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Vehicle 50365 / 53365

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

01/01/57	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-73	Depot code change	NO
Sep-73	Depot code change	NR
2w/e 03/07/77	Transferred to	SF (Stratford)
19/05/85	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
23/11/86	Withdrawn from	NC (Norwich)
14/12/86	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09/03/89	Withdrawn from	CA (Cambridge) RPXN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:

50365 - original number
53365 - from 12/04/83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50365	56120		As delivered to 53C - 1st January 1957
	50365	56120		Transfer to 31A - 4w/e 09/10/65 - On loan from NER
	50365	56120		Transfer to 50C - 3w/e 27/11/65
	50365	56439		Noted 21/12/70 - at Norwich¹
	50365	56125		Noted 03/09/71 - at Norwich¹
49	50365	56317		Noted circa 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds²
49	50365	56116		Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds²
49	50365	56454		Noted 24/05/73 - at Bury St Edmunds²
49	50365	56454		Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford²
49	50365	56114		Noted 25/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds²
49	50365	56114		Noted 06/03/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
49	50365	56436		Noted 27/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
49	50365	56435		Noted 01/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
49	50365	56435		Noted 01/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
49	50365	56125		Noted 20/03/75 - at Bury St Edmunds²
49	50365	56125		Noted 22/05/75
	50365	56437		Noted 31/05/1975 - at Birmingham New Street³
49	50365	56125		Listed at NR - 19/07/75
49	50365	56125		Noted 14/08/75 - at Bury St Edmunds²
	50365	56125		Noted 27/09/75 - at Bury St Edmunds²
49	50365	56436		Noted 13/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds²
	50365	56141		Transfer to SF - 2w/e 03/07/77
	50365	59375	50578	Noted 06/05/1981 - RCTS London Branch East London No 5 Railtour 50370-56138 + 50578-59375-50365 + 56455-50367
	50365	56415		Noted 27/03/1982 - at Stratford depot⁴
	50365	56415		Noted circa 04/1983⁵
	53365	54143		Noted circa 07/1983⁵
	53365	54133		Noted 01/05/85
45	53365	54420		Noted 12/07/85 - at Norwich²
45	53365	54417		Listed at NC - Dec-85
45	53365	54436		Noted circa 02/1986⁵
45	53365	54436		Noted 06/08/86
45	53365	54421		Formation change - Norwich - Sep-86 - 54421 replaced 54436 (W)
	53362	53365		Noted 10/03/1987 - at Shenfield - parcels set⁶
	53365	53739		Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds - parcels set, multied up with 53265-51211⁶
	53365	53739		Noted 01/05/87 - at York, 53195 still with set number 90²
	53218	53365		Noted 31/07/1987 - at Ely⁷
	53365	53367		Noted 31/05/88
	55991	53365		Noted circa 10/1988 - Parcels set⁵
	53365	55991		Noted 26th November 1988

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Stuart Mackay
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: Nicholas Youngman

Images:

April 1984

Class 105 DMU comprising vehicles 53365 and 54133 on a working from North Woolwich at Stratford Low Level, April 1984. Robert28194.

1st May 1985

Cravens units E53365 and E54133 passing Stratford Southern signalbox with a service from North Woolwich just prior to energisation of the third rail and replacement with 2-EPB units from the Southern Region, 1st May 1985. Gordon Edgar.

1st May 1985

1956-built Cravens class 105 2-car DMU E53365-E54133 emerges from the gloom of the GE main lines over bridge into Stratford low level station, forming a Camden Road to North Woolwich service on 1 May 1985, just days before inauguration of 3rd rail electric services. The Stratford to North Woolwich DMU service had been extended to Camden Road in 1979 as part of the 'Cross Town Link Line' service. Gordon Edgar.

27th July 1985

Set number: 45

E53365 + E54420 with a Class 115 in Sheffield station, July 25, 1985. John Carter.

16th August 1986

Set number: 45

Norwich allocated Cravens class 105 dmu E53365 is seen right up at the blocks at Sheringham, about to form a Norwich service, on what is now know as the "Bittern Line", on 16th August 1986. The scene here has changed, and for the good for once, after a period of 36 years the link to the North Norfolk Rly, over the road was reinstated on the 11th March 2010, so trains can now pass right through this scene. Andrew J Crowther.

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.

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.

Unknown date

Cravens parcels conversions 53365 and 53367 are flanked by Met-Camm parcels cars at Leeds. Date unknown. Malcolm Clements.

11th May 1988

Sprinter 150 232 and Cravens parcels set 53365 + 53367 at Bradford Interchange on May 11, 1988. John Carter.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 2nd May 1977

Set number: 49

Cravens DMU set 49 (E56436 + E50365) head through the fens north of Postland GN & GE with a Cambridge to Doncaster passenger service on 02.05.77. Phil Bevan.

Date: 6th August 1986

Set number: 45

Norwich set 45 E54436 + E53365 passes Padnal with the 14.30 Norwich to Ely, August 6, 1986. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 31st May 1988

53367 + 53365 + 54343 + 51189 seen North of Ely with 09.36 Ely to Norwich, 31.05.88. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 18th August 1988

Class 105 parcels set 53367 + 53365 at Leeds on August 18, 1988. Behind is the blue Class 114 roller shutter door set 55930 + 55933, and behind is another Class 114 set. Rex Holt.

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