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Vehicle 50362 / 53362 / 55945


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: 30280
Diagram: 525

Allocations

19/11/56 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
4w/e 09/10/65 On loan to 31A (Cambridge)
w/e 16/10/65 Transferred to 31A (Cambridge)
Nov-69 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
4w/e 30/05/70 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
2w/e 10/10/70 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-71 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
w/e 19/02/78 Transferred to SF (Stratford)
11/05/86 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
01/06/86 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
27/07/86 To Parcels Sector at CA (Cambridge)
13/09/87 Withdrawn from CA (Cambridge)

Notes

9/2/84 - An unpublished 'last train' ran over the Poplar Docks line in East London. E53362/54420 spent five hours on the branch doing noise and vibration tests in connection with the projected Docklands Light Railway.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50362 - original number
53362 - from 14/04/83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
55945 - from 09/08/87 (parcels conversion)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50362 56117 As delivered to 53C - 19th November 1956
50362 56117 Transfer to 31A - 4w/e 09/10/65 - On loan from NER
50362 56117 Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge1
50362 56117 Transfer to 34G - Nov-69
50362 56307 Noted 18/09/70 - at Cambridge1
50362 56117 Transfer to 34G - 2w/e 10/10/70
50362 56117 Transfer to 32A - May-71
50362 56380 Noted 17/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50362 56300 Noted 02/09/71 - at Braintree1
50362 56300 Noted 03/09/71 - at Ipswich1
47 50362 56369 Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds2
47 50362 56442 Noted 31/05/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2
47 50362 56442 Noted 03/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50362 56442 Noted 06/04/1974 - at Nuneaton 3
47 50362 56442 Noted 06/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
47 50362 56432 Noted 28/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
47 50362 56442 Noted 09/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
47 50362 56442 Noted 18/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
47 50362 56137 Noted 14/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
47 50362 56137 Noted 14/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
47 50362 Listed at NR - 19/07/75 - plus unknown trailer
47 50362 56121 Noted 23/11/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2
47 50362 56459 Noted 22/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50362 56126 Transfer to SF - w/e 19/02/78
50362 56455 Noted circa 04/19824
53362 54449 Noted circa 07/19834
53362 54449 Noted circa 01/19844
53362 54420 Noted 12/03/84
53362 54143 Noted circa 08/19844
53362 54126 Noted 21/07/1985 - at Shenfield. DMBS had silver cab roof.5
53362 54114 Noted 22/03/1986 - in Stratford Works5
44 53362 54455 Noted 16/05/86 - at Norwich2
51293 53362 Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986 - Parcels
51439 53362 Noted circa 08/1986 - Parcels set4
51439 53362 Noted 22/09/86 - at Leeds
53362 53365 Noted 10/03/1987 - at Shenfield - parcels set5

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Romford

11th June 1982

50362 with 56455 at Romford for Upminster. Phil Bidwell.

Class 105 DMU at Romford

3rd September 1983

Class 105 DMU comprising vehicles 53362 and 56449 about to leave Romford on 3 September 1983 with the 14.23 to Upminster. Robert28194.

Class 105 DMU at Stratford depot

25th October 1985

The final months for the Cravens Class 105 DMUs in London with 53362-54126 on depot at Stratford TMD on 25th October 1985, standing between part of the former steam motive power depot and the diesel depot replacement, with a class 37 just visible inside. Gordon Edgar.

Class 105 DMU at York

20th September 1986

Class 105 53362 in Express Parcels use at York 22-9-86 ish with 51439. The silver cab roof shows the car is ex-Stratford. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 105 DMU at Leeds

22nd September 1986

E53362 and E51439 in "Express Parcels" use at Leeds on 22/9/86. Malcolm Clements.

Class 105 DMU at Leeds

22nd September 1986

E53362 on "Express Parcels" use, seen at Leeds on 22/9/86. On the lower cab front is the text "Max Tail 40T" and the cab shows signs that's it once had additional fittings now removed. Malcolm Clements.

Class 105 DMU at Ely

25 th October 1987

E53362, 51199 and E53363 at Ely on 25th October 1987. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 105 DMU at Ely Yard

February 1988

Cravens class 105 E53362 seen in Ely Yard, the class 101 behind is 51199. February 1988. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 14th March 1982

Canonbury station on 14 March 1982. A Cravens Class 105 2-car unit (56455/50362) is just leaving working the 09.00 North Woolwich-Camden Town. I had just alighted from the dmu, having boarded at Stratford. My next train would be a Class 501 emu to take me to Broad Street. Note the poster advertising tickets to Larne for £32 or Belfast for £35. In 2021 Canonbury has 4 platforms, with regular London Overground services on both the North London Line and the East London Line, provided by Class 378 emus. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: 22nd September 1986

In "Express Parcels" use, E51439 is seen at Leeds on 22/9/86 working with E53362. Malcolm Clements.

DMU

Date: 22nd September 1986

Class 101 Metro Cammell ex-DMBS E51439 in Express Parcels service, York 22-9-86 ish, with E53362. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 13th February 1987

Seeing out their last days as a mail/parcels unit, a pair of Cravens Class 105 Driving Motor Brake Seconds, 53365 & 53362 were being loaded at Leeds on February 13th 1987. Martyn Hilbert.