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
01/05/57 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
w/e 12/10/74 | Transferred to | LN (Lincoln) | |
w/e 25/01/75 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
03/10/82 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
Dec-83 | Depot code change | NC | |
08/06/86 | Stored S. | LN (Lincoln) | |
22/06/86 | Reinstated | LN (Lincoln) | |
10/05/87 | Withdrawn from | LN (Lincoln) |
50381 - original number
53381 - from Nov-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
50381 | 56136 | As delivered to 53C - 1st May 1957 | |||||||
50381 | 56130 | Noted 29/08/70 - at Brough1 | |||||||
50381 | 56440 | Noted 15/04/1972 - R.C.T.S. (London Branch) Kesteven Ironstone Branches Railtour | |||||||
50381 | 56440 | Noted 06/07/73 - at Doncaster1 | |||||||
50381 | 56398 | Noted 24/08/74 - at Sheffield Midland2 | |||||||
H21 | 50381 | 56398 | Noted 26/08/74 - at Sheffield Midland (set number on 56398)2 | ||||||
50381 | 56468 | Noted 08/09/75 - at Brough1 | |||||||
50381 | 56468 | Noted 16/09/75 - at Hull1 | |||||||
50381 | 56468 | Noted 06/10/75 - at Brough1 | |||||||
50381 | 56468 | Noted 01/11/75 - at Brough1 | |||||||
50381 | 56384 | Noted 05/01/76 - at Brough1 | |||||||
50381 | 56384 | Noted 10/01/76 - at Brough1 | |||||||
50381 | 56384 | Noted 12/01/76 - at Brough1 | |||||||
50381 | 56130 | Noted 11/02/76 - at Brough1 | |||||||
50381 | 56130 | Noted 10/04/76 - at Brough1 | |||||||
50381 | 56135 | Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
50381 | 56473 | Noted Sep-76 - at Brough1 | |||||||
50381 | 56426 | Noted 11/08/82 | |||||||
71 | 50381 | 56426 | Noted 11/11/82 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
71 | 53381 | 54426 | Noted circa 03/19843 | ||||||
71 | 53381 | 54439 | Noted circa 04/19853 | ||||||
71 | 53381 | 54439 | Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85 | ||||||
71 | 53381 | 54439 | Listed at NC - Dec-85 | ||||||
71 | 53381 | 54439 | Noted 12/04/19863 | ||||||
71 | 53381 | 54439 | Listed at Norwich - June 1986 | ||||||
53381 | 54439 | Noted 04/08/86 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
Two Cravens sets side by side in Cambridge station north bay, 63 on the left and 71 on the right. Mike Cooper.
Class 105 Set 71 (presumably 53381 + 54439) depart Wrabness on the 12:30 Manningtree - Harwich Town service on Saturday 16th November 1985. Colin Brooks.
Class 105 Set 71 (presumably 53381 and 54439) with the 10:46 Manningtree - Harwich Town arrives at Mistley on Saturday 16th November 1985. Colin Brooks.
Cravens Class 105 Set 71 (presumably 53381 + 54439) with the 10:46 Manningtree - Harwich Town approaches Mistley on Saturday 16th November 1985. Colin Brooks.
Cravens DMU set 71 in Cambridge station circa summer 1986 with DMBS 53381 closest. Brian Ward.
53381 and 54439 depart from Leicester with the 11:54 Leicester to Peterborough on the 5th July 1986. Dennis Taylor.
53381 has just arrived at Leicester with the 08:45 from Cambridge on the 5th July 1986. Dennis Taylor.
53381 departs from Sheffield with a Retford service on the 12th February 1987. Dennis Taylor.
Having carried it's last passengers, Cravens Class 105 Two-Car DMU formed of cars 53381 & 54439, had been relegated to mail and parcels duties, seeing out its last few months in traffic before withdrawal. The unit was stabled with a Class 114 at Leeds Neville Hill Depot on March 15th 1987. Martyn Hilbert.
Class 105 DMBS E53381 awaiting disposal at Snailwell on the 26th October 1987. Nicholas Youngman.
E53381 at Snailwell on the 26th October 1987. Nicholas Youngman.
Looking through the gangway of Class 105 DMBS E53381 at Snailwell on October 26, 1987. Nicholas Youngman.
The RCTS Kesteven Ironstone Branches railtour at Stainby sidings on 15 April 1972. The tour started at Grantham and a Hull Botanic Gardens Cravens DMU was used - closest is DTCL E56440 and the Six Bells Junction website notes the DMBS as E50381. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Cravens class 105, E56424 + E50381 stands in Platforn 1a at Sheffield Midland station. 15-03-82. Paul James.
E56426 and E50381 heads out of Selby station with the 10:27 York - Hull service on August 11, 1982. John Carter.
Cravens Class 105 Set 71 (54439 closest and presumably 53381) on the 12:30 Manningtree - Harwich Town heads away from Wrabness on Saturday 16th November 1985. Colin Brooks.
E54439 + E53381 near Ely on a Cambridge to Lincoln service, 04.08.86. Nicholas Youngman.
A two-car Cravens DMU (54439 + 53381) in Doncaster station on 21 March 1987. John Law Collection.
Class 105 DMU vehicles 54439 + 53381 are seen at Doncaster, Saturday 21/03/1987. Graeme Phillips Collection.