Vehicle 51298

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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

05/01/59	New to	31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 04/07/59	Transferred to	40A (Lincoln)
3w/e 01/08/59	Transferred to	34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
3w/e 02/07/60	Transferred to	40A (Lincoln)
w/e 01/09/62	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
19/05/85	Transferred to	LN (Lincoln)
28/09/86	Withdrawn from	LN (Lincoln)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51298	56456							As delivered to 31A - 5th January 1959
	51298	56456							Transfer to 40A - 3w/e 04/07/59
	51298	56456							Transfer to 34G - w/e 01/09/62
	51298	56425							Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross1
	51298	56458							Noted 06/06/71 - at Kings Cross1
	51298	56451							Noted 03/09/71 - at Kings Cross1
	51298	56421							Noted 31/12/1971 - at Kings Cross2
	51298	56414							Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross2
	51298	56414							Noted 11/08/73 - at Ipswich3
	51298								Noted 31/08/74 - ex-works at Cambridge, possibly paired with 564514
	51298	56415							Noted 10/04/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
	51298	56415							Noted 17/04/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
	51298	56415							Noted 17/07/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
	51298	56417							Noted 10/02/77 - on Cambridge depot4
	51298	56431							Noted 08/01/78
	51298	56431							Noted 08/01/1978 - RCTS Great Northern Outer Suburban Railtour 51301-56433+51298-56431
45	51298	56462							Noted 24/05/78 - on Norwich depot4
45	51298	56462							Noted 08/08/78 - at Norwich4
45	51298	56462							Noted circa 10/19785
45	51298	56462							Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
	51298	56419							Noted 17/01/79 - at Norwich4
	51298	56448							Noted 29/03/1980 - Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society West Norfolk Freight Lines Railtour 51270-56447+56448-51298
45	51298	56468							Noted circa 07/19835
45	51298	54467							Noted circa 04/19855
	51298	54458							Noted 12/02/86 - at Norwich4
	51298	54458							Noted 20/07/86
	51298	54458							Noted 25/07/86
	51298	54458							Noted circa 09/19865
	51298	54458							Noted 30/10/19865

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

Images:

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24th October 1984

Set number: 45

Cravens DMU set 45 arrives into Ely on 24 October 1984 led by DMBS 51298. Chris Thorp.

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26th July 1985

Set number: 45

E51298 at Darnall on July 26, 1985. John Carter.

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15th February 1986

51298 passes Leicester North box on the 15th February 1986 with a Cambridge to Birmingham service. Dennis Taylor.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 8th January 1978

Two Finsbury Park based class 105 2-car sets with 51301 leading 56433, 51298 and 56431 on a RCTS special to Peterborough for the N.V.R. at London Kings Cross, alongside some Mk.1 sleepers on the 8th January 1978. Robert Chilton.

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Date: 8th January 1978

Two Finsbury Park based class 105 sets with 56431 leading 51298, 56433 and 51301 on a RCTS special to Peterborough for the N.V.R. at a photo-stop at Royston on the 8th January 1978. Robert Chilton.

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Date: 8th January 1978

Two Finsbury Park based class 105 sets with 56431 leading 51298, 56433 and 51301 on a RCTS special to Peterborough for the N.V.R. seen at Hertford North on the 8th January 1978. Robert Chilton.

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Date: unknown

E54458 + E51298 on Lincoln depot in the mid-1980s. Glyn Weigh.

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Date: 25th July 1986

Vehicles E54458 E51298 are seen entering what was then platform 8 of York station with the 16:42 York - Doncaster via Selby, 25/07/1986. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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Date: 23rd October 1986

A two car class 105 set (54458/51298) sits in Hull Paragon station on the afternoon of 23/10/86. It will form the 16.53 to Doncaster. Leonard Rogers.