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Vehicle 50802

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: 30353
Diagram: 529

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-63	Depot code change	16C
4w/e 31/05/69	Transferred to	10E (Accrington)
Oct-72	Transferred to	9D (Newton Heath)
May-73	Depot code change	NH
18/07/82	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)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
	50768	59315	50802	Noted 31/12/68 - at Derby¹
	50758	50802		Noted 26/10/71 - at Preston²
	50769	50802		Noted 07/10/1973 - at Wigan³
	50769	50802		Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria¹
	50769	50802		Noted 09/09/76 - at Preston²
	50769	50802		Noted 09/04/1977 - at Preston ⁴
	50769	50802		Noted circa 04/1980⁵
	50757	50802		Noted circa 02/1981⁵
	50777	50802		Noted circa 08/1981⁵
	50777	50802		Noted 12/10/81
NH154	50777	50802		Noted circa 05/1982⁵

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

Images:

circa 1978

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

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 12th October 1981

Class 105 M50777 M50802 at Colne on 12/10/1981, having have arrived and terminated with the 15:33 from Preston. Note that 'Newton Heath' has been stenciled below the driver's cab window. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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