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Unidentified Class 105 DMU images


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105 DMU

circa 1957

Structural testing underway on the bodyshell of a Cravens DMBS. The 25 tons of weights represent a 200% vertical overload (double a normal passenger load). The van layout shows that this would be a batch two or batch three Class 105 vehicle. Cravens.


105 DMU

circa 1957

Strain guage testing underway on the bodyshell of a Cravens DMBS. Inside are 25 tons of weights representing double the normal passenger load, while a buffing load of 80 tons was applied to the vehicle ends. The van layout shows that this would be a batch two or batch three Class 105 vehicle, the image is taken from a Cravens advertisement. Cravens.


105 DMU

Unknown Date

One of the first batch LMR Cravens driver-trailer sets in Alton station (Staffordshire). Date unknown, it closed in 1965. Mel Smith.


105 DMU

Unknown Date

No details with this image; a Cravens set heading for Beccles, possibly on the southern approach to Woodbridge on the East Suffolk line. Steve Davies Collection.


105 DMU

1958

A Cravens DMU in Blaenau Ffestiniog station with a Llandudno service in the spring of 1958. The five LMR power-trailer sets from the first batch (with the blanked off top marker lamp) were allocation to Llandudno Junction for around six months at this time, the arrival of Derby Lightweights from Monument Lane allowed them to move to Toton. British Railways.


105 DMU

31st March 1958

A 3-car Cravens set forming the 1.37pm to Rugby at Birmingham New Street on the 31st March 1958. Michael Mensing.


105 DMU

Unknown Date

Taken in the un-rebuilt Birmingham New Street, with a 3-car Cravens set showing Leicester on it's destination blind. Date unknown, these services were introduced in April 1958. Photo by David McIntosh. Ian McDonald Collection.


105 DMU

Unknown Date

A Cravens set heads away from the camera, Norwich on the destination blind. Date / location unknown. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.


105 DMU

circa 1958

A three-car Cravens DMU in Nottingham Midland station, circa 1958. British Railways.


105 DMU

Unknown Date

A Cravens set date / location unknown; probably East Anglia. Steve Davies Collection.


105 DMU

Unknown Date

A Cravens DMU, with Yarmouth on the destination blind on the Yarmouth (South Town) to Beccles line, date unknown (the line closes on 1959). Belton & Burgh station can just be made out in the distance behind the signal. Steve Davies Collection.


105 DMU

circa November 1958

In mid-October 1958 two Cravens sets (51257 + 56415 and 51261 + 56419) began working Kings Cross Great Northern line suburban services. This was an initial step towards a planned 20 sets being in operation during the first half of the following year (ultimately there would be 26 sets). The two sets are seen at Palmers Green station circa November 1958. British Railways.


105 DMU

Unknown Date

A Cravens triple DMU with Leicester on the destination blind arrives into Rolleston Junction station, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.


105 DMU

Unknown Date

A Cravens DMU at Leiston on the Aldeburgh branch, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.


105 DMU

Unknown Date

An unidentified Cravens DTCL in Scarborough station, date unknown. Chris Moxon Collection.


105 DMU

circa 1959

Two brand new Cravens sets in Edinburgh Waverley, circa 1959. Walter Burt.


105 DMU

19th March 1959

A brand new Cravens set approaching Slateford from Craiglockhart using a new connection linking the Edinburgh suburban line with the Edinburgh Princes Street to Glasgow main line. Guests on the special included the British Transport Commission Chairman Sir Ian Bolton and the Scottish Area Board. Their visit to Edinburgh on March 19 1959 also included the diesel school at Leith Central depot. The image appeared in the May 1959 Scottish Region edition of the British Railways Staff Magazine. British Railways.


105 DMU

21st March 1959

A Cravens DMU on the 3.46pm service to Long Melford at Marks Tey on 21st March 1959. The DMBS is in the E512xx series, and would be allocated to Cambridge depot. Michael Mensing.


105 DMU

19th May 1959

A Cravens set operating the 6.08pm Aberdeen to Ballater, seen at Park station on the 19th May 1959. Hamish Stevenson.


105 DMU

5th September 1959

A Cravens DMU in Kelvin Hall station on 5 September 1959. It was operating a shuttle service for the Scottish Industries Exhibition at the nearby Kelvin Hall connecting it with Glasgow Central where a "Modern Railway" exhibition was being held. Image courtesy of John Paton/Caledonian Railway Association. WAC Smith.

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