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Vehicle 50788


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-63Depot code change16C
4w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 10E (Accrington)
Oct-72 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
May-73Depot code changeNH
Dec-80 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50755 59310 50788 As delivered to 5B - w/e 05/10/57
EP476 50449 59157 50788 Noted Apr-69
50768 50788 Noted 27/10/71 - in Manchester Victoria1
50755 50788 Noted 10/09/76 - on Newton Heath depot1
50755 50788 Noted circa 07/19802

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Bamber Bridge

27th January 1979

Deep & Crisp and Even at Bamber Bridge as a Cravens Class 105 Power Twin formed of Driving Motor Composite Lavatory (DMCL) M50788 and Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M50761, was approaching the station with a Preston to Colne service on January 27th 1979. The Newton Heath allocated Cravens Power Twin fleet dominated these services from the late 1960's through the 1970's and into early 1980's. Martyn Hilbert.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 27th January 1979

Complete with its Paraffin tail lamp, a Newton Heath allocated Cravens Class 105 Power-Twin formed of cars M50761 & M50788, was stood at a snowy Bamber Bridge with a Preston to Colne service on January 27th 1979. The Cravens Power-Twins were synonymous with the ex L&Y routes in Lancashire and Greater Manchester from the late 1960's until their demise in the early 1980's. Martyn Hilbert.