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Vehicle 50763


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: 30352
Diagram: 528

Allocations

4w/e 25/01/58 New to 5B (Crewe South)
Mar-58 Transferred to 17A (Derby Etches Park)
Apr-58 Transferred to 18A (Toton)
4w/e 29/12/62 Transferred to 17A (Derby Etches Park)
Sep-63Depot code change16C
4w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 10E (Accrington)
Oct-72 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
May-73Depot code changeNH
15/11/81 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

Modifications

circa early 1975 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50763 59318 50796 As delivered to 5B - January 1958
EP488 50763 59310 50798 Noted Apr-69
50798 59310 50763 Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1
50763 59310 50768 Noted 14/04/69 - in Derby (two DMBSs)1
50763 50793 Noted 26/02/1972 - Britannia Locomotive Society / Southern Electric Group South in the North Railtour 50970+562?6 plus 50763+50793
50763 50790 Noted 19/04/73 - in Manchester Victoria2
50763 50796 Noted 11/04/80
50763 50796 Noted 11/04/80 - at Wigan NW with 50627 + 56497
50763 50796 Noted circa 04/19813
50763 50796 Noted circa 01/19823
NH149 50763 50796 Noted circa 05/19823
50763 50796 Noted circa 08/19823

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Shustoke

October 1966

DMBS M50763 at the front of a Cravens triple set heading for Leicester at Shustoke in October 1966. Michael Mensing.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 11th April 1980

50627 + 56497 and 50763 + 50796 at Wigan NW on 11/4/80. Chris Lings.