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Vehicle 56473

Class 105

Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30504
Diagram: 549

Allocations

01/04/59	New to	61A (Kittybrewster)
w/e 06/06/59	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)
07/06/81	Withdrawn from	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51484	56473	As delivered to 61A - 1st April 1959
	51485	56473	Noted 27/05/70 - at Glasgow Central¹
	51484	56473	Noted 11/09/71 - on Hamilton depot¹
45	51484	56473	Listed at 66C - 1972
	51484	56473	Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central²
	51489	56473	Noted 27/10/75 - at Brough¹
	51491	56473	Noted 06/03/76 - on Botanic Gardens depot¹
	50381	56473	Noted Sep-76 - at Brough¹
	50375	56473	Noted 25/03/78

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear

Images:

Unknown date

A Class 101/105 formation at Doncaster, date unknown. The Cravens DTCL is E56473, withdrawn in June 1981 from Hull Botanic Gardens. Paul Redmond.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: circa 1967

Cravens DMBS SC51484 in an early version of Rail Blue livery with a yellow panel, circa 1967. It is paired with original partner SC56473, still in green, with which it ran until at least 1973. On the right is Met-Camm DTCL SC56383, in another early version of Rail Blue livery, with yellow cab doors. Location unknown, all three vehicles were allocated to Hamilton depot at the time. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 31st August 1979

E52104 + E59824 + E51977 and E50379 + E56473 at Selby with a Hull-Leeds service on 1979-08-31. John Carter.

Date: unknown

A Class 101 (E56384 closest) and Class 105 (E56473 closest) seen departing from Doncaster with Manchester on the destination blind, date unknown - the 105 DTCL was withdrawn in June 1981 so prior to that. Paul Redmond.

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