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Vehicle 51260 / 977453


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

19/06/58 New to 40A (Lincoln)
w/e 31/01/59 Transferred to 34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
4w/e 27/03/77 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
04/08/84 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
28/09/86 To departmental stock LN (Lincoln)
04/10/87 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
10/05/88 Withdrawn from CA (Cambridge)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51260 - original number
977453 - from Sep-86 (departmental stock)

Department Use as TDB977453

Driver Training / Route Learner From 9/86 to 5/88.

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51260 56418 As delivered to 40A - 19th June 1958
51260 56448 Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge1
51260 56448 Noted 25/08/69 - at Peterborough1
51260 56425 Noted 05/04/71 - in GN suburban area1
51260 56416 Noted 27/05/72 - at Ipswich2
51260 56455 Noted 21/06/75 - on 0925 Skegness-Grantham with 56115 + 51279
51260 56429 Noted 10/08/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51260 56421 Noted 03/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51260 56421 Noted 07/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51260 56447 Noted 30/10/76 - LCGB The Greater London & Southminster Railtour 56429 + 51471 / 56447 + 51260
51260 56447 Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot3
66 51260 56435 Noted 05/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3
66 51260 56432 Noted 11/03/78 - at Bury St Edmunds3
66 51260 56432 Noted 24/05/78 - at Norwich3
66 51260 56432 Noted 17/06/78 - at Norwich3
66 51260 56432 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
51260 56467 Noted 30/08/1979 - At Cambridge Station4
66 51260 56413 Noted 09/09/81
66 51260 56413 Noted 02/10/81 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51260 56130 Noted 28th August 1982
51260 54440 Noted 07/03/86
51260 54440 Noted 20/07/86
51260 54440 Noted circa 09/19865
977453 977454 Noted circa 11/1986 - Route Learner5
977453 977454 Listed at - 1989

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

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Brundall

27th August 1979

Set number: 66

Cravens set 66 (E51260 closest) at Brundall on 27/8/79. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Norwich

9th September 1981

Set number: 66

Cravens Class 105 Set no. 66, E51260 leading E56413 departing Norwich on 9th September 1981 as the 12.05 to Sheringham. The diagrams for these units involved considerable distances and on this date set 66 worked the 11.04 Yarmouth - Norwich, 12.05 to Sheringham and back followed by the 16.45 Norwich - Peterborough and 19.15 Peterborough - Cambridge. Gerard Fletcher.

Class 105 DMU at York

17th June 1985

A Cravens set in York station on Juune 17, 1985, formed of E51260 + 54442. John Carter.

Class 105 DMU at Sheffield

7th March 1986

51260 and 54440 depart from Sheffield with a service for Retford on the 7th March 1986. Dennis Taylor.

Class 105 DMU at Snailwell

17th December 1988

977453 (51260) + 977454 (54440). Note 'ROWNTREE HALT' in the destination blind. To the left can be seen E53369. At Snailwell, 17.12.88. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 31st December 1982

Set number: 31

The 2-car class 105 'Cravens' DMU sets were synonymous with East Anglia in the BR era as Norwich Thorpe depot had a large allocation. This scene on December 31, 1982 depicts an afternoon gathering of the class at Ipswich where five Norwich sets are captured line a breast but only four were placed conveniently side by side. Set 61 in the platform with people boarding was working 2R22 the 12.52 via the East Suffolk line to Lowestoft. The line up left to right comprises; set 31. 53375+54468, set 52. 51299+54429, set 66. 51260+54130, set 61. 51290+54462, and 51478 on the very left. Adrian Nicholls.

DMU

Date: 26th July 1986

A Class 105 DMU formed of Lincoln vehicles 54440 and 51260 in Sheffield station on 26 July 1986. A Met-Camm is in the platform to the left. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1987

Keith has noted Class 105 Departmental DMU TDB977453, DMUs 53026, 54026, 54039 and 53005 in this view of Lincoln depot on 12 July 1987. In the platform on the left are the two departmental 100s: 975539 + 975349 and 975637 + 975664; it looks like the Cravens is next in that line, presumably its partner is 977454. Keith Miller.