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Vehicle 51483

Class 105

BR Diagram 548

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

01/04/59 New to 61A (Kittybrewster)
w/e 06/06/59 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
w/e 01/06/74 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
22/08/81 Stored U. MH (Millerhill)
Nov-81 Withdrawn

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51483 56472 As delivered to 61A - 1st April 1959
44 51483 56472 Listed at 66C - 1972
51483 56472 Noted 06/04/72 - in Glasgow Central1
51483 56472 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2
20 51483 56472 Noted 04/09/73 - on Hamilton depot3
212 51483 Noted 26/08/74 - on HA depot, partner(s) unknown3
212 51483 51124 56406 Noted 28/08/74 - at Dunfermline3
51483 56477 50186 Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
51483 56389 51520 Noted 11/10/77 - on 2G83 1716 North Berwick-Edinburgh
378 51479 59068 51483 Listed at HA - 01/02/81
51483 59161 51475 Noted circa 05/19814

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Princes Street Gardens

22nd May 1976

A hybrid set formed of two Class 105 DMBSs and a Class 101 DTCL passes through Princes Street Gardens on 22 May 1976. The power cars were SC51483 and SC51475, the trailer was not recorded. Phil Bevan.

Class 105 DMU at Springfield Yard

15th April 1979

Sc51483 sits in Springfield Yard in Falkirk on the 15th April 1979 awaiting works attention. It is fitted with a wheel skate under the 2nd axle. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 105 DMU at Markinch

6th January 1981

Class 105 DMBS SC51483 leads 2G62 1250 Arbroath to Edinburgh stopper away from the stop at Markinch, 6th January 1981. Bruce Galloway.

Class 105 DMU at Forfar

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.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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