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Vehicle 50752


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: 30352
Diagram: 528

Allocations

Sep-57 New to 9A (Longsight)
Oct-57 Transferred to 5B (Crewe South)
Mar-58 Transferred to 17A (Derby Etches Park)
Apr-58 Transferred to 18A (Toton)
4w/e 29/12/62 Transferred to 17A (Derby Etches Park)
Sep-63Depot code change16C
4w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 10E (Accrington)
Oct-72 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
May-73Depot code changeNH
Nov-81 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50752 59307 50785 As delivered to 9A - September 1957
50495 59314 50752 Noted 07/09/68 - at March1
EP479 50752 59314 50495 Noted circa May-69
50752 50795 Noted 07/06/72 - at Sandhills2
50752 50785 Noted 04/09/74 - in Liverpool Exchange1
50752 50785 Noted 20/06/1977 - 07.40 Wigan nW to Lime Street with 51932-520463
50752 50797 Noted 09/08/79
50752 50797 Noted 29/06/80 - at Morecambe4
50752 50797 Noted circa 07/19803
50752 50797 Noted circa 01/19813
50752 50797 Noted 03/01/1981 - At Burnley Station4

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Shayne Lewis

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Darnall

circa September 1957

A three-car Cravens DMU showing 50752 and presumably 59307 + 50785, at Darnall station. They were delivered new to Longsight depot in September 1957. This was taken from a Cravens advertisement, hence the cropping. Cravens.

Class 105 DMU at Water Orton

2nd May 1965

A nine-car Cravens formation (three triples) working the 5.15pm Nottingham Midland - Birmingham New Street approaching Water Orton on Sunday 2 May 1965. M50752 leads. Michael Mensing.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 9th August 1979

At Carnforth on the 9th August 1979 was a train formed of M50966 + M56249 + M50752 + M50797 + M50765 + M50798. Robert Frise.