Vehicle 51492
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
| 23/05/59 | New to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| w/e 06/06/59 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| Apr-66 | Transferred to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| May-68 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 04/11/72 | Transferred to | 64B (Haymarket) | |
| Feb-73 | 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 | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| w/e 09/10/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| 08/01/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| Apr-82 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Notes
15/11/81 - Withdrawn vehicles 50343, 50786, 51112, 51490, 51492, 51507 and 59193 were moved from Tyseley to storage at Whitacre
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51492 | 56481 | As delivered to 61A - 23rd May 1959 | |||||||
| 51492 | 56481 | Transfer to 66C - w/e 06/06/59 - from 61A | |||||||
| 51492 | 56481 | Noted 15/08/70 - at Glasgow Central1 | |||||||
| 51492 | 56481 | Noted 17/08/70 - in Glasgow Central2 | |||||||
| 52 | 51492 | 56481 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | ||||||
| 51492 | 56481 | Noted 03/08/1972 - at Glasgow Central3 | |||||||
| 51492 | 56462 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central4 | |||||||
| 24/25 | 51492 | 56472 | 51493 | Listed at Hamilton - circa Aug-74 - Two brake vehicles, one carrying 24 the other 25. | |||||
| 24 | 51492 | Noted 27/08/74 - on Hamilton depot (no trailer attached)2 | |||||||
| 51492 | 56127 | Noted 11/09/75 - at Brough1 | |||||||
| 51492 | 56440 | Noted 29/10/75 - at Brough1 | |||||||
| 51492 | 56135 | Noted 05/01/76 - at Brough1 | |||||||
| 51492 | 56135 | Noted 15/01/76 - at Brough1 | |||||||
| 51492 | 56135 | Noted 06/03/76 - at Hull1 | |||||||
| 51492 | 56471 | Noted Mar-77 - at Hull1 | |||||||
| 51492 | 56474 | Transfer to GF - w/e 09/10/77 | |||||||
| TY523 | 51492 | 59023 | 50116 | Noted 12/05/79 | |||||
| spare | 51492 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||||
| 51492 | 59536 | 50786 | Noted 09/05/1981 - at Birmingham Moor Street3 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Jeremy Goodyear
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 23rd May 1959
56481 and 51492 seen at Eastfield on the 23rd May 1959. They are listed as new that day to 61A (Kittybrewster) shed. Stuart Mackay Collection.