincoln) | |
07/07/85 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) | |
01/06/86 | Transferred to | LN (Lincoln) | |
10/05/87 | Withdrawn from | LN (Lincoln) |
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
51299 | 56457 | As delivered to 31A - 15th January 1959 | |||||||
51299 | 56457 | Transfer to 40A - 3w/e 04/07/59 | |||||||
51299 | 56457 | Transfer to 40A - 4w/e 26/11/60 | |||||||
51299 | 56457 | Transfer to 34G - 3w/e 01/07/61 | |||||||
51299 | 56457 | Transfer to 40A - 4w/e 03/03/62 | |||||||
51299 | 56458 | Noted 04/09/69 - at Kings Cross1 | |||||||
51299 | 56114 | Noted 19/06/71 - at Ipswich2 | |||||||
51299 | 56422 | Noted 31/12/1971 - at Kings Cross3 | |||||||
51299 | 56458 | Noted 04/08/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51299 | 56458 | Noted 10/08/1974 - at Kings Cross3 | |||||||
50827 | 59366 | 51299 | Noted 17/03/75 - at Cambridge4 | ||||||
51299 | 56459 | Noted 06/02/76 - on Cambridge depot4 | |||||||
51299 | 56417 | Noted 12/09/76 - at Finsbury Park1 | |||||||
51299 | 56417 | Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot4 | |||||||
51299 | 56461 | Transfer to GF - w/e 10/12/77 | |||||||
51299 | 56461 | Noted 07/08/1978 - at Middlesborough 3 | |||||||
51299 | 56393 | Noted circa 03/19795 | |||||||
51299 | 56426 | Transfer to BG - w/e 22/06/80 | |||||||
51299 | 56424 | Noted circa 02/19835 | |||||||
51299 | 56424 | Transfer to LN - p/e 20/03/83 | |||||||
51299 | 54446 | Noted 16/11/1983 - at Sheffield5 | |||||||
51299 | 54446 | Noted 24/04/19845 | |||||||
51299 | 54429 | Noted 14/06/1985 - 1238 Nottingham - Skegness6 | |||||||
51299 | 54429 | Transfer to NR - 07/07/85 - from LN | |||||||
52 | 51299 | 54429 | Noted 28/08/85 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
51 | 51299 | 54136 | Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85 | ||||||
52 | 51299 | 54429 | Listed at NC - Dec-85 | ||||||
52 | 51299 | 54429 | Noted 15/02/19865 | ||||||
51299 | 54429 | Noted 28/10/1986 - at Ely on 08.45 Cambridge to Leicester.7 | |||||||
51299 | 54420 | Noted 24/04/1987 - at Sheffield8 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: MidlandDeltic
7: Nicholas Youngman
8: Robert Chilton
E51299 + E56426 / E56470 + E51427 with a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service at Stockton on March 22, 1980. John Carter.
A 2 car class 105 "Cravens" DMU with DMBS E51299, at Sheffield Midland station on 7th April 1984. Paul James.
The late summer evening sun catches Cravens class 105 DMBS E51299 at York on 29th June 1986. Jonathan Hazan.
A scene at York station on 27 September 1986 - with one of the distinctive-looking Cravens units. The unit was about to work the 16.42 local service to Doncaster - vehicle numbers E51299 and E54429. The station staff stage-left had just blown his whistle, and on this occasion I even primed my 'ghetto blaster' and made a recording of the departure: https://soundcloud.com/sound-vision-10193594/class-105-2-car-dmu-e51299-e54429-leaves-york-on-a-local-service-to-doncaster-27sep1986. Chris McKee.
A Cravens unit stands at Lincoln Central on 23rd April 1987. I rarely noted DMU numbers but on this occasion I recorded this unit as nos. 51299 and 54429. Andrew Walker.
E51299 at Snailwell on the 26th October 1987. Nicholas Youngman.
The 2-car class 105 'Cravens' DMU sets were synonymous with East Anglia in the BR era as Norwich Thorpe depot had a large allocation. This scene on December 31, 1982 depicts an afternoon gathering of the class at Ipswich where five Norwich sets are captured line a breast but only four were placed conveniently side by side. Set 61 in the platform with people boarding was working 2R22 the 12.52 via the East Suffolk line to Lowestoft. The line up left to right comprises; set 31. 53375+54468, set 52. 51299+54429, set 66. 51260+54130, set 61. 51290+54462, and 51478 on the very left. Adrian Nicholls.
Norwich Thorpe station on 30 October 1984, from left to right are a Class 101 power car, E51299, E54433, E51265, E54417, and 47583. Keith Long.
Cravens Class 105 E51284 and E51299 behind, at Snailwell on 26.10.87. Nicholas Youngman.
A couple of Cravens vehicles can be seen in the yard at Snailwell on 7th January 1988. E51284 is to the right on E51299 part seen.. Nicholas Youngman.