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Vehicle 51295

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

18/12/58	New to	40A (Lincoln)
2w/e 31/05/59	Transferred to	34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73	Depot code change	FP
w/e 08/01/78	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
31/07/83	Withdrawn from	NR (Norwich)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51295	56453	As delivered to 40A - 18th December 1958
	51295	56448	Noted 12th Nov 1960
	51295	56450	Noted 04/09/69 - at Finsbury Park¹
	51295	56459	Noted 06/06/71 - at Kings Cross¹
	51295	56416	Noted 03/06/72 - at Ipswich²
	51295	56457	Noted 22/08/1972 - at Kings Cross³
	51295	56461	Noted 20/05/73
	51295	56421	Noted 08/08/1974 - at Kings Cross³
	51295	56421	Noted 10/08/74 - at Peterborough⁴
	51295	56421	Noted 10/10/77 - on 1520 Hintingdon-Kings Cross
47	51295	56418	Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
	51295	56418	Noted 22/01/79 - at Norwich⁴
47	51295	56429	Noted 09/09/81
47	51295	56135	Noted 28/10/82

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

Images:

1979

Class 105 DMBS on Works sometime in 1979. There are panels removed and upturned seats inside, the label in the passenger read 'To Doncaster Works' so this is presumably Doncaster. Stuart Mackay Collection.

9th September 1981

Set number: 47

Many people disliked the Cravens Class 105s intensely because of their noisy ride. To me this just added to the 'experience'. To get a Cravens twin with the needle off the clock (over 70mph) was exhilarating to say the least and also quite commonplace. Here Norwich set no. 47 (E51295 + E56429) awaits its next duty on September 9th 1981. Gerard Fletcher.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: circa January 1978

Two DMU twins in London Kings Cross, Class 101 E56372 + 51443 and Class 105 56421 + 51295. The slide process date was January 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 27th April 1980

Set number: 53

At 6pm on a fine Spring evening, a Cravens Class 105 two-car DMU formed of E56418 & E51295 had just arrived at Ipswich on a service from Lowestoft on April 27th 1980. Martyn Hilbert.

Date: 28th October 1982

Set number: 58

On a very bright Thursday October 28th 1982, the 11.47 Peterborough - Cambridge service pauses at Whittlesea with (left to right) Cravens Class 105 sets 58 (E51255/E56429) and 47 (E56135/E51295). Gerard Fletcher.

Date: 2nd April 1983

Set number: 47

This is a view of the Norwich skyline taken from Lower Clarence Road car park. It is Easter Saturday, April 2nd 1983 and the Jubilee Sidings are brimming with dmus as usual. The nearest vehicle is Cravens trailer no. E56135 which is partnering E51295 as set no. 47. Gerard Fletcher.

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