Vehicle 51485
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
| 08/04/59 | New to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| w/e 06/06/59 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| 4w/e 29/06/74 | Stored S. | ||
| w/e 13/07/74 | Reinstated | HN (Hamilton) | |
| 17/05/75 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| 2w/e 27/03/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 31/05/81 | Withdrawn from | HT (Heaton) |
Disposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51485 | 56474 | As delivered to 61A - 8th April 1959 | |||||||
| 51485 | 56473 | Noted 27/05/70 - at Glasgow Central1 | |||||||
| 51485 | 56474 | Noted 11/09/71 - at Edinburgh Waverley1 | |||||||
| 46 | 51485 | 56474 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | ||||||
| 51485 | 56474 | Noted 17/04/73 - in Glasgow Central2 | |||||||
| 51485 | 56474 | Noted 26/07/1973 - at Hamilton depot3 | |||||||
| 51485 | 56474 | Noted 05/09/73 - in Glasgow Central2 | |||||||
| 18/19 | 51482 | 56463 | 51485 | Listed at Hamilton - circa Aug-74 - Two brake vehicles, one carrying 18 the other 19. | |||||
| 169 | 51485 | 56466 | Noted 14/06/75 - at Bury St Edmunds, set number only on 514852 | ||||||
| 52 | 51485 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 - plus unknown trailer | |||||||
| 169 | 51485 | 56140 | Noted 11/08/75 - at Bury St Edmunds, set number only on 514852 | ||||||
| 51485 | 56140 | Noted 27/03/1976 - at Solihull (an unusual sighting here)4 | |||||||
| 52 | 51485 | 56300 | Noted 05/07/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 52 | 51485 | 56300 | Noted 05/10/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 51485 | 56300 | Noted 16/10/1976 - Cambridge to Norwich service5 | |||||||
| 52 | 51485 | 56114 | Noted 04/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 51485 | 56081 | Noted 10/08/80 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
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Date: 10th August 1980
Class 101 and 105 vehicles E56085 E51221 E56459 E51429 E56081 and E51485 call at Heaton on the last day of British Rail services, 10/08/1980. Although situated on the East Coast Main Line, it was one of a number of stations closed across Newcastle and North Tyneside at this time, pending development of the Tyneside Metro system. Heaton station wasn't replaced as part of the Metro system, but the area is served by nearby Byker and Chillingham Road stations. Graeme Phillips Collection.