Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30504
Diagram: 549
16/03/59 | New to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
2w/e 12/03/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
4w/e 29/06/74 | Stored S. | ||
17/05/75 | Reinstated | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
w/e 29/11/75 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
Dec-83 | Depot code change | NC | |
12/10/86 | Withdrawn from | NC (Norwich) |
27th December 1987 - Seen in Tinsley Yard
56468 - original number
54468 - from May-85 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
51479 | 56468 | As delivered to 61A - 16th March 1959 | |||||||
51479 | 56468 | Transfer to 64H - 2w/e 12/03/66 | |||||||
51479 | 56468 | Transfer to 66C - Apr-66 | |||||||
51479 | 56468 | Noted 15/08/70 - on Hamilton depot1 | |||||||
51479 | 56468 | Noted 11/09/71 - at Glasgow Works1 | |||||||
40 | 51479 | 56468 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | ||||||
51479 | 56468 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | |||||||
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 | |||||||
53 | 51489 | 56468 | Noted 18/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
51278 | 56468 | Noted 26/09/1976 - at Birmingham New Street 4 | |||||||
59 | 51278 | 56468 | Noted 28/09/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
59 | 51278 | 56468 | Noted 05/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
59 | 51278 | 56468 | Noted 09/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
51278 | 56468 | Noted 17/03/77 - on Cambridge depot3 | |||||||
74 | 51124 | 56468 | Noted circa 10/19785 | ||||||
49 | 51271 | 56468 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | ||||||
44 | 51289 | 56468 | Noted 04/01/79 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
44 | 51289 | 56468 | Noted 09/02/79 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
44 | 51289 | 56468 | Noted 19/05/79 | ||||||
51254 | 56468 | Noted 24/05/80 - at Norwich3 | |||||||
51257 | 56468 | Noted 17/04/81 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
45 | 51298 | 56468 | Noted circa 07/19835 | ||||||
31 | 53375 | 54468 | Noted 08/01/85 | ||||||
31 | 53375 | 54468 | Noted circa 04/19855 | ||||||
31 | 53375 | 54468 | Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85 | ||||||
31 | 53375 | 54468 | Listed at NC - Dec-85 | ||||||
31 | 53361 | 54468 | Noted 20/05/86 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
31 | 53361 | 54468 | Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986 | ||||||
31 | 53361 | 54468 | Noted 02/08/86 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
Cravens Class 105 DMU set 44, formed E56468 + E51289, in Norwich station with a Yarmouth service on 10 March 1979. Michael Mensing.
Cravens Class 105 DMU set 44 (E56468 + E51289) arrives at Acle with a Yarmouth - Norwich service on 10 March 1979. Michael Mensing.
Class 105 DMU E54468 at Ipswich. Date unknown. Stuart Pearce.
E54468 and E53375 Norwich set 31 in the carriage sidings at Ely on 08.01.85. Nicholas Youngman.
E54468 + E53375 near Ely North Junction on a Norwich to Ely working in May 1985. Nicholas Youngman.
Class 105 Set 31 (presumably 54468 closest) with the 1747 Colchester - Sudbury and DAF trucks being loaded in the former Sudbury Dock bay at Colchester on Thursday 13th February 1986. Colin Brooks.
E54468 + E53361 with the 15.10 Peterborough to Cambridge at Ely on August 2nd, 1986. Nicholas Youngman.
DMBS E51289 leads Cravens DMU set 44 (with DTCL E56468) past the fuelling point on its departure from Norwich with a Yarmouth service on 10 March 1979. Michael Mensing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cravens Class 105 DMU set 31 (53375 + 54468) on the blocks at Norwich, possibly 8-2-86. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Class 105 Cravens 2-car DMU set 31 (53375 + 54468) at Cleethorpes on 12th June 1986. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.