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Vehicle 56149

Class 105

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 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18/07/82	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

Modifications

circa Dec-72 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	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
	50387	56149		Noted 09/12/81 - on 13.28 Bletchley – Bedford St. Johns³

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

Images:

3rd April 1988

M56149 (and 56120 behind) seen at Vic Berry's on the 3rd April 1988. Malcolm Clements.

5th June 1988

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.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 3rd April 1971

Set number: BY385

Cravens twin, 50390 nearest and 56149, at Bletchley on 3rd April 1971, having just arrived from Bedford St. Johns. James Hardwick.

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