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Vehicle 51484

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)
12/06/77 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
2w/e 25/03/78 Transferred to SF (Stratford)
w/e 30/07/78 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
2w/e 01/10/78 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
2w/e 03/11/79 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
w/e 20/07/80 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
12/04/81 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)

Notes

21st June 1989 - Seen at Peterborough

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51484 56473 As delivered to 61A - 1st April 1959
51484 56473 Noted 11/09/71 - on Hamilton depot1
45 51484 56473 Listed at 66C - 1972
51484 56473 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2
51484 56470 Noted 28/08/74 - in Edinburgh Waverley3
201 51477 56470 51484 Noted 28/08/74 - at Dunfermline3
51474 56480 51484 Noted 31/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
55000 56476 51484 Noted circa 09/1976 - Seen on Edinburgh - Dunblane service at Stirling. Cab of 56476 facing rear gangway of 51484.4
51484 56480 Transfer to NR - 12/06/77 - from ScR
60 51484 56480 Noted 08/07/77 - at Bury St Edmunds, 51484 still with SC prefix3
60 51484 56434 Noted 04/03/78 - at Bury St Edmunds, 51484 with SC prefix3
51484 56436 Transfer to LN - w/e 30/07/78
51484 56436 Transfer to NR - 2w/e 01/10/78
60 51484 56448 Noted 02/01/79 - at Norwich, 51484 with SC prefix3
51484 56119 Transfer to LN - 2w/e 03/11/79
51484 56119 Transfer to HT - w/e 20/07/80

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

Images:

Class 105 DMU at maybe Hamilton depot

circa 1967

Cravens DMBS SC51484 in an early version of Rail Blue livery with a yellow panel, circa 1967. It is paired with original partner SC56473, still in green, with which it ran until at least 1973. On the right is Met-Camm DTCL SC56383, in another early version of Rail Blue livery, with yellow cab doors. Location unknown, all three vehicles were allocated to Hamilton depot at the time. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Snailwell

21st January 1990

Cravens Class 105 E51484, withdrawn since 1981. Seen at Snailwell on 21st January 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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