Vehicle 51489
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
| 05/05/59 | 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) | |
| 3w/e 03/02/68 | Transferred to | 61B (Aberdeen Ferryhill) | |
| May-68 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 04/11/72 | Transferred to | 64B (Haymarket) | |
| 4w/e 30/12/72 | Transferred to | 65A (Eastfield) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ED | |
| 4w/e 29/06/74 | Transferred to | HN (Hamilton) | |
| 17/05/75 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| w/e 29/11/75 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| w/e 12/02/78 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 14/06/81 | Withdrawn from | HT (Heaton) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51489 | 56478 | As delivered to 61A - 5th May 1959 | |||||||
| 51489 | 56471 | Noted 18/05/63 | |||||||
| 51489 | 56478 | Transfer to 64H - 5w/e 04/02/67 | |||||||
| 51489 | 56478 | Noted 15/08/70 - on Hamilton depot1 | |||||||
| 51489 | 56478 | Noted 11/09/71 - on Hamilton depot1 | |||||||
| 49 | 51489 | 56478 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | ||||||
| 51489 | 56478 | Noted 29/07/1972 - at Ayr2 | |||||||
| 51468 | 59564 | 51489 | Noted 03/09/73 - at Perth3 | ||||||
| 191 | 51468 | 59564 | 51489 | Noted 04/09/73 - in Falkirk Grahamstone3 | |||||
| 22/23 | 51489 | 56467 | 51490 | Listed at Hamilton - circa Aug-74 - Two brake vehicles, one carrying 22 the other 23. | |||||
| 22 | 51489 | Noted 27/08/74 - on Hamilton depot (no trailer attached)3 | |||||||
| 51489 | 56136 | Noted 19/09/75 - at Brough1 | |||||||
| 51489 | 56473 | Noted 27/10/75 - at Brough1 | |||||||
| 51489 | 56440 | Noted 01/11/75 - at Brough1 | |||||||
| 53 | 51489 | 56468 | Noted 18/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 53 | 51489 | 56128 | Noted 05/11/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 51489 | 56423 | Noted 12/04/1981 - Worked 09.40 Middlesbrough to Newcastle.4 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
18th May 1963
Sc51489 + Sc56471 in the rain at Yoker Ferry on 18/5/63. Hamish Stevenson.
circa 1964
A Cravens DMU arrives into Sandilands station heading for Lanark, date unknown but the passenger service ended on October 5, 1964. The DMBS looks like it could be Sc51489. Roy Hamilton.
25th September 1990
Class 105 DMBS E51489 was withdrawn from Heaton in December 1981 and spent another 9 years stored there before being moved to Snailwell scrapyard where it is seen on 25th September 1990. Nicholas Youngman.