Vehicle 50249
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: 30505
Diagram: 548
Allocations
| 07/09/59 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 3w/e 02/09/67 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 4w/e 30/05/70 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NO | |
| Sep-73 | Depot code change | NR | |
| 2w/e 06/08/77 | Stored U. | ||
| 09/04/78 | Withdrawn |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50249 | 56362 | Noted 17/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||||
| 50249 | 56439 | Noted 03/09/71 - at Norwich2 | |||||||
| 51 | 50249 | 56125 | Noted circa 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51 | 50249 | 56317 | Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 50249 | 56437 | Noted 20/05/73 | |||||||
| 51 | 50249 | 56437 | Noted 23/06/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51 | 50249 | 56454 | Noted 12/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51 | 50249 | 56454 | Noted 06/12/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51 | 50249 | 56119 | Noted 29/12/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51 | 50249 | 56116 | Noted 13/04/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51 | 50249 | 56116 | Noted 19/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51 | 50249 | 56142 | Noted 27/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51 | 50249 | 56142 | Noted 03/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51 | 50249 | 56380 | Noted 20/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51 | 50249 | 56380 | Noted 20/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51 | 50249 | 56380 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | ||||||
| 51 | 50249 | 56439 | Noted 05/06/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 50249 | 56439 | Noted 14/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds1 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
Images:
Unknown date
Cravens DMBS E50249 is seen at Doncaster in the early stages of scrapping. Most of the underframe items are gone. Date unknown, but it was put into store in July/August 1977 and withdrawn in April 1978. Stuart Pearce.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1960s
A Cravens / Met-Camm combo (the DMBS could be E50249, the only Cravens allocated to Darlington) in Melmerby station on the Harrogate to Northallerton line, looking north. Date unknown. The trackbed of the Masham branch can be seen on the left. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 24th April 1976
Evening at Spalding Town. A Cravens diesel multiple unit (the vehicles are thought to be E56439 + E50249) stands at Spalding station on the evening of Saturday 24th April 1976. I would have taken this photo whilst waiting to board the return day excursion train I had travelled on from Bristol. Tom Harper.