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Vehicle 50765

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: 30352
Diagram: 528

Allocations

4w/e 25/01/58	New to	5B (Crewe South)
Jan-58	Transferred to	5D (Cockshute)
Apr-58	Transferred to	18A (Toton)
4w/e 29/12/62	Transferred to	17A (Derby Etches Park)
Sep-63	Depot code change	16C
4w/e 31/05/69	Transferred to	10E (Accrington)
Oct-72	Transferred to	9D (Newton Heath)
May-73	Depot code change	NH
Sep-82	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

Modifications

circa early 1975 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50765	59320	50798	As delivered to 5B - January 1958
	50765	59153	50501	Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street¹
	50765	50800		Noted 19/04/73 - in Manchester Victoria²
	50765	50798		Noted 09/09/76 - at Preston²
	50765	50798		Noted 24/09/1977 - 12.22 Wigan NW to Lime Street with 50935-51572³
	50765	50798		Noted 09/08/79 - at Carnforth
	50765	50804		Noted 18/05/1981³
	50765	50804		Noted circa 01/1982³
NH151	50765	50804		Noted circa 05/1982³
	50765	56475		Noted circa 08/1982³

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

23rd June 1979

With the vintage Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway platform clock showing 3.08 pm, A Cravens Class 105 Power-Twin set, with Driving Motor Brake Second M50765 at the rear, had just arrived at Blackburn with a service from Manchester Victoria via Bolton and Darwen on June 23rd 1979. The paraffin tail-lamp had not been removed from the rear of the set, ready for the return working back to Manchester. Such services normally terminated in the West facing bay at Blackburn, but on that particular day a four-car DMU set was stabled in the bay, necessitating the use of one of the through platforms for the turnaround. Martyn Hilbert.

13th May 1981

The single line token exchange is about to take place, As a Cravens Class 105 Power-Twin formed of cars M50765 & M50804 arrives at Rufford with the 17.19 Preston to Ormskirk service on May 13th 1981. The Ormskirk services were normally in the hands of Derby built Class 108s and the appearance of a Cravens unit was not common. Martyn Hilbert.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 27th March 1979

The doors were open on Cravens Class 105 Power-Twin formed of cars M50804 and M50765 whilst it was stood at Manchester Victoria after arrival from Blackburn on March 27th 1979. Martyn Hilbert.

Date: 9th August 1979

At Carnforth on the 9th August 1979 was a train formed of M50966 + M56249 + M50752 + M50797 + M50765 + M50798. Robert Frise.

Date: 13th May 1981

With the token exchange underway, Ormskirk services were passing at Rufford at tea-time on May 13th 1981. Cravens Class 105 Power-Twin formed of cars M50804 & M50765 were working a Preston to Ormskirk service whilst Class 104 M50534 & M56177 was heading in the opposite direction with an Ormskirk to Preston service. These were the days when additional services ran at the morning and evening peak and necessitated the use of the passing loop at Rufford. Martyn Hilbert.

Date: 13th May 1981

There appears to have been some repair work done to the timber level crossing gates at Rufford on May 13th 1981. With some of the gates in primer, Cravens Class 105 Power-Twin formed of cars M50804 & M50765 on the 17.19 Preston to Ormskirk, was awaiting the arrival of the 17.28 Ormskirk to Preston, due at 17.38, off the single line section. This was in the days when peak-hour services in the morning & evening saw services utilise the passing loop at Rufford. Martyn Hilbert.

Date: 18th May 1981

A wide view of Bamber Bridge with a Newton Heath Cravens Class 105 Power-Twin, formed of cars M50804 & M50765, stood with a Colne to Preston service on May 18th 1981. The former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway stone built waiting room (complete with 'scar' on the West end where the Gents was once located), was still standing on the Blackburn bound platform. The opposite platform was still low-height, and included some wooden steps as access to the doors of DMU's for those whose mobility was not great. Martyn Hilbert.

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