Vehicle 51478
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: 30503
Diagram: 548
Allocations
| 16/03/59 | New to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| 2w/e 12/03/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 4w/e 04/11/67 | Transferred to | 61B (Aberdeen Ferryhill) | |
| May-68 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| w/e 20/04/74 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| w/e 06/03/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 26/07/81 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| Dec-83 | Depot code change | NC | |
| 16/02/86 | Transferred to | LN (Lincoln) | |
| 12/04/87 | Withdrawn from | LN (Lincoln) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51478 | 56467 | As delivered to 61A - 16th March 1959 | |||||||
| 51478 | 56467 | Transfer to 64H - 2w/e 12/03/66 | |||||||
| 51478 | 56467 | Transfer to 61B - 4w/e 04/11/67 | |||||||
| 51478 | 56467 | Noted 11/09/71 - on Hamilton depot1 | |||||||
| 39 | 51478 | 56467 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | ||||||
| 51478 | 56467 | Noted 06/04/72 - passing Polmadie1 | |||||||
| 51478 | 56467 | Noted 17/04/73 - in Glasgow Central2 | |||||||
| 51478 | 56467 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central3 | |||||||
| 15 | 51478 | 56467 | Noted 04/09/73 - on Hamilton depot2 | ||||||
| 51478 | 56469 | Transfer to NR - w/e 20/04/74 | |||||||
| 64 | 51478 | 56469 | Noted 16/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 64 | 51478 | 56469 | Noted 06/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 64 | 51478 | 56441 | Noted 27/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 64 | 51478 | 56441 | Noted 30/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 64 | 51478 | 56300 | Noted 28/02/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 64 | 51478 | 56100 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | ||||||
| 51478 | 56300 | Noted 19/10/1975 - at Birmingham New Street4 | |||||||
| 64 | 51478 | 56316 | Noted 28/06/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 64 | 51478 | 56116 | Noted 10/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 64 | 51478 | 56116 | Noted 24/09/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 64 | 51478 | 56116 | Noted 13/02/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 51478 | 56460 | Transfer to GF - w/e 06/03/77 | |||||||
| 51478 | 56050 | Noted 15/04/1978 - at Newcastle 4 | |||||||
| 51478 | 56365 | Noted 15/02/81 - on a Darlington - Hartlepool service with E51499 + E56089 / E56409 + E50220 | |||||||
| 69 | 51478 | 56119 | Noted 02/07/81 - on Norwich depot2 | ||||||
| 51478 | 56119 | Noted 17/10/1981 - Bitton Railway Company Ltd The Bitton East Anglian Railtour 56419+50371+56119+51478 | |||||||
| 69 | 51478 | 56119 | Noted circa 02/19835 | ||||||
| 69 | 51478 | 56119 | Noted circa 02/19835 | ||||||
| 69 | 51478 | 54119 | Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85 | ||||||
| 69 | 51478 | 54119 | Listed at NC - Dec-85 | ||||||
| 51478 | 54119 | Transfer to LN - 16/02/86 | |||||||
| 69 | 51478 | 54119 | Noted circa 03/19865 | ||||||
| 69 | 51478 | 54119 | Noted 12/04/19865 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
17th July 1964
Sc51478 and Sc56467 on a late afternoon Ballater to Aberdeen service somewhere on the Ballater branch, July 17th, 1964. Michael Mensing.
12th April 1981
20 228 and Class 105 DMBS E51478 inside Thornaby depot on April 12 1981. John Carter.
circa May 1984
Set number: 69
Cravens Class 105 DMU set 69 (presumably 51478 closest) is seen in Harwich Town station circa May 1984. Bill Fraser.
October 1984
Set number: 69
51478 at the head of set 69 in the north bay of Cambridge station, October 1984. Mike Cooper.
August 1986
Set number: 69
A pair of DMUs, a Cravens set leading a 114, tick over at Grimsby Town before leaving for Cleethorpes in August 1986. Closest is 51478, now a Lincoln vehicle but still carrying its Norwich set 69 number. Kevin Lane.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 17th July 1964
A Cravens twin formed of Sc56467 and Sc51478 is seen on the Ballater Branch on 17 July 1964. Michael Mensing.
Date: 17th July 1964
A Cravens twin DMU formed of Sc56467 and Sc51478 is seen west of Banchory with the 3.45pm Aberdeen - Ballater service on 17 July 1964. Michael Mensing.
Date: 17th July 1964
A Cravens twin DMU formed of Sc56467 and Sc51478 is seen west of Banchory with the 3.45pm Aberdeen - Ballater service on 17 July 1964. Note the bolt heads on the vehicle where the footsteps have been removed, the board above the gangway remains. Michael Mensing.
Date: 19th April 1965
A Cravens diesel multiple unit at St Combs station in Aberdeenshire on 19 April 1965, the terminus of the light railway from Fraserburgh which closed just over two weeks later on 5 May. These Kittybrewster allocated sets seemed to keep their original formations, so the DMBS partner to DTCL Sc56467 should be Sc51478. Tom Burnham.
Date: 15th February 1981
A formation containing E51499, E56089, E51478, E56365, E56409 and E50220 diverted at Stockton on a Darlington - Hartlepool working on February 15, 1981. The locos are 37 029 and 31 292. John Carter.
Date: 31st December 1982
Set number: 31
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.