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Vehicle 51488


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

20/04/59 New to 61A (Kittybrewster)
w/e 06/06/59 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 61A (Kittybrewster)
5w/e 04/02/67 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
4w/e 02/12/67 Withdrawn - fire damage

51488 was involved in the following incident:


November 1967 - Inverurie Works

Fire involving Class 105

Sc51488 caught fire while under overhaul, causing sufficient damage for the vehicle to be withdrawn.


Disposal

Scrapped by BR, Inverurie Works

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51488 56477 As delivered to 61A - 20th April 1959
51488 56477 Transfer to 64H - 5w/e 04/02/67

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Muirkirk

20th June 1964

A Cravens twin DMU (the DMBS was recorded as SC51488) in Muirkirk station with a Lanark service on 20 June 1964. Stuart Mackay Collection.