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Vehicle 51266

Class 105

BR Diagram 532

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

29/07/58 New to 31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 04/07/59 Transferred to 34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
2w/e 23/01/77 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
22/05/83 Withdrawn from NR (Norwich)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51266 56424 As delivered to 31A - 29th July 1958
51266 56412 Noted 02/09/67 - in Cambridge station1
51266 56123 Noted 03/09/71 - at Cambridge2
51266 56415 Noted 01/01/1972 - at Kings Cross3
51266 56427 Noted 21/07/73 - at Ipswich4
51266 56426 Noted 27/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
51266 56426 Noted 04/08/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
51266 56420 Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross3
51266 56426 Noted 03/02/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1
51266 56428 Noted 02/10/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1
51266 56450 Noted 24/01/77 - at Bury St Edmunds1
50 51266 56100 Noted 11/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds1
50 51266 56100 Noted 22/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds1
50 51266 56100 Noted 03/06/77 - at Bury St Edmunds1
50 51266 56441 Noted 15/03/78 - at Bury St Edmunds1
50 51266 56441 Noted 17/06/78 - at Norwich1
50 51266 56441 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
51266 56480 Noted 09/02/79 - at Norwich1
40 51266 56186 Noted 04/05/81

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

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Saxmundham

9th June 1980

Cravens class 105 DMBS E51266 and experimental Leyland/BREL railbus LEV1 at Saxmundham on 9 June 1980. Image by Alec Swain. Kevin Lane Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 4th May 1981

Set number: 40

Hybrid DMU formed of a Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. built class 104 driving trailer E56186 and Cravens built Class 105/2 motor unit E51266 forming a Peterborough station to Nene Valley Railway shuttle service on 4th May 1981. Gordon Edgar.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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