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Vehicle 50375 / 53375

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: 30282
Diagram: 525

Allocations

11/03/57	New to	53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58	Transferred to	53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)	- (53C closed)
Jan-60	Depot code change	50C
10/03/68	On loan to	40A (Lincoln)
Oct-68	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
May-73	Depot code change	NO
Sep-73	Depot code change	NR
w/e 13/02/77	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 21/05/78	Transferred to	GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
w/e 05/10/80	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
16/03/86	Transferred to	LN (Lincoln)
10/05/87	Withdrawn from	LN (Lincoln)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50375 - original number
53375 - from 1984 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

50375 was involved in the following incident:

circa autumn 1968 - Unknown, ER

Collision involving Class 105

Info from Railway Observer p404 November 1968

E50375 was noted in the sidings at Lincoln (with partner E56125) with severe damage to the cab and leading compartment.

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50375	56130	As delivered to 53C - 11th March 1957
	50375	56125	Transfer to 40A - 10/03/68 - on loan
	50375	56436	Noted 17/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
52	50375	56303	Noted circa e1972 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
52	50375	56362	Noted circa mid-1972 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
52	50375	56362	New set number at - circa e1973 - 52 became 32²
32	50375	56362	New set number at 32A - circa e1973 - set 52 became set 32²
32	50375	56362	Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
	50375	56435	Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street³
32	50375	56435	Noted 08/11/73 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
32	50375	56369	Noted 01/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
32	50375	56369	Noted 19/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
32	50375	56469	Noted 10/08/74 - at Norwich¹
32	50375	56316	Noted 22/02/75 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
	50375	56316	Noted 03/1975 - at Norwich⁴
	50375	56429	Noted 03/1975 - at Kings Cross ⁴
32	50375	56316	Noted 20/03/75 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
32	50375	56437	Listed at NR - 19/07/75
	50375	56437	Noted 16/08/75 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
	50375	56474	Noted 14/02/76 - at Brough⁵
32	50375	56436	Noted 31/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
32	50375	56469	Noted 08/01/77 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
	50375	56471	Noted 03/09/77 - at Doncaster¹
	50375	56473	Noted 25/03/78
	50375	56418	Noted 19/11/80 - at Norwich¹
31	53375	54140	Noted circa 03/1984⁶
31	53375	54468	Noted 08/01/85
31	53375	54468	Noted circa 04/1985⁶
31	53375	54468	Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
31	53375	54468	Listed at NC - Dec-85
	53375	54454	Noted 01/12/1986⁶
	53375	54133	Noted 27/12/1986 - at Ely North Junction on 09.30 Cambridge to Lincoln Central.⁷
	53375	54133	Noted 1987
	53375	54133	Noted 27/12/88

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Leonard Rogers
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Nicholas Youngman

Images:

17th July 1977

E50375 is seen outside Doncaster Works on July 17, 1977. Rex Holt.

14th October 1979

Class 105 DMBS E50375 in Swindon Works 14 October 1979. Behind is a Met-Camm TSL, and there is a variety of DMU parts in the foreground. Brian Daniels.

31st December 1982

Set number: 31

The 2-car class 105 'Cravens' DMU sets were synonymous with East Anglia in the BR era as Norwich Thorpe depot had a large allocation. This scene on December 31, 1982 depicts an afternoon gathering of the class at Ipswich where five Norwich sets are captured line a breast but only four were placed conveniently side by side. Set 61 in the platform with people boarding was working 2R22 the 12.52 via the East Suffolk line to Lowestoft. The line up left to right comprises; set 31. 53375+54468, set 52. 51299+54429, set 66. 51260+54130, set 61. 51290+54462, and 51478 on the very left. Adrian Nicholls.

16th August 1985

Set number: 31

Norwich allocated Cravens class 105 dmu made up of cars E53375 & E54468 pulls into the then newly opened Roughton Road station, with a Sheringham-Norwich service. 16th August 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

20th August 1985

Set number: 31

Norwich allocated Cravens class 105 dmu made up of cars E53375 & E54468, stands at the then newly opened Roughton Road station on the outskirts of Cromer, with a Sheringham-Norwich service. 20th August 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

12th October 1985

DMUs stabled at Norwich - Class 105 53375 and several Class 101s - 12th October 1985. Jonathan Hazan.

8th February 1986

Set number: 31

Cravens Class 105 DMU set 31 (53375 + 54468) on the blocks at Norwich, possibly 8-2-86. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

12th June 1986

Set number: 31

Class 105 Cravens 2-car DMU set 31 (53375 + 54468) at Cleethorpes on 12th June 1986. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 8th January 1985

Set number: 31

E54468 and E53375 Norwich set 31 in the carriage sidings at Ely on 08.01.85. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: May 1985

E54468 + E53375 near Ely North Junction on a Norwich to Ely working in May 1985. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 27th December 1986

E54133 + E53375 passing Ely North Junction with the 09.30 Cambridge to Lincoln on December 27, 1986. Nicholas Youngman.

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