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Vehicle 51258

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: 30469
Diagram: 532

Allocations

12/06/58	New to	40A (Lincoln)
w/e 31/01/59	Transferred to	34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73	Depot code change	FP
2w/e 27/03/77	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
10/03/85	Withdrawn from	NC (Norwich)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51258	56416	As delivered to 40A - 12th June 1958
	51258	56416	Noted 18th June 1958 - on exhibition at Blast Lane, Sheffield
	51258	56447	Noted 07/07/73 - at Ipswich¹
	51258	56433	Noted 10/08/1974 - at Kings Cross²
	51258	56430	Noted 15/11/75 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51258	56420	Noted 15/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51258	56420	Noted 10/09/76 - at Peterborough⁴
	51258	56420	Noted 18/09/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51258	56457	Noted 17/11/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51258	56457	Noted 09/12/76 - on Cambridge depot³
	51258	56449	Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot³
59	51258	56443	Noted 09/07/77 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51258	56443	Noted 19/02/78 - on 1406 Cambridge-Ipswich
59	51258	56114	Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
59	51258	56413	Noted 17/01/79 - at Norwich³
59	51258	56114	Noted 09/09/81
59	51258	54451	Noted circa 01/1984⁵
59	51258	54439	Noted circa 09/1984⁵

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

Images:

2nd December 1961

Two Cravens twins - E51258 closest - in Welwyn Garden City station on 2 December 1961. Stuart Mackay Collection.

17th September 1977

Class 105 51258 at Cornard, 17/9/77. David Underwood.

27th April 1980

Set number: 59

Cravens Class 105 (Norwich set 59) formed of cars E51258 & E56114 was stood at Lowestoft on April 27th 1980. Martyn Hilbert.

29th July 1981

Set number: 59

E51258 + E56114 depart from March with a Peterborough - Cambridge service on 29/7/81. The locos are 31 297 and 47 203. John Carter.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 27th April 1980

Set number: 54

Having worked from Norwich, a Cravens Class 105 two-car set with Driving Motor Brake Second E51254 at the rear (set 54), was stood at Lowestoft on April 27th 1980. On the left is E51258 (set 59). Martyn Hilbert.

Date: 9th September 1981

Set number: 59

It's funny how you can curse things, but then years later find that they add a strange charm to a photograph. I'm not sure which is the most rateable here, the Cravens or the classic pushchair? The occupant of the latter if favoured with longevity must be over 30 now! This is Norwich set 59, E56114 + E51258 simmering at Ipswich before departure as the 10.48 to Lowestoft via the East Suffolk line. 9/9/81. Gerard Fletcher.

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