Class 105 DMUs in Departmental Use
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977125
1st June 1987
Departmental DMU set ADB977125 ADB977123 accelerate away from Mexborough East Junction while working a drivers route learning special in conjunction with the then newly opened Holmes chord and Rotherham Central station on June 1, 1987. The new line had come into use on a few weeks earlier on 11th May 1987 but passenger crews were still being trained for the new route which no longer passed through Rotherham Masborough station which wasn't ideally situated for the town. Adrian Nicholls.
28th January 1988
Former Cravens Class 105 E56444, now numbered TDB977125 and in Departmental stock, sits in the north bay platforms at York on the night of 28th January 1988. Syd Young.
18th March 1988
977125 + 977123 and 47 223 at Warrington on 18 March 1988. Brian Daniels.
16th February 1989
Route learning Class 105 TDB977125 (formerly 56444) front and TDB977123 (formerly 51286) rear, at Doncaster. Year definitely 1989. Date believed to be 16th February. Andrew Slack.
977126
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.
1980s
Class 105 Route Learning Saloon TDB977126 seen it Trent Junction in the 1980s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
28th November 1985
Route Learning Saloon TDB977126, formerly 56445, at Doncaster with its partner TDB977124, formerly 51296, on 28/11/85. Robert Chilton.
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.
10th May 1986
977126 leads 977124 (51296) under Holgate Bridge, York on 10/5/86. Paul Moxon.
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.
11th July 1986
977126 / 977124 at a route learning trip to Drax on 0G33, 11/7/86. Michael Kaye 55A.
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.
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.
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.
Unknown Date
Cravens route learning vehicles (including 977126) stabled at Cambridge, date unknown. Malcolm Clements.
Unknown Date
The bodyside lettering on 977126, seen at Cambridge in the late 1980s. Malcolm Clements.
2nd February 1988
ER Route Learning Saloon TDB977126 and TDB977124 at Ipswich Station on 2nd February 1988. AndrewHA.
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.
27th February 1989
ER Class 105 route learner 977126 in York station on 27 February 1989. Image by Janet Cottrell. Stuart Mackay Collection.
10th April 1989
Route learning departmental Cravens unit TDB977126 + TDB977124 approaching Manchester Piccadilly on 10/4/89. Sparegang.