Class 105 DMUs in Parcels Use
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12th September 1986
Vehicle: 51293
Cravens in the Capital. Liverpool Street 12/09/86. By late 1986 the class 105 Cravens built 2-car DMU fleet was in rapid decline with only a handful of operational sets in passenger service. Several Anglia Region examples had been down graded for parcels train use with seating removed and reclassified as DPU's (Diesel Parcel Units). Seen here in London Liverpool Street station one such example a Cambridge allocated 2-car DPU set is seen waiting departure with 4H04 the 16.10 Parcels service to Cambridge. The train was booked one intermediate call at Harlow Town and was due into Cambridge at 17.33, no doubt a lively run on the mainline for the old girl. Closest is 51293, the only one of the parcel vehicles not to have the top lamp position on the dome. Adrian Nicholls.
20th September 1986
Vehicle: 53362
Class 105 53362 in Express Parcels use at York 22-9-86 ish with 51439. The silver cab roof shows the car is ex-Stratford. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
22nd September 1986
Vehicle: 53362
E53362 and E51439 in "Express Parcels" use at Leeds on 22/9/86. Malcolm Clements.
22nd September 1986
Vehicle: 53362
E53362 on "Express Parcels" use, seen at Leeds on 22/9/86. On the lower cab front is the text "Max Tail 40T" and the cab shows signs that's it once had additional fittings now removed. Malcolm Clements.
11th October 1986
Vehicle: 53373
One of the Cravens units (E53373 + E53364) relegated to parcels duty waits at York on the 11th Oct 1986. 54A South Dock.
circa 1987
Vehicle: 53373
A Cravens "Express Parcels" DMU in York station circa 1987. Closest is E53373, the other vehicle is presumably E53364. George Woods.
12th February 1987
Vehicle: 53364
Express Parcels Cravens set 53364 + 53373 seen in Leeds station on the 12th February 1987. Dennis Taylor.
13th February 1987
Vehicle: 53365
Seeing out their last days as a mail/parcels unit, a pair of Cravens Class 105 Driving Motor Brake Seconds, 53365 & 53362 were being loaded at Leeds on February 13th 1987. Martyn Hilbert.
15th March 1987
Vehicle: 53381
Having carried it's last passengers, Cravens Class 105 Two-Car DMU formed of cars 53381 & 54439, had been relegated to mail and parcels duties, seeing out its last few months in traffic before withdrawal. The unit was stabled with a Class 114 at Leeds Neville Hill Depot on March 15th 1987. Martyn Hilbert.
21st March 1987
Vehicle: 53361
A Class 105 parcels set arrives at York (16XX) Saturday 21st March 1987. 53361 closest still has a dent from incident at Stratford in the early 1980s. Colin Brooks.
April 1987
Vehicle: 53361
53361 at Cambridge in April 1987. It carries Express Parcels branding, its partner does not. Mike Cooper.
21st April 1987
Vehicle: 53373
This Cravens unit, nos. E53373 and E53364, has just passed Ravensthorpe to the west of Dewsbury and is heading towards Heaton Lodge at Mirfield East Junction on 21st April 1987. The unit is carrying the words 'Express Parcels' on each car. Andrew Walker.
30th April 1987
Vehicle: 53369
53369 and 53367 at Leeds on 30/04/87. Roddy MacPhee.
30th April 1987
Vehicle: 53369
Cravens parcel DMU 53369 + 53367 at Leeds on 30/04/87. Roddy MacPhee.
8th May 1987
Vehicle: 51293
08 638 shunts 105 Parcels Cravens DMBS 51293 between two Met-Camms at Cambridge (1215) May 8, 1987. Colin Brooks.
8th May 1987
Vehicle: 51293
Cravens DMBS E51293 - now in parcels use - stabled at Cambridge on May 8th, 1987. Colin Brooks.
9th May 1987
Vehicle: 53367
Parcels set 53367 / 53369 rolls into Leeds station on the 9th May 1987. Merlin.
15th May 1987
Vehicle: 53367
A Class 105 twin-DMBS Express Parcels set at Leeds, 15/5/87, comprised of E53367 & E53369. 53367 has "EXPRESS PARCELS" on the destination blind, and "Max Tail 40T" stenciled on just above the no.1 side buffer. Malcolm Clements.
15th May 1987
Vehicle: 53369
Parcels vehicles 53369 and 53367 at Leeds, 15/5/87. Malcolm Clements.
June 1987
Vehicle: 53369
Cravens Parcels DMU, Bradford Interchange, June 1987. 53369 is closest, presumably with 53367. Robert28194.