Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30285
Diagram: 526
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 50394 during the unknown period are:
Aug-57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
Oct-57 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
Apr-58 | Transferred to | 18A (Toton) | |
4w/e 29/12/62 | Transferred to | 15C (Leicester Midland) | |
Sep-63 | Depot code change | 15A | |
2w/e 11/06/66 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
2w/e 10/09/66 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
2w/e 18/03/67 | Transferred to | 1E (Bletchley) |
Then the allocations for 56149 are:
circa Feb-82 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
18/07/82 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
circa Dec-72 - AWS fitted
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
50394 | 56149 | As delivered to 9A - August 1957 | |||||||
50393 | 56149 | Noted 02/09/67 - at Cambridge1 | |||||||
BY385 | 50390 | 56149 | Noted circa 07/19712 | ||||||
51849 | 50393 | 56149 | Noted 08/10/76 - on 19.00 Bedford St. Johns – Bletchley3 | ||||||
50393 | 56149 | Noted 26/08/77 - on Bletchley depot1 | |||||||
50392 | 56149 | Noted circa 19802 | |||||||
50387 | 56149 | Noted circa-1981 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Phil Shatford
M56149 (and 56120 behind) seen at Vic Berry's on the 3rd April 1988. Malcolm Clements.
M56149 spent some time in Vic Berry's before cutting. It is seen on the 5th June 1988 alongside a stack of GUVs and CCTs. Malcolm Clements.
Cravens twin, 50390 nearest and 56149, at Bletchley on 3rd April 1971, having just arrived from Bedford St. Johns. James Hardwick.