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Vehicle 50362 / 53362 / 55945

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: 30280
Diagram: 525

Allocations

19/11/56	New to	53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58	Transferred to	53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)	- (53C closed)
Jan-60	Depot code change	50C
4w/e 09/10/65	On loan to	31A (Cambridge)
w/e 16/10/65	Transferred to	31A (Cambridge)
Nov-69	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
4w/e 30/05/70	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
2w/e 10/10/70	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
May-71	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
May-73	Depot code change	NO
Sep-73	Depot code change	NR
w/e 19/02/78	Transferred to	SF (Stratford)
11/05/86	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
01/06/86	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge)
27/07/86	To Parcels Sector at	CA (Cambridge)
13/09/87	Withdrawn from	CA (Cambridge)

Notes

9/2/84 - An unpublished 'last train' ran over the Poplar Docks line in East London. E53362/54420 spent five hours on the branch doing noise and vibration tests in connection with the projected Docklands Light Railway.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50362 - original number
53362 - from 14/04/83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
55945 - from 09/08/87 (parcels conversion)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50362	56117	As delivered to 53C - 19th November 1956
	50362	56117	Transfer to 31A - 4w/e 09/10/65 - On loan from NER
	50362	56117	Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge¹
	50362	56117	Transfer to 34G - Nov-69
	50362	56307	Noted 18/09/70 - at Cambridge¹
	50362	56117	Transfer to 34G - 2w/e 10/10/70
	50362	56117	Transfer to 32A - May-71
	50362	56380	Noted 17/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds²
	50362	56300	Noted 02/09/71 - at Braintree¹
	50362	56300	Noted 03/09/71 - at Ipswich¹
47	50362	56369	Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds²
47	50362	56442	Noted 31/05/73 - at Bury St Edmunds²
47	50362	56442	Noted 03/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds²
	50362	56442	Noted 06/04/1974 - at Nuneaton ³
47	50362	56442	Noted 06/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
47	50362	56432	Noted 28/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
47	50362	56442	Noted 09/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
47	50362	56442	Noted 18/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
47	50362	56137	Noted 14/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
47	50362	56137	Noted 14/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
47	50362		Listed at NR - 19/07/75 - plus unknown trailer
47	50362	56121	Noted 23/11/75 - at Bury St Edmunds²
47	50362	56459	Noted 22/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds²
	50362	56126	Transfer to SF - w/e 19/02/78
	50362	56455	Noted circa 04/1982⁴
	53362	54449	Noted circa 07/1983⁴
	53362	54449	Noted circa 01/1984⁴
	53362	54420	Noted 12/03/84
	53362	54143	Noted circa 08/1984⁴
	53362	54126	Noted 21/07/1985 - at Shenfield. DMBS had silver cab roof.⁵
	53362	54114	Noted 22/03/1986 - in Stratford Works⁵
44	53362	54455	Noted 16/05/86 - at Norwich²
	51293	53362	Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986 - Parcels
	51439	53362	Noted circa 08/1986 - Parcels set⁴
	51439	53362	Noted 22/09/86 - at Leeds
	53362	53365	Noted 10/03/1987 - at Shenfield - parcels set⁵

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton

Images:

11th June 1982

50362 with 56455 at Romford for Upminster. Phil Bidwell.

3rd September 1983

Class 105 DMU comprising vehicles 53362 and 56449 about to leave Romford on 3 September 1983 with the 14.23 to Upminster. Robert28194.

25th October 1985

The final months for the Cravens Class 105 DMUs in London with 53362-54126 on depot at Stratford TMD on 25th October 1985, standing between part of the former steam motive power depot and the diesel depot replacement, with a class 37 just visible inside. Gordon Edgar.

20th September 1986

Class 105 53362 in Express Parcels use at York 22-9-86 ish with 51439. The silver cab roof shows the car is ex-Stratford. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

22nd September 1986

E53362 and E51439 in "Express Parcels" use at Leeds on 22/9/86. Malcolm Clements.

22nd September 1986

E53362 on "Express Parcels" use, seen at Leeds on 22/9/86. On the lower cab front is the text "Max Tail 40T" and the cab shows signs that's it once had additional fittings now removed. Malcolm Clements.

25 th October 1987

E53362, 51199 and E53363 at Ely on 25th October 1987. Nicholas Youngman.

February 1988

Cravens class 105 E53362 seen in Ely Yard, the class 101 behind is 51199. February 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 14th March 1982

Canonbury station on 14 March 1982. A Cravens Class 105 2-car unit (56455/50362) is just leaving working the 09.00 North Woolwich-Camden Town. I had just alighted from the dmu, having boarded at Stratford. My next train would be a Class 501 emu to take me to Broad Street. Note the poster advertising tickets to Larne for £32 or Belfast for £35. In 2021 Canonbury has 4 platforms, with regular London Overground services on both the North London Line and the East London Line, provided by Class 378 emus. Lewis Bevan.

Date: 22nd September 1986

In "Express Parcels" use, E51439 is seen at Leeds on 22/9/86 working with E53362. Malcolm Clements.

Date: 22nd September 1986

Class 101 Metro Cammell ex-DMBS E51439 in Express Parcels service, York 22-9-86 ish, with E53362. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 13th February 1987

Seeing out their last days as a mail/parcels unit, a pair of Cravens Class 105 Driving Motor Brake Seconds, 53365 & 53362 were being loaded at Leeds on February 13th 1987. Martyn Hilbert.

Date: 10th April 1987

37135 with parcels sets (53365 + 53362) and (53221 + 51439) seen at Queen Adelaide near Ely approaching from Peterborough direction on 10th April 1987. Nicholas Youngman.

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