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Vehicle 50393

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: 30284
Diagram: 525

Allocations

Aug-57	New to	9A (Longsight)
Oct-57	Transferred to	6G (Llandudno Junction)
May-58	Transferred to	18A (Toton)
4w/e 29/12/62	Transferred to	15C (Leicester Midland)
Sep-63	Depot code change	15A
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	6A (Chester)
2w/e 10/09/66	Transferred to	16C (Derby Etches Park)
2w/e 18/03/67	Transferred to	1E (Bletchley)
06/05/73	Depot code change	BY
Oct-81	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
Sep-82	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

50393	56148		As delivered to 9A - August 1957
50393	56149		Noted 02/09/67 - at Cambridge¹
50393	56148		Noted 25/09/1971 - Bletchley to Bedford service²
50393	56295		Noted 1975²
51849	50393	56149	Noted 08/10/76 - on 19.00 Bedford St. Johns – Bletchley³
50393	56149		Noted 26/08/77 - on Bletchley depot¹
50393	56120		Noted circa 1978²
50393	56120		Noted 09/09/1978 - Worked 12.42 Watford Junction to St Albans Abbey²
50393	56120		Noted 24/02/79 - at Bletchley⁴
50393	56120		Noted circa 1980²
50393	56148		Noted 20/07/1980 - on Bletchley depot⁴
50393	56146		Noted 09/12/81 - on 07.52 Bedford St. Johns – Bletchley³
50393	56146		Noted 24/03/1982 - staff train at Guide Bridge²

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Phil Shatford
4: Martin Lumley

Images:

3rd August 1974

A Cravens Class 105 twin departs from Fenny Stratford on 3 August 1974. The closest vehicle is a DMBS from the M50390-4 batch and likely M50393. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Unknown date

A Cravens Class 105 with DMBS M50393 closest at Whittington station on the Midland 'Old Road' from Chesterfield to Sheffield - date unknown. Paul Redmond.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: circa 1975

A GRC&W suburban driver trailer 56295 working with Cravens DMBS 50393 at St Albans Abbey circa 1975. Walter Burt.

Date: 10th October 1979

Dwarfed by the tall Chimneys of the London Brick brickworks a Cravens dmu approaches Lidlington. The class 105 unit is 56120 & 50393 and they are working the 11.00 Bedford - Bletchley service on 10/10/1979. Geoff Dowling.

Date: 14th February 1981

No doubt the two old chaps are pleased that the slippery timbers have been given a liberal coating of salt. On a freezing 14th February 1981 56148 and 50393 rattle away from Bow Brickhill with the 13.10 Bletchley - Bedford. Geoff Dowling.

Date: 14th February 1981

The icy morning at Bow Brickhill station has brought the need to apply copious amounts of salt to the platforms. This was 14th February 1981 which dawned crystal clear and sunny, catching those rays a class 105 comprising 56120 & 50393 head towards Bletchley with the 13.00 service from Bedford. Geoff Dowling.

Date: 14th February 1981

As the winter's day draws towards dusk 56120 & 50393 are near Stewartby with the 16.10 Bletchley- Bedford on 14 February 1981. The day was cold grey and windless and the aroma from the brickworks hung in the frosty air. Geoff Dowling.

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