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Vehicle 50787

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

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-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Sep-82	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)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:

	50754	59309	50787	As delivered to 5B - w/e 05/10/57
	50754	59309	50787	Noted 1st June 1958
	50449	59142	50787	Noted 17/08/68 - at Peterborough¹
EP487	50762	59323	50787	Noted Apr-69
	50761	50787		Noted 14/08/70 - at Preston¹
	50764	50787		Noted 21/12/71 - at Rose Grove (Burnley)²
	50754	50787		Noted 01/09/74 - at Wigan North West¹
	50754	50787		Noted 24/01/76 - on 16:27 Preston - Colne
	50754	50787		Noted 22/05/76 - at Carnforth²
	50754	50787		Noted 04/01/78
	50754	50787		Noted 13/03/78 - in Manchester Victoria³
	50754	50787		Noted 25/01/80
	50754	50787		Noted circa 07/1980⁴
	50754	50787		Noted 07/09/1980 - at Preston³
	50754	50787		Noted circa 08/1981⁴
NH153	50772	50787		Noted circa 05/1982⁴

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

Images:

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.

25th January 1980

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

August 1982

A Cravens Class 105 power twin, M50787 closest, arrives with a Class 104 at Manchester (Victoria) on a service from Blackburn via Bolton, possibly in August 1982. Hugh Llewelyn.

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