Vehicle 51273
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
| 03/09/58 | New to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 3w/e 04/07/59 | Transferred to | 34B (Hornsey) | |
| Apr-60 | Transferred to | 34G (Finsbury Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | FP | |
| w/e 12/02/78 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| Dec-83 | Depot code change | NC | |
| 18/11/84 | Withdrawn from | NC (Norwich) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51273 | 56431 | As delivered to 31A - 3rd September 1958 | |||||||
| 51273 | 56413 | Noted 05/04/71 - in GN suburban area1 | |||||||
| 51273 | 56138 | Noted 01/01/1972 - at Kings Cross2 | |||||||
| 51273 | 56451 | Noted 15/06/74 - at Kings Cross1 | |||||||
| 51273 | 56415 | Noted 08/08/1974 - at Kings Cross2 | |||||||
| 51273 | 56425 | Noted 06/02/76 - on Cambridge depot3 | |||||||
| 51273 | 56426 | Noted 06/03/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
| 51273 | 56426 | Noted 15/05/1976 - R.C.T.S. Tinsley Tyke Railtour 51290-56451+51273-56426 | |||||||
| 51273 | 56426 | Noted 18/09/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
| 51273 | Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle3 | ||||||||
| 51273 | Noted 09/12/76 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle3 | ||||||||
| 46 | 51273 | 56188 | Noted 13/08/78 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 46 | 51273 | 56188 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | ||||||
| 46 | 51273 | 56188 | Noted 04/01/79 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 46 | 51273 | 56441 | Noted 08/04/79 - on Norwich depot3 | ||||||
| 46 | 51273 | 56187 | Noted 02/10/81 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 46 | 51273 | 56125 | Noted 04/12/82 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 46 | 51273 | 54463 | Noted circa 03/19844 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
21st October 1982
Set number: 46
In dismal weather the 10.57 Cambridge - Doncaster DMU does a little trade at Spalding on Thursday October 21st 1982. This was just over a month before the end of the joint line from March by which route it had travelled. Norwich Cravens twin unit set no. 46 has E51273 leading E56123. The power car had spent over 18 years on the GN Suburban services before being sent to Norwich in early 1978. It was withdrawn in November 1984 and met its end at Snailwell in 1986. The unit at the rear is the departmental 'Stourton Saloon' by this time numbered ADB975664 & ADB975637. Gerard Fletcher.
circa 1984
Set number: 46
The Cravens DMUs at East Suffolk Junction, Ipswich, with a Felixstowe service circa 1984. Closest is set 46 probably with 51273 at the front. Stuart Mackay Collection.
7th April 1984
Set number: 46
Norwich Cravens set 46, with E51273 leading, approaches Cambridge on the Newmarket line with the 2.51pm Ipswich - Sleaford, 7/4/84. Michael Mensing.
16th October 1984
51273 is the DMBS in this Class 105 set seen passing Saltley in all over blue livery on it's way to Norwich, 16.10.1984. Andy Cole.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1st April 1979
Set number: 46
Norwich-allocated Class 105 DMU set 46 (E51273 + 56441) departing from Ely on 1 April 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 29th July 1981
Set number: 46
Left to right: E56187 + E51273, E56136 + E50594, E56439 + E51297, 31259, 47135. Ipswich, 29/7/81. John Carter.
Date: 18th August 1983
Set number: 42
Before the introduction of the RETB signalling on the East Suffolk line, a pair of Cravens Class 105 units leave a smokescreen over Lowestoft as they depart on the 12.55 to Ipswich on Thursday August 18th 1983. Set 42 has E51272 & E56443 leading with set 46 E56434 + E51273 trailing. Both units were reallocated to Norwich from Finsbury Park in February 1978. Gerard Fletcher.