Vehicle 56147
Class 105
Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30285
Diagram: 526
Allocations
The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 50392 during the unknown period are:
| Jul-57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Oct-57 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| May-58 | Transferred to | 18A (Toton) | |
| 4w/e 29/11/58 | Transferred to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| 4w/e 27/12/58 | Transferred to | 18A (Toton) | |
| 5w/e 30/07/60 | Transferred to | 14E (Bedford) | |
| 4w/e 27/08/60 | Transferred to | 18A (Toton) | |
| 4w/e 29/12/62 | Transferred to | 15C (Leicester Midland) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 15A | |
| 2w/e 09/04/66 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
| 2w/e 10/09/66 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 2w/e 12/08/67 | Transferred to | 1E (Bletchley) |
Then the allocations for 56147 are:
| 06/06/76 | Withdrawn |
56147 was involved in the following incident:
26/05/76 - Watford, LMR
Collision involving Class 105 / Class 85 / Brute
On the early hours a BRUTE fell off the platform which derailed M56147 which was then hit by 85 022 travelling light engine causing serious damage to the DTC.
Disposal
Scrapped by LE Jones, on location at Watford Junction
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50392 | 56147 | As delivered to 9A - July 1957 | |||||||
| 50392 | 56147 | Noted 30th May 1958 | |||||||
| 50390 | 56147 | Noted 02/09/67 - at Cambridge1 | |||||||
| 50392 | 56147 | Noted 25/08/74 - at Bletchley1 | |||||||
| 50394 | 56147 | Noted 26/03/76 - on 19.00 Bedford St. Johns – Bletchley2 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Phil Shatford
Images:
31st May 1958
M56147 in Birmingham New Street on May 31st, 1958. Note the shed code 6G (Llandudno Junction) painted on the buffer beam, it is believed to have been transferred to Toton that month. Michael Mensing.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
Cravens Class 105 DMBS 50394 awaits it's fate at Derby Litchurch Lane. It has the relatively rare combination of the LM Region headcode box and the stump for mounting a marker light on the roof dome, though no light was ever fitted, unique to the M50390 - 94 batch. It was withdrawn in the mid 1970s after a collision/derailment at Watford Junction that also wiped out M56147 (thanks to Eddie Knorn for info). Undated. Ian Francis.