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Vehicle 51289

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

23/11/58	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 12/02/78	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
15/09/85	Withdrawn from	NC (Norwich)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51289	56447	As delivered to 40A - 23rd November 1958
	51289	56413	Noted 22/04/66¹
	51289	56460	Noted 18/09/70 - at Cambridge¹
	51289	56117	Noted 21/12/70 - on Cambridge depot¹
	51289	56132	Noted 01/01/1972 - at Kings Cross²
	51289	56448	Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross²
	51289	56431	Noted 30/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51289	56428	Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross²
	51289	56425	Noted 06/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51289	56426	Noted 06/02/76 - on Cambridge depot³
	51289	56458	Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot³
	51289	56458	Noted 12/01/77 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51289	56458	Noted 22/01/77 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51289	56458	Noted 13/07/77 - at Bury St Edmunds³
44	51289	56413	Noted 30/05/78 - at Norwich³
44	51289	56441	Noted 10/10/78 - at Norwich³
44	51289	56413	Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
44	51289	56468	Noted 04/01/79 - at Norwich³
44	51289	56468	Noted 09/02/79 - at Norwich³
44	51289	56468	Noted 19/05/79
	51289	56123	Noted 8th May 1982
44	51289	54136	Noted 28/07/83
44	51289	54136	Noted circa 03/1984⁴
44	51289	54134	Noted circa 01/1985⁴
44	51289	54134	Noted circa 04/1985⁴

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

10th March 1979

Set number: 44

DMBS E51289 leads Cravens DMU set 44 (with DTCL E56468) past the fuelling point on its departure from Norwich with a Yarmouth service on 10 March 1979. Michael Mensing.

1st June 1983

Set number: 44

Class 105 Cravens 2-car DMU 51289 + 54136 stabled at Leicester on 1-6-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

28th July 1983

Set number: 44

On a swelteringly hot July 28th 1983, Norwich Cravens twin set no. 44 : E51289 +E54136 approaches Manea working the 14.52 Cambridge - Peterborough service. These units gave sterling service in East Anglia, though many had followed the example of E51289 by initially working off Lincoln depot for a few weeks when new in 1958, then going south to become part of the Hornsey /Finsbury Park allocation. E51289 arrived at Norwich in February 1978 and finished its career there in September 1985. Like most of its type, it met its end at the Snailwell yard of Mayer Newman. Gerard Fletcher.

26th February 1989

E51289 at Snailwell on the 26th February 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

15th March 1989

E51289 in Snailwell, 15 March 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 10th March 1979

Set number: 44

Cravens Class 105 DMU set 44 (E56468 + E51289) arrives at Acle with a Yarmouth - Norwich service on 10 March 1979. Michael Mensing.

Date: 10th March 1979

Set number: 44

Cravens Class 105 DMU set 44, formed E56468 + E51289, in Norwich station with a Yarmouth service on 10 March 1979. Michael Mensing.

Date: 19th May 1979

Set number: 33

On May 19th 1979, WAMRAC (the Wisbech & March Railway Action Committee) organised a special train from the goods terminus at Wisbech and this is seen there on arrival back from Cambridge. E50377 is shown leading trailer E56434 formed as Set 33. The other unit at the rear was Set 44, E51289 + E56468. Gerard Fletcher.

Date: 4th August 1984

Two twin car Norwich allocated Cravens class 105 dmu's (closest is E54136 and E51289) both still with their 1st Class accommodation, calls at West Runton with a Sheringham - Norwich service on 4th August 1984. Andrew J Crowther.

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