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
03/12/56 | 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) | |
3w/e 27/11/65 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
Oct-68 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
May-71 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
Apr-73 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | NO | |
Sep-73 | Depot code change | NR | |
2w/e 16/04/77 | Transferred to | SF (Stratford) | |
11/05/86 | Withdrawn from | SF (Stratford) |
50363 - original number
53363 - from 12/04/83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
50363 | 56118 | As delivered to 53C - 3rd December 1956 | |||||||
50363 | 56118 | Transfer to 31A - 4w/e 09/10/65 - On loan from NER | |||||||
50363 | 56118 | Transfer to 50C - 3w/e 27/11/65 | |||||||
50363 | 56313 | Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge1 | |||||||
50363 | 56369 | Noted 04/1971 - at Water Orton2 | |||||||
50363 | 56118 | Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster3 | |||||||
50363 | 56118 | Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
41 | 50363 | 56124 | Noted 17/11/73 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | ||||||
41 | 50363 | 56441 | Noted 18/03/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | ||||||
41 | 50363 | 56441 | Noted 20/04/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | ||||||
41 | 50363 | 56441 | Noted 27/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | ||||||
41 | 50363 | 56303 | Noted 15/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | ||||||
41 | 50363 | 56303 | Noted 15/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | ||||||
41 | 50363 | 56303 | Noted 28/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | ||||||
41 | 50363 | 56303 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | ||||||
41 | 50363 | 56443 | Noted 17/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | ||||||
41 | 50363 | 56443 | Noted 26/07/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | ||||||
41 | 50363 | 56443 | Noted 15/01/77 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | ||||||
50363 | 56188 | Noted 29/08/1979 - At Romford working to Upminster and back5 | |||||||
50363 | 56143 | Noted circa 04/19836 | |||||||
53363 | 54133 | Noted circa 07/19836 | |||||||
53363 | 54455 | Noted circa 01/19846 | |||||||
53363 | 54420 | Noted circa 08/19846 | |||||||
53363 | 54455 | Noted 27/01/1986 - at Shenfield7 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Robert Chilton
Norwich set 41 contains a Class 105 DMBS - thought to be E50363 - and a Class 100 DTCL when seen at at Wigston circa mid-1970s. Phillip Malin.
A Cravens DMU in Romford station with an Upminster service on 28 December 1985. The DMBS appears to be E53363. Stuart Mackay Collection.
E53363, E54376 and E54373 withdrawn at Ely yard, August 12, 1987. Nicholas Youngman.
Class 105 Cravens DMU 54122 + 53363 at Camden Road with a service for North Woolwich on 9-4-85. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Class 101 DMBS M51199 at Ely Yard on 25th October 1987. Cravens E53363 is on the left. Nicholas Youngman.
E53362, 51199 and E53363 at Ely on 25th October 1987. Nicholas Youngman.