Vehicle 56479
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
| 08/05/59 | New to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| w/e 06/06/59 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 3w/e 24/06/61 | On loan to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 3w/e 24/06/61 | On loan to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| Jan-62 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| 5w/e 04/02/67 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 3w/e 03/02/68 | Transferred to | 61B (Aberdeen Ferryhill) | |
| May-68 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 04/11/72 | Transferred to | 64B (Haymarket) | |
| 2w/e 10/02/73 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| 4w/e 29/06/74 | Stored S. | ||
| w/e 14/12/74 | Reinstated | HN (Hamilton) | |
| 14/12/74 | Transferred to | FP (Finsbury Park) | |
| w/e 29/02/76 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| 2w/e 08/08/76 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 27/11/77 | Stored U. | LN (Lincoln) | |
| 09/04/78 | Withdrawn |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51490 | 56479 | As delivered to 61A - 8th May 1959 | |||||||
| 51490 | 56479 | Transfer to 61A - 4w/e 01/07/61 | |||||||
| 51490 | 56479 | Transfer to 66C - Jan-62 | |||||||
| 51490 | 56479 | Transfer to 64H - 5w/e 04/02/67 | |||||||
| 51490 | 56479 | Noted 27/05/70 - at Polmadie1 | |||||||
| 50 | 51490 | 56479 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | ||||||
| 51491 | 56479 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley2 | |||||||
| 51491 | 56479 | Noted 25/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | |||||||
| 51279 | 56479 | Noted 25/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
| 51279 | 56479 | Transfer to NR - w/e 29/02/76 | |||||||
| 50 | 51279 | 56479 | Noted 29/03/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 50 | 51279 | 56479 | Noted 31/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds being towed by 31251 after failure3 | ||||||
| 51279 | 56479 | Noted 10/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
Images:
May 1959
Cravens Sc56479 in Helensburgh Central with a Hillington Park Church Woman's Guild charter during May 1959. This image appeared in the August 1959 Scottish Region edition of the British Railways staff magazine. The Man in the Corner Seat.
23rd May 1959
The depot cat hides under Sc56479 at Eastfield depot on the 23rd May 1959. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: May 1959
Tablet exchange from a Cravens set at Ardlui, presumably 51490 since the DTC is 56479, working a Hillington Park Church Woman's Guild charter during May 1959. This image appeared in the August 1959 Scottish Region edition of the British Railways staff magazine. The Man in the Corner Seat.
Date: June 1973
Set number: 171
A DMU formation departs from Edinburgh Waverley for Glasgow Central via the Shotts line during June 1973. Carrying set number 171, this was listed as being a three car set formed 51491 + 56479 + Met-Camm DMC 51515. Alan Rintoul.