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<- 56145 | 56146 | 56147 ->

Vehicle 56146

Class 105

BR Diagram 526

Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30285
Diagram: 526

Allocations

The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 50391 during the unknown period are:

Jul-57 New to 9A (Longsight)
Oct-57 Transferred to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
Apr-58 Transferred to 18A (Toton)
Apr-58 On loan to 8E (Northwich)
4w/e 29/11/58 Transferred to 3E (Monument Lane)
4w/e 27/12/58 Transferred to 18A (Toton)
4w/e 29/12/62 Transferred to 15C (Leicester Midland)
Sep-63Depot code change15A
2w/e 09/04/66 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
2w/e 10/09/66 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
2w/e 12/08/67 Transferred to 1E (Bletchley)

Then the allocations for 56146 are:

circa Feb-82 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
Aug-82 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

Modifications

circa early 1975 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50391 56146 As delivered to 9A - July 1957
50392 56146 Noted 02/09/67 - at Cambridge1
50394 56146 Noted 07/02/71
50394 56146 Noted 25/09/71 - at Watford Junction2
50394 56146 Noted 24/10/71 - on Bletchley depot2
50390 56146 Noted 22/05/76 - on 08.50 Bedford St. Johns – Bletchley and 20.10 Bletchley – Bedford St. Johns3
50390 56146 Noted 23/08/78 - on 16:10 Bletchley - Bedford3
50391 56146 Noted circa 19804
50393 56146 Noted 09/12/81 - on 07.52 Bedford St. Johns – Bletchley3
50393 56146 Noted 24/03/1982 - staff train at Guide Bridge4

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Phil Shatford
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Croft

21st September 1961

M56146 leads a two-car Cravens set, which has just passed another of the same type, with a Leicester service at Croft on September 21st, 1961. Michael Mensing.

Class 105 DMU at Park Street and Frogmore

7th February 1971

The Abbey Line (or St Albans Abbey Branch Line) runs from Watford Junction to St Albans Abbey railway station and the 6.5-mile route passes through both town and countryside. The 25kv electrified service is currently operated by London Midland class 321 units but on 7th February 1971, long before electrification, Bletchley-allocated Cravens unit No.50394 - 56146 forming a Watford to St Albans service drops a single passenger at Park Street and Frogmore station. Gordon Edgar.

Class 105 DMU at Bletchley

1st November 1975

The 12:10 to Bedford St Johns sits in the platform at Bletchley station on 1 November 1975 formed of Cravens vehicles M56146 + M50391. Robert Thomas.

Class 105 DMU at south of Langley Mill

Unknown date

A Class 105 DMU with M56146 leading seen south of Langley Mill on the Erewash Valley Line, looking north, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 105 DMU at St Albans Abbey

autumn 1980

A Class 105 Cravens DMU (56146 closest) in St Albans Abbey station in the third quarter of 1980. Rob Paterson.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: autumn 1980

A Cravens DMU (unknown DMBS and 56146) arriving at St Albans Abbey in the third quarter of 1980. Rob Paterson.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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