Vehicle 50786
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: 30353
Diagram: 529
Allocations
| Sep-57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Oct-57 | Transferred 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-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 | |
| 3w/e 27/09/75 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 08/11/81 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50753 | 59308 | 50786 | As delivered to 9A - September 1957 | ||||||
| EP480 | 50753 | 59309 | 50786 | Noted Apr-69 | |||||
| TS413 | 51119 | 56411 | 50786 | Noted 18/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 1 | |||||
| TS413 | 51119 | 56411 | 50786 | Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham New Street2 | |||||
| TS403 | 50786 | 56296 | 50325 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 - 50325 was running int TS406 in place of fire-damaged 50326 | |||||
| 51492 | 59536 | 50786 | Noted 09/05/1981 - at Birmingham Moor Street1 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
Images:
1966
DMSL M50786 leads a three-car Cravens and a three-car Met-Camm with a Birmingham service seen near Arley (between Whiteacre and Nuneaton) in mid-1966. Michael Mensing.
1976
Set number: TS413
Tyseley set TS413 with Class 105 DMCL M50786 and a Class 101 DTCL, presumably M56411, in view at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.
13th August 1976
Set number: TS413
A Tyseley scratch set (TS413) formed of a Class 105 DMCL (M50786), a Class 101 DTCL, and a Class 100 DMBS seen at Leicester on 13 August 1976. Nicholas T Smith.
30th May 1978
Set number: TS413
Tyseley hybrid DMU set TS413 (Class 105 DMCL M50786, a Class 105 DTSL which looks like M56456 and a Class 101 DMBS) with a refurbished Class 116 on the rear is seen on a southbound ECS leaving Four Oaks on 30 May 1978. Michael Mensing.
8th May 1980
Cravens DMS 50786 is part of a set with a Met-Camm TS and Gloucester DMBS at Birmingham New Street on May 8, 1980. See image 12859 for similar formation at the same place two years later. Steve Jones.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa September 1957
A three-car Cravens DMU showing 50753 and presumably 59308 + 50786. They were delivered new to Longsight depot in September 1957. This was taken from a Cravens advertisement, hence the cropping. Cravens.
Date: 9th November 1976
Class 100 DMBS M51119 is part of a three-car hybrid DMU with a Class 101 DTSL and Class 105 DMSL (50786), working with a Class 116, at the entrance to Tyseley depot on November 9th 1976. Michael Mensing.
Date: 9th November 1976
A Class 116 DMU works its way into Tyseley depot closely followed by a formation headed by a Class 105 DMSL (50786) and Class 101 on 9 November 1976. Image 19408 was taken just after. Michael Mensing.
Date: 16th May 1977
Set number: TS413
Tyseley set TS413, a scratch formation consisting of a Class 105 (Could this be M50786 declassified?) and a selection of Class 101 vehicles. Photographed at Croft, Leicestershire on the evening of Monday 16 May 1977 whilst working a westbound ECS. Phillip Lindsey.