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<- 50753 | 50754 | 50755 ->

Vehicle 50754

Class 105

BR Diagram 528

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: 30352
Diagram: 528

Allocations

w/e 05/10/57 New to 5B (Crewe South)
Mar-58 Transferred to 17A (Derby Etches Park)
Apr-58 Transferred to 18A (Toton)
4w/e 29/12/62 Transferred to 17A (Derby Etches Park)
Sep-63Depot code change16C
4w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 10E (Accrington)
Oct-72 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
May-73Depot code changeNH
Jun-82 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50754 59309 50787 As delivered to 5B - w/e 05/10/57
50754 59309 50787 Noted 1st June 1958
50754 59323 50799 Noted 08/04/1965 - Leicester1
EP481 50754 59156 Noted circa May-69 - plus other unknown
50754 50790 Noted 31/12/69 - in Manchester Victoria2
50754 50798 Noted 12/09/71 - at Preston3
50754 50790 Noted 21/12/71 - at Rose Grove (Burnley)3
50754 59787 Noted 16/04/73 - in Manchester Victoria2
50754 50787 Noted 01/09/74 - at Wigan North West2
50754 50787 Noted 24/01/76 - on 16:27 Preston - Colne
50754 50787 Noted 22/05/76 - at Carnforth3
50754 50797 Noted 21/02/77 - at Preston3
50754 50787 Noted 04/01/78
50754 50787 Noted 13/03/78 - in Manchester Victoria4
50754 50787 Noted 25/01/80
50754 50787 Noted circa 07/19805
50754 50787 Noted 07/09/1980 - at Preston4
50754 50787 Noted circa 08/19815
50754 50814 Noted circa 01/19825

Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Gerald Brown
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Martin Lumley
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Newton Heath

29th May 1982

Missing many windows, 50754 is seen in Newton Heath on 29th May 1982. Jerry Glover.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 28th April 1976

A Class 105 power twin with vehicles M50787 + M50754 arrives at Oxenholme on 28 April 1976, with what seems to be a Windermere - Preston service. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 25th January 1980

The 25th January 1980, and 50787 / 50754 roll into Preston. Jerry Glover.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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