Vehicle 50394
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) | |
| Apr-58 | Transferred to | 18A (Toton) | |
| 4w/e 29/12/62 | Transferred to | 15C (Leicester Midland) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 15A | |
| 2w/e 11/06/66 | 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 | |
| 11/09/76 | Withdrawn from | BY (Bletchley) | - collision damage |
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50394 | 56149 | As delivered to 9A - August 1957 | |||||||
| 50394 | 56146 | Noted 07/02/71 | |||||||
| 50394 | 56146 | Noted 25/09/71 - at Watford Junction1 | |||||||
| 50394 | 56146 | Noted 24/10/71 - on Bletchley depot1 | |||||||
| 50394 | 56145 | Noted 25/08/74 - at Bletchley2 | |||||||
| 50394 | 56147 | Noted 26/03/76 - on 19.00 Bedford St. Johns – Bletchley3 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Phil Shatford
Images:
Unknown date
Cravens Class 105 DMBS 50394 awaits it's fate at Derby Litchurch Lane. It has the relatively rare combination of the LM Region headcode box and the stump for mounting a marker light on the roof dome, though no light was ever fitted, unique to the M50390 - 94 batch. It was withdrawn in the mid 1970s after a collision/derailment at Watford Junction that also wiped out M56147 (thanks to Eddie Knorn for info). Undated. Ian Francis.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 7th February 1971
The Abbey Line (or St Albans Abbey Branch Line) runs from Watford Junction to St Albans Abbey railway station and the 6.5-mile route passes through both town and countryside. The 25kv electrified service is currently operated by London Midland class 321 units but on 7th February 1971, long before electrification, Bletchley-allocated Cravens unit No.50394 - 56146 forming a Watford to St Albans service drops a single passenger at Park Street and Frogmore station. Gordon Edgar.
Date: 14th November 1980
Class 125 50992 in Derby Litchurch Lane on the 14th November 1980, with Class 105 50394 to its right. Chris Lings.