Vehicle 51479
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) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| w/e 01/06/74 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Nov-81 | Withdrawn |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51479 | 56468 | As delivered to 61A - 16th March 1959 | |||||||
| 51479 | 56468 | Transfer to 64H - 2w/e 12/03/66 | |||||||
| 51479 | 56468 | Transfer to 66C - Apr-66 | |||||||
| 51479 | 56478 | Noted 27/05/70 - at Polmadie1 | |||||||
| 51479 | 56468 | Noted 15/08/70 - on Hamilton depot1 | |||||||
| 51479 | 56468 | Noted 11/09/71 - at Glasgow Works1 | |||||||
| 40 | 51479 | 56468 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | ||||||
| 51479 | 56468 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | |||||||
| 51479 | 56480 | Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh3 | |||||||
| 51479 | 56478 | Noted 05/09/76 - on Haymarket depot4 | |||||||
| 205 | 51473 | 59080 | 51479 | Noted 13/08/77 - on Haymarket depot4 | |||||
| 378 | 51479 | 59068 | 51483 | Listed at HA - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 51479 | 51480 | 51481 | Noted 7th November 1981 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
Images:
9th July 1981
Set number: 105375
On July 9th 1981, the 10.58 Dunblane - Edinburgh dmu arrives at Falkirk Grahamston. This is my only picture of a Cravens car in blue/grey livery. 51479 is marshalled in a 3 car set with two Metro-Cammell vehicles, the rear one is SC50748 but I have no record of the centre car. The Cravens car was withdrawn in November 1981 and has already lost its destination blind. It is showing set number 375 which has later been prefixed with 105. It spent all its 22 years in service in Scotland. Gerard Fletcher.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 25th July 1981
Set number: 378
The 'Strathmore Berry Picker' railtour at Forfar on the 25th July 1981. Set 378 comprised two Class 105 DMBS vehicles in blue/grey, 51483 closest the other is presumably 51479. It has an unknown Met-Camm centre car, and bubble car 55011 on the rear. Mike Cooper.