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
19/06/58 | 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 | |
w/e 13/02/77 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
Dec-83 | Depot code change | NC | |
15/01/84 | Transferred to | LN (Lincoln) | |
16/03/86 | Withdrawn from | LN (Lincoln) |
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
51259 | 56417 | As delivered to 40A - 19th June 1958 | |||||||
51259 | 56412 | Noted 25/08/69 - at Finsbury Park1 | |||||||
51259 | 56421 | Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross1 | |||||||
51259 | 56427 | Noted 21/12/70 - on Cambridge depot1 | |||||||
51259 | 56427 | Noted 05/04/71 - in GN suburban area1 | |||||||
51259 | 56451 | Noted 01/01/1972 - at Kings Cross2 | |||||||
51259 | 56453 | Noted 21/07/73 - at Ipswich3 | |||||||
51259 | 56453 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51259 | 56412 | Noted 08/08/1974 - at Kings Cross2 | |||||||
51259 | 56412 | Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross2 | |||||||
51259 | 56448 | Noted 04/02/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51259 | 56430 | Noted 08/06/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||||
51259 | 56454 | Noted 10/09/76 - at Kings Cross1 | |||||||
51259 | 56454 | Noted 13/11/76 | |||||||
62 | 51259 | 56418 | Noted 19/02/77 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | ||||||
62 | 51259 | 56418 | Noted 15/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | ||||||
51259 | 56137 | Noted 03/01/78 - on 1638 Cambridge-Leicester | |||||||
62 | 51259 | 56132 | Noted 30/05/78 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
62 | 51259 | 56132 | Noted 06/08/78 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
62 | 51259 | 56132 | Noted 08/04/79 - on Norwich depot4 | ||||||
51259 | 56441 | Noted 01/11/1980 - R.C.T.S. (London Branch) East Suffolk Railtour 56441-51259 + 51270-56188 | |||||||
51259 | 54434 | Transfer to LN - 15/01/84 | |||||||
51259 | 54434 | Noted 24/04/19845 | |||||||
51259 | 54434 | Noted 09/04/85 | |||||||
51259 | 54434 | Noted circa 02/19865 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
A Cravens DMU in Sheffield station circamid-1980s. Closest is DMBS E51259, one of the former Finsbury Park power cars that was fitted with a larger radiator. Mike Bunker.
51259 sits at the buffers at Sheringham on 27-8-81. Chris Lings.
Cravens set 51259 + 54434 seen in Sheffield station on the 9th April 1985. Dennis Taylor.
A Class 105 Cravens 2-car DMU with DMBS 51259 nearest standing in the centre road at Sheffield Midland in Autumn 1985. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.