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<- 50360 | 50361 | 50362 ->

Vehicle 50361 / 53361

Class 105

BR Diagram 525

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: 30280
Diagram: 525

Allocations

02/11/56 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
4w/e 09/10/65 On loan to 31A (Cambridge)
w/e 16/10/65 Transferred to 31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 27/11/65 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
16/06/68 Transferred to 31A (Cambridge)
Nov-69 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
4w/e 30/05/70 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
3w/e 31/10/70 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
Jan-72 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
Apr-73 Transferred to 30A (Stratford)
May 1973Depot code changeSF
11/05/86 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
28/09/86 Withdrawn from NC (Norwich)
19/10/86 To Parcels Sector at CA (Cambridge)
circa Dec-88 Sector Change to RPXN
09/03/89 Withdrawn from CA (Cambridge) RPXN

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50361 - original number
53361 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50361 56116 As delivered to 53C - 2nd November 1956
50361 56116 Transfer to 31A - 4w/e 09/10/65 - On loan from NER
50361 56116 Transfer to 50C - 3w/e 27/11/65
50361 56116 Transfer to 34G - Nov-69
50361 56114 Transfer to 34G - 3w/e 31/10/70
50361 56114 Noted 06/06/71 - at Kings Cross1
50361 56114 Transfer to 32A - Jan-72
43 50361 56441 Noted circa late 1972 - at Ipswich2
50361 56122 Transfer to 30A - Apr-73
43 50361 56434 Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds3
43 50361 56441 Noted circa e1974 - at Bury St Edmunds3
50361 56122 Noted 20/04/75 - on Stratford depot1
50361 56143 Noted 13/07/1976 - 0956 Stratford to North Woolwich
53361 54416 Noted circa 01/19844
53361 54416 Noted 05/03/85
53361 54126 Noted 22/03/1986 - at Romford - on Upminster service.5
31 53361 54468 Noted 20/05/86 - at Norwich3
31 53361 54468 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
31 53361 54468 Noted 02/08/86
51430 53361 Noted circa 10/1986 - Parcels set4
53361 53368 Noted 09/03/1987 - at Shenfield - parcels set5
53361 53368 Noted 17/06/1987 - at Shenfield - parcels set5
53361 53369 93455 Noted 20th March 1988 - E93455 is a GUV

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 105 DMU at North Woolwich

28th April 1976

A Class 105 formed of E50361 and E56143 at North Woolwich station on 28 April 1976. Phil Bevan.

Class 105 DMU at Victoria Park

October 1983

A SF allocated Cravens Class 105 DMU set, led by E53361 runs passed the signal box at Victoria Park with a mid-afternoon North Woolwich - Camden Road service ..... I think that by this time the former junction was a just a short stub and was being used as a run-round for freight services from the GN to the yards at Willesden/Stonebridge Park .... October 1983. Nigel Mack.

Class 105 DMU at North Woolwich

13th July 1984

Class 105 Cravens 2-car DMU 53361+54126 at North Woolwich with the 08.06 to Camden Road 13-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 105 DMU at Camden Road

2nd November 1984

A Cravens class 105 DMU (53361 closest) on a Camden Road to Stratford service at Camden Road on 2nd November 1984. This was before the electrification of the North Woolwich line. Jonathan Hazan.

Class 105 DMU at Silvertown

5th March 1985

A Camden Road to North Woolwich service formed of Cravens unit E53361-E54416 emerges from Connaught Tunnel and approaches Silvertown station on 5 March 1985. The derelict St.Marks church is on the left. Gordon Edgar.

Class 105 DMU at Romford

16th July 1985

A Class 105 set formed of 53361 and 54122 waits with the 11:53 Romford - Upminster while 315 847 tails 315 8XX on a Gidea Park - Livepool St service at Romford on Tuesday 16th July 1985. Colin Brooks.

Class 105 DMU at Upminster

8th February 1986

A Cravens Class 105 DMBS - the damage to the cab corner should identify it as E53361, there is also damage under the second passenger window. Working a 12XX Upminster - Romford it awaits time at Upminster (at 1219) on Saturday 8th February 1986. Colin Brooks.

Class 105 DMU at York

21st March 1987

A Class 105 parcels set arrives at York (16XX) Saturday 21st March 1987. 53361 closest still has a dent from incident at Stratford in the early 1980s. Colin Brooks.

Class 105 DMU at Cambridge

April 1987

53361 at Cambridge in April 1987. It carries Express Parcels branding, its partner does not. Mike Cooper.

Class 105 DMU at Leeds

14th March 1988

A Class 105 and 101 parcels train at Leeds on 14/3/1988, formed of 53361, 53369, 53230 and 53218. Malcolm Clements.

Class 105 DMU at Leeds

14th March 1988

The Red Star marking on 53361. Note also the white (grey?) cantrail stripe. At Leeds on 14/3/88. Malcolm Clements.

Class 105 DMU at Ely

28th June 1988

E53361 + E53368 heading to Cambridge near Ely Dock Junction, 28.06.88. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 105 DMU at Doncaster

31st August 1988

Class 105, vehicles 53361 and 53368 at Doncaster, 31st August 1988. David Slack.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 28th April 1976

E56143 and E50361, Stratford, 28 APril 1976. Phil Bevan.

DMU

Date: 13th July 1984

Class 105 Cravens 2-car DMU 54126 + 53361 arriving at Camden Road with the 07-18 to North Woolwich (despite the destination blind) on 13-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 5th March 1985

During the final weeks of services in the hands of veteran Cravens-built diesel multiple units, unit E53361-E54416 pauses at Silvertown station forming a service from Camden Road to North Woolwich on 5 March 1985. The third rail is already in place and would be energised in a few weeks ready for the ex-SR class 2-EPB EMUs to commence services from May. The original Silvertown station was opened in 1863 as part of the Eastern Counties & Thames Junction Railway. The Tate & Lyle sugar factory is on the right and the line known locally as the 'Silvertown Tramway' is still in place, providing access to the T.W.Ward scrapyard alongside the Thames Barrier. Electrification of this section was to remain for just two decades, the line being closed in December 2006. This scene has now been transformed, the remaining station and buildings being demolished in 2012 to make way for the 'Crossrail' route. Gordon Edgar.

DMU

Date: 2nd August 1986

Set number: 31

E54468 + E53361 with the 15.10 Peterborough to Cambridge at Ely on August 2nd, 1986. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 13th May 1988

Cravens "Express Parcels" vehicles 53368 + 53361 in Manchester Victoria on 13 May 1988. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 19th July 1988

Set number: 103

Class 101 set 103 (53321 + 59536 + 53305) has a Cravens parcel set on the rear which includes 53361 when seen seen at Queen Adelaide on the 09:36 Ely to Norwich, July 19, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 10th August 1988

Class 105 53368 is seen at Leeds on 10.08.1988 working for the Parcels sector. The simple addition of a red and yellow stripe improved the all over blue greatly. It is presumably paired up with 53361, and behind is parcels Class 114 55931. Andy Cole.

DMU

Date: 25th August 1988

Class 105 vehicles 53368 and 53361 are seen at Peterborough on 25.08.1988 after being taken over by the Parcels sector. Note 53361 has a white cantrail stripe, the other doesn't. Andy Cole.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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