Class 105 DMU images identified by Vehicle No.
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50389
24th August 1979
A former Eastern Region Cravens Class 105 Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M50389, complete with a paraffin tail lamp, was stood in platform 3 at Preston station with a well-filled two-car Manchester Victoria to Blackpool North service on the evening of Friday August 24th 1979. Most of the local Cravens sets in the Preston area were power-twin units, but this set was a power-trailer, with Driving Trailer Composite Lavatory (DTCL) M56456 leading. Martyn Hilbert.
29th March 1982
Set: 146
Ex-Eastern Region Cravens Class 105 power/trailer two-car DMU with DMBS M50389 trailing, was passing over the A6 trunk road as it departed from Bamber Bridge with the 14.30 Preston to Colne service on May 29th 1982. The bridge is the far distance spanning the East Lancashire line has a historic claim to fame - it was the first Motorway bridge to span a railway in the UK, the first section of Motorway (The 8.25 mile Preston Bypass and the first part of the M6) opening in December 1958. Unfortunately the original red brick bridge visible here was radically altered in the 1990's when the M6 was widened. Martyn Hilbert.
50390
11th May 1963
A Cravens twin with DMBS M50390 leading approaches Coalville Town with the 3.48pm Leicester (London Road) - Burton-on-Trent service on 11 May 1963. Michael Mensing.
19th October 1968
A Cravens DMU led by M50390 in Millbrook station with a Bedford - Bletchley service on 19 October 1968. The blind shows Bletchley. Stuart Mackay Collection.
3rd April 1971
Set: BY385
Cravens twin, 50390 nearest and 56149, at Bletchley on 3rd April 1971, having just arrived from Bedford St. Johns. James Hardwick.
50392
3rd July 1976
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.
21st April 1977
A Cravens 2-car DMU arrives at Bedford St Johns station, working in from Bletchley on 21 April 1977. The LNWR signal box was damaged by fire later in the year and was subsequently rebuilt using the top of a Midland Region type 15 design. Leading is thought to be M50392 which had a C3T overhaul at Derby Litchurch Lane dated 10th March 1977. Kevin Lane.
circa 1982
Class 105 D.M.U. vehicle M50392 pictured in the early 1980s, and appears to be alongside Bletchley depot. It was withdrawn from there in January 1981. Eddie Knorn adds: From memory it hit something at Watford Junction in 1980/81, leading to the damage seen here. The Class 105s on the branch (and Bedford - Bletchley line) were displaced by Class 104s from Autumn 1981, so were mostly withdrawn at that time. Note the second passenger window has three transfers on it: "FIRST", triangular NO SMOKING and a circular No Smoking below that. The "FIRST" is incorrect as this vehicle was second class only, but as this and the triangular label were "fired in" onto the glass, they could not be scraped off. I suspect that a broken window meant the use of any piece of glass that fitted. Curly42.
50393
Unknown Date
A Cravens Class 105 with DMBS M50393 closest at Whittington station on the Midland 'Old Road' from Chesterfield to Sheffield - date unknown. Paul Redmond.
50394
Unknown Date
Cravens Class 105 DMBS 50394 awaits it's fate at Derby Litchurch Lane. It has the relatively rare combination of the LM Region headcode box and the stump for mounting a marker light on the roof dome, though no light was ever fitted, unique to the M50390 - 94 batch. It was withdrawn in the mid 1970s after a collision/derailment at Watford Junction that also wiped out M56147 (thanks to Eddie Knorn for info). Undated. Ian Francis.
50752
circa September 1957
A three-car Cravens DMU showing 50752 and presumably 59307 + 50785, at Darnall station. They were delivered new to Longsight depot in September 1957. This was taken from a Cravens advertisement, hence the cropping. Cravens.
2nd May 1965
A nine-car Cravens formation (three triples) working the 5.15pm Nottingham Midland - Birmingham New Street approaching Water Orton on Sunday 2 May 1965. M50752 leads. Michael Mensing.
50753
circa September 1957
A three-car Cravens DMU showing 50753 and presumably 59308 + 50786. They were delivered new to Longsight depot in September 1957. This was taken from a Cravens advertisement, hence the cropping. Cravens.
22nd April 1962
The 5:55pm Birmingham New Street - Derby service formed of a Cravens triple DMU approaches Wilnecote on Easter Sunday, 22 April 1962. Michael Mensing.
50754
29th May 1982
Missing many windows, 50754 is seen in Newton Heath on 29th May 1982. Jerry Glover.
50755
23rd April 1960
The Stephenson Locomotive Society Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Area railtour at New Hucknall Colliery on 23 April 1960. Formed of a Cravens three-car DMU, the Six Bells Junction notes the DMBS as 50755. Paul Redmond.
23rd June 1979
The driver looks-back as passengers alight and board Cravens Class 105 Driving Motor Brake Second M50755, as it was stood at Bolton as the lead car of a Kirkby - Wigan Wallgate - Manchester Victoria service on June 23rd 1979. Note the model of the Isle of Man steamer in a glass case, visible on the extreme right of this scene. These models were a feature at the stations of both Bolton and Blackburn at the time - now sadly gone. The Cravens Power-Twin fleet based at Newton Heath Depot were a joy to behold. Run-down, noisy, but with well-sprung seats and a warm interior that smelled of diesel fuel. The degree of rattle from the metal interior fittings was dependent on engine revs and speed - and all topped-off with an interior that had green formica panels - Happy Days. Martyn Hilbert.
50757
Unknown Date
A Cravens triple DMU with M50757 closest in Derby station circa mid-1960s. David Russon.
Unknown Date
A Cravens triple DMU led by DMBS M50757 departs from Derby with Leicester on the destination blind. Circa mid-1960s, Peak D20 is on the right. David Russon.
15th May 1981
In the days when the Ormskirk line was still double track from Farington Curve Junction on the WCML to Midge Hall, a Newton Heath Cravens Class 105 Power-Twin, M50757 + M50815 was passing over Lodge Lane Crossing with an Ormskirk to Preston service on May 15th 1981. The foreground was the location of Moss Lane Junction , where a short double track section ran to Lostock Hall at the top of Farington Curve, once enabling trains to run direct from Liverpool and Ormskirk to East Lancashire. The junctions were taken out and the track lifted following rationalisation of the track layout/signalling in the Preston area at the time of preparation for electrification and resignalling in 1972. The well-worn former Up Line to Ormskirk formed of cast iron chairs and bullhead rail, was taken out of use in 1983 and has since been lifted. Martyn Hilbert.