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Vehicle 56445 / 977126

Class 105

BR Diagram 533

Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30470
Diagram: 533

Allocations

05/11/58 New to 31A (Cambridge)
Sep-64 Transferred to 40A (Lincoln)
May 1973Depot code changeLN
14/11/82 To departmental stock LN (Lincoln)
04/10/87 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
May-90 Withdrawn

Notes

Jul-81 - 51280/5 and 56445/46 to move LN->NR but cancelled

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56445 - original number
977126 - from p/e 28/11/82 (departmental stock)

Department Use as TDB977126

Driver Training / Route Learner From 11/82 to 5/90.

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51287 56445 As delivered to 31A - 5th November 1958
51287 56445 Noted 9th August 1959
51286 56445 Noted May 1968
51287 56445 Noted 02/05/70 - at Sheffield1
51287 56445 Noted 15/06/74 - at Doncaster1
51287 56445 Noted 30/12/75 - at York with 50032/560371
51287 56445 Noted Jun-76 - at Sheffield1
51287 56445 Noted 11/06/77 - on 0953 Cleethorpes-Sheffield with 50006 + 56002
51287 56445 Noted 24/09/77 - at Darnall2
977124 977126 Noted 20th March 1989
977124 977126 Noted 10th June 1989 - Part of 4-car set (with E51430 + E51441) towing a GUV

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Edale

1975

A Lincoln allocated Cravens set, 56445 + 51287, rolls into Edale station on a Sheffield - New Mills local working sometime in 1975. John Crooks.

Class 105 DMU at York

15th July 1983

Class 105 TDB977126 (ex 56445) York, 15 July 1983. I was pleased to find this Cravens set now in Departmental use stabled in one of the south end bay platforms surrounded by Class 110s on service workings. Alistair Ness.

Class 105 DMU at Trent Junction

1980s

Class 105 Route Learning Saloon TDB977126 seen it Trent Junction in the 1980s. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Doncaster

28th November 1985

Route Learning Saloon TDB977126, formerly 56445, at Doncaster with its partner TDB977124, formerly 51296, on 28/11/85. Robert Chilton.

Class 105 DMU at Marsh Lane, Leeds

circa May 1986

Class 105 Route Learning Saloon TDB977126 + TD977124 with York on the destination blind leading a Class 111 is seen at Marsh Lane, Leeds. The process date was May 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Holgate Bridge, York

10th May 1986

977126 leads 977124 (51296) under Holgate Bridge, York on 10/5/86. Paul Moxon.

Class 105 DMU at South Kirkby

10th July 1986

South Kirkby, taken in the long gone 'Pit Yard'. The power car is noted as 977124, so presumably working with 977126 (closest). The photographer was a 'Road learning Instructor' based at Leeds, and the unit was taken into the 'pit yards' so Knottingley men could have a refresh on the railway, because like miners they had done no work for over a year. The working was 0G33 on 10th July 1986. Michael Kaye 55A.

Class 105 DMU at Drax

11th July 1986

977126 / 977124 at a route learning trip to Drax on 0G33, 11/7/86. Michael Kaye 55A.

Class 105 DMU at Saltley

5th September 1986

Class 105 977126 is seen passing Saltley on route learning duty 05.09.1986. It was converted from 56445 and is presumably paired with 977124. Andy Cole.

Class 105 DMU at Lawley Street

16th September 1986

Class 105 977126 is seen at Lawley Street on route learning duties on 16.09.1986. It is presumably paired with 977124. Andy Cole.

Class 105 DMU at York

22nd February 1987

DMUs old and new (classes 105, 101 and 141) at York on 22nd February 1987. The Cravens is route learner 977126, a common sight in the station. The Met-Camm carrying set number 100 is DMSL 53182. Jonathan Hazan.

Class 105 DMU at Cambridge

Unknown date

Cravens route learning vehicles (including 977126) stabled at Cambridge, date unknown. Malcolm Clements.

Class 105 DMU at Cambridge

Unknown date

The bodyside lettering on 977126, seen at Cambridge in the late 1980s. Malcolm Clements.

Class 105 DMU at Ipswich

2nd February 1988

ER Route Learning Saloon TDB977126 and TDB977124 at Ipswich Station on 2nd February 1988. AndrewHA.

Class 105 DMU at Attenborough

15th April 1988

TDB977126 and TDB977124 passes Attenborough, acting as a BR Directors' Inspection Saloon at the time of the photograph: 15th April 1988. Andrew Walker.

Class 105 DMU at York

27th February 1989

ER Class 105 route learner 977126 in York station on 27 February 1989. Image by Janet Cottrell. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

10th April 1989

Route learning departmental Cravens unit TDB977126 + TDB977124 approaching Manchester Piccadilly on 10/4/89. Sparegang.

Class 105 DMU at New Mills

10th June 1989

A Cravens route learner with Met-Camm parcels unit and a GUV! TDB977126 + TDB977124 with E51441 + E51430 on 3E26, the 17:57 Manchester Piccadilly to Leeds at New Mills South Junction, 10-6-89. Kevin Dowd.

Class 105 DMU at Cambridge

7th August 1989

Class 105 Route Learning Saloon 977126 at Cambridge on the 7th August 1989. To the left is 53233 and on the right 977124. Mike Cooper.

Class 105 DMU at Cambridge

4th November 1989

TDB977126 and behind seen are 977124, 977125, 977123 and 54026 at Cambridge on 4th November 1989. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: October 1971

A Cravens DMU formed of E51287 and E56445 departs Grantham for Skegness in October 1971. Mel Smith.

DMU

Date: circa summer 1975

A Lincoln allocated Class 105 with vehicles E51288 and E56445 and Sheffield on the destination blind entering Lincoln Central from the east. The slide process date was September 1975 so circa summer 1975. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 1980s

Eastern Region Cravens Route Learning Saloon TB977124 + TB977126 at Trent Junction sometime in the 1980s. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 28th November 1985

Route learner TDB977124 (ex-51296) with a layer of frost on its roof at Doncaster on 28/11/85. Just behind the cab door can be seen the rubber panel from it's token exchange days. It's partner was TDB977126 (ex-56445). Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: 22nd February 1987

Cravens and Met-Camm DMUs in York station on 22 February 1987. The Class 105 is one of the ER route learning sets, 977126 at the far end and presumably 977124 this end. The Class 101 consists of DMSL 53182 at the far end and an unknown DMBS this end. Jonathan Hazan.

DMU

Date: 25th May 1989

Cravens route learner 977124 / 977126 at Manchester Oxford Road (at 1345) on Thursday 25th May 1989. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 7th August 1989

The 'Stourton Saloon' 975637 + 975664 at Cambridge on the 7th August 1989. On the left is Cravens 977126 facing Met-Camm 53233. Mike Cooper.

DMU

Date: 7th August 1989

Class 101 parcels set 53233 and 53255 at Cambridge on 7/8/89. The Cravens vehicle is 977126. Mike Cooper.

DMU

Date: 5th May 1990

Two Cravens route learning DMUs at Cambridge on Saturday 5th May 1990. Left to right are 977123 + 977125 / 977124 + 977126, all four were withdrawn that month. Colin Brooks.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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