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 | |
| circa Feb-82 | 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| Sep-82 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |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 | 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 circa 19802 | |||||||
| 50393 | 56146 | Noted 24/03/1982 - staff train at Guide Bridge2 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Phil Shatford
Images:
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.