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Vehicle 50377 / 53377

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

22/03/57	New to	53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58	Transferred to	53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)	- (53C closed)
Jan-60	Depot code change	50C
3w/e 27/11/65	Transferred to	31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73	Depot code change	FP
w/e 20/02/77	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
22/06/86	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
Sep-86	Withdrawn from	AY (Ayr)

Notes

Jun-86 - Listed as transferred to Parcels Section at CA, later cancelled.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50377 - original number
53377 - from 1985 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50377	56132		As delivered to 53C - 22nd March 1957
	50377	56132		Transfer to 31A - 3w/e 27/11/65
	50377	56132		Transfer to 34G - 3w/e 30/04/66
	50377	51472		Noted 21/07/66
	50377	56452		Noted 31/12/1971 - at Kings Cross¹
	50377	56430		Noted 26/08/72 - at Ipswich²
	50377	56455		Noted 21/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50377	56417		Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross¹
	50377	56433		Noted 27/07/75 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50377	56433		Noted 03/08/75 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50377	56450		Noted 17/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50377	56450		Noted 07/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50377	56452		Noted 10/07/76 - on Norwich depot³
	50377	56419		Transfer to NR - w/e 20/02/77
	50377	56419		Noted 10/10/77 - on 1002 Cambridge-Bishops Stortford
33	50377	56419		Noted 05/11/77 - at Bury St Edmunds³
33	50377	56434		Noted circa 10/1978⁴
33	50377	56419		Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
	50377	56434		Noted 30/01/79 - at Norwich³
33	50377	56434		Noted 19/05/79
	50377	56434		Noted 25/08/1979 - on 12:58 Yarmouth to Norwich¹
	50377	56434		Noted 24/05/80 - at Norwich³
	50377	56434		Noted 11/11/80 - at Norwich³
33	53377	54134		Noted circa 03/1984⁴
33	53377	54447		Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
33	53377	54447		Listed at NC - Dec-85
33	53377	54447		Noted 15/02/1986⁴
105550	53377	59805	53505	Formed at AY circa Jul-86
	53377	59805	53505	Noted 9th July 1986
550	53377	59805	53505	Listed at Ayr - August 1986
550	53377	59805	53505	Noted 8th August 1986
	53377	59805	53505	Noted 28th August 1986
	53377			Noted 11/10/1986 - at Ayr Depot⁴

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Unknown date

Set number: 33

Cravens DMBS E53377, part of set 33, in amongst many other DMU vehicles, possibly on its home depot of Norwich circa early/mid-1980s. Mike Bunker.

10th July 1978

Set number: 33

Easily identified as a Norwich-allocated train by the set number in the cab window, the DMBS is probably 50377. It is standing at Leicester (during reconstruction) having arrived from Peterborough on July 11, 1978. Jeremy Chapter.

19th May 1979

Set number: 33

On May 19th 1979, WAMRAC (the Wisbech & March Railway Action Committee) organised a special train from the goods terminus at Wisbech and this is seen there on arrival back from Cambridge. E50377 is shown leading trailer E56434 formed as Set 33. The other unit at the rear was Set 44, E51289 + E56468. Gerard Fletcher.

29th July 1981

Set number: 33

E50377 + E56434 at Cambridge on 29/7/81. John Carter.

April 1984

Set number: 33

Cravens set 33, with DMBS 53377 closest, in Cambridge station in April 1984. Michael Mensing.

15th March 1985

Set number: 33

08 775 joins a MetCam dmu which has just arrived with the 08.50 from Ipswich and a Cravens unit departing with the 10.20 to Norwich at Lowestoft, E53377 leading. Robert28194.

circa June 1986

New arrival at Haymarket. Cravens set E53377 + E54447, newly transferred from Norwich to cover for out of action Class 107s, the power car would become part of a hybrid three-car set and the trailer put into store. S Saunders.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 15th July 1983

Set number: 33

Class 105 Cravens DMUs in the bays at Cambridge 50377+56134 on left, 54467 on right. 15-7-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 30th June 1984

Set number: 33

Class 105 2-car DMU set 33 (54447 + 53377) stands at Great Yarmouth soon after arrival with train 2B24 the 12.02 stopper from Norwich on 30/06/84. Alongside stands 37 140 shut down in the sidings. Adrian Nicholls.

Date: 30th October 1984

Set number: 33

E54447 E53377 waiting departure from Sheringham with the 1354 to Norwich Thorpe 30th October 1984. Keith Long.

Date: 29th June 1985

Set number: 33

Just prior to electrification a Cravens (set 33 presumably 54447 + 53377) with a Class 101 works the Harwich branch at Dovercourt Bay on 29th June 1985. Ian Buck.

Date: 29th June 1985

Set number: 33

Cravens set 33 (presumably 54447 + 53377) at Harwich Town on 29th June 1985. Ian Buck.

Date: 29th June 1985

Set number: 33

On the Harwich branch a Cravens unit (set 33 presumably 54447 + 53377) with a Class 101 on the rear leaves Parkeston Quay on 29th June 1985. Ian Buck.

Date: 27th August 1985

Set number: 33

A Met-Camm and a Cravens DMU (54447 and presumably 53377) at Doncaster on 27 August 1985. Robert28194.

Date: 15th March 1986

Set number: 33

E54447 + E53377 at Peterborough on a very cold 15th March 1986, with the man on the left still dressed in his 70s gear and dear old set 33 about to set sail for Cambridge. In a matter of weeks it would be transferred away to Ayr. Gerard Fletcher.

Date: 31st March 1986

Norwich Trowse temporary station on 31 March 1986. This was used whist Norwich (Thorpe) station was being prepared for electrification. On the left a Class 101 has just arrived, on the right Class 105 set 33 (presumably 54447 + 53377) with SHeringham on the destination blind. Phil Bevan.

Date: 26th May 1986

Set number: 33

Cravens set 33 - 54447 closest (and presumably 53377) - at Colchester with an afternoon Sudbury service on May 26, 1986. Colin Brooks.

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