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 50390 during the unknown period are:
Jul-57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
Oct-57 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
Aug-58 | Transferred to | 18A (Toton) | |
4w/e 29/11/58 | Transferred to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
4w/e 27/12/58 | Transferred to | 18A (Toton) | |
4w/e 29/12/62 | Transferred to | 15C (Leicester Midland) | |
Sep-63 | Depot code change | 15A | |
2w/e 09/04/66 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
2w/e 10/09/66 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
2w/e 12/08/67 | Transferred to | 1E (Bletchley) |
Then the allocations for 56145 are:
13/09/81 | Withdrawn from | BY (Bletchley) | |
Jan-82 | To departmental stock | TO (Toton) | |
by 20/06/86 | Transferred to | CW (Cricklewood) | |
by 05/11/88 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) | |
Jan-90 | Withdrawn |
56145 - original number
977052 - from Jan-82 (departmental stock)
Sandite From 1/82 to 1/90.
circa Jul-72 - AWS fitted
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
50390 | 56145 | As delivered to 9A - July 1957 | |||||||
50390 | 56145 | Noted 19th September 1957 | |||||||
BY386 | 50391 | 56145 | Noted circa 07/19711 | ||||||
50394 | 56145 | Noted 25/08/74 - at Bletchley2 | |||||||
50390 | 56145 | Noted 08/06/75 - on Bletchley depot2 | |||||||
50392 | 56145 | Noted 03/07/1976 - Seen on Bletchley - Bedford service. 56145 notable for retaining First Class markings1 | |||||||
50392 | 56145 | Noted 03/08/76 - on 17.15 Bletchley – Bedford St. Johns3 | |||||||
50392 | 56145 | Noted 13/05/77 - on 19.00 Bedford St. Johns – Bletchley3 | |||||||
50392 | 56145 | Noted 26/08/77 - at Bletchley2 | |||||||
50392 | 56145 | Noted 16/10/77 - at Watford Junction4 | |||||||
50392 | 56145 | Noted 18/03/78 - at Bedford St Johns2 | |||||||
50388 | 56145 | Noted 22/09/79 - on 08:46 Bedford St Johns - Bletchley and 18:10 Bletchley - Bedford St Johns3 | |||||||
50388 | 56145 | Noted circa 19801 | |||||||
977052 | Noted 22/12/1986 - at Cricklewood - stabled with presumably withdrawn 9770515 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Gerald Brown
3: Phil Shatford
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Robert Chilton
A two-car Class 105 DMU formed of M56145 + M50388 sits in Watford Junction station with a St Albans Abbey service on 12 January 1980. Brian Daniels.
M56145 + M50388 waiting to work to Watford at St Albans Abbey on 12 January 1980. Brian Daniels.
M56145 + M50388 in Watford Junction station after arriving from St Albans Abbey on 12 January 1980. Brian Daniels.
A two-car Class 105 DMU (M56145 + M50388) at Bedford St Johns in the third quarter of 1980. Rob Paterson.
A two-car Class 105 DMU (M56145 + M50388) at Bedford St Johns in the third quarter of 1980. Rob Paterson.
Class 105 977052 is seen stabled at Toton on 11.02.1984. It was converted from 56145 and was used as a sandite car. Andy Cole.
Class 105 977052 is seen stabled at Tyseley on 08.10.1988. It was converted from 56145 and was used as a Sandite car. Andy Cole.
31 405 and Class 105 TDB 977052 are seen on Sandite Duties at St Pancras (18XX) Saturday 22nd October 1988. Colin Brooks.
105 TDB 977052 is seen with 31 405 on Sandite Duties at St Pancras (18XX) Saturday 22nd October 1988. Colin Brooks.
977052 (ex-56145) seen at Bedford on the 17/12/88. Robert Frise.
977052 (M56145), 54491, 59656, 51674 Bletchley TMD 2-3-91. Kevin Dowd.
977052 at Bletchley TMD on the 27th March 1991. S Gaskell.
A Cravens set (from the M50390-94 / M56145-49 batch) at Morcott with a Stamford - Seaton service on 03/01/1966. Photo by P.H Wells. Nigel Walls Collection.
A mixed-livery Cravens DMU descends the Bedford-Cambridge line after crossing the ECML at Sandy on 30 January 1967. The DTCL closest is from the batch of five LMR sets that had three marker lamps and the route indicator (56145-9), all of which were allocated to Bletchley at the time. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A Cravens DMU enters Millbrook station with a Bedford - Bletchley service on 19 October 1968. The DTCL is from the M56145-9 batch, the DMBS is in Rail Blue livery. Stuart Mackay Collection.
3rd July 1976 was clearly a warm summer's day judging by the attire of the ladies waiting on Lidlington station as Cravens class 105/2 DMU 50392-56145 runs in, forming a Bletchley-Bedford service. Photographer - Roy Burt. Gordon Edgar Collection.
50388 with 56145 at St Albans Abbey. Phil Bidwell.
A two-car Class 105 DMU (M50388 + M56145) at Bedford St Johns in the third quarter of 1980. Rob Paterson.