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Vehicle 50383

Class 105

Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp / Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30282
Diagram: 525

Allocations

13/05/57	New to	53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58	Transferred to	53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)	- (53C closed)
Jan-60	Depot code change	50C
3w/e 27/11/65	Transferred to	31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73	Depot code change	FP
w/e 13/03/77	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
12/07/81	Withdrawn from	NR (Norwich)

Notes

23/10/81 - withdrawn vehicles noted on Norwich depot with parts removed: 50382, 50383 (damaged), 51254, 51274 and 51482 (before official withdrawal)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50383	56138	As delivered to 53C - 13th May 1957
	50383	56138	Transfer to 31A - 3w/e 27/11/65
	50383	56138	Transfer to 34G - 3w/e 30/04/66
	50383	56420	Noted 22/08/1972 - at Kings Cross¹
	50383	56420	Noted 03/11/72
	50383	56420	Noted 31/03/73 - at Ipswich²
	50383	56138	Noted 15/06/73 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50383	56138	Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross¹
	50383	56414	Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross¹
	50383	56416	Noted 23/08/75 - in Kings Cross³
	50383	56416	Noted 18/10/75 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50383	56448	Noted 06/02/76 - on Cambridge depot³
37	50383	56114	Noted 19/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds³
37	50383	56469	Noted 13/08/78 - at Norwich³
37	50383	56189	Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
37	50383	56437	Noted 11/01/79 - at Norwich³
	50383	56413	Noted 24/05/80 - at Norwich³
	50383	56413	Noted 11/10/1980 - F&DRS Central Norfolk Freight Lines railtour with 56186 + 50376
37	50383	56413	Noted circa 06/1981⁴

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

circa 1971

A pair of Cravens 2-car units, E50383 leading, wait at Hitchin with an up working, circa 1971. Image by Roy Dixon. Kevin Lane Collection.

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