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Vehicle 50769


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

Feb-58 New to 9A (Longsight)
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
Sep-82 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50769 59324 50802 As delivered to 9A - February 1958
50769 50792 Noted 21/12/71 - at Rose Grove (Burnley)1
50769 50802 Noted 07/10/1973 - at Wigan2
50769 50802 Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria1
50769 50802 Noted 09/09/76 - at Preston3
50769 50802 Noted 09/04/1977 - at Preston 4
50769 50802 Noted circa 04/19805
50769 50798 Noted 22/10/80 - on 15.10 Preston-Barrow with 50963 + 56240
50769 50798 Noted circa 01/19825
NH152 50769 50798 Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria5

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Rochdale

1975

A Cravens DMU on arrival at Rochdale in 1975, DMBS M50769 is closest. John Law.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa 1978

A Class 105 Cravens DMU (M50802 + M50769) at Miles Platting circa 1978. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 22nd October 1980

A four-car formation of DMU classes 105 and 108 - 50798 + 50769 / 50963 + 56240 - working the 15.10 Preston-Barrow photographed at a rather wet Lancaster station on 22 October 1980. Lewis Bevan.