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Vehicle 50805

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 28/02/58	New to	26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63	Depot code change	9D
4w/e 04/06/66	Transferred to	16C (Derby Etches Park)
3w/e 01/06/68	Transferred to	9D (Newton Heath)
16/11/70	Transferred to	10E (Accrington)
w/e 07/08/71	Transferred to	9D (Newton Heath)
May-73	Depot code change	NH
Mar-81	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
29/06/81	Withdrawn from	HA (Haymarket)

Notes

10/05/59 - Noted receiving attention in Horwich Works were M50440, 50495, 50772, 50805, 59148, 79078, 79080 and 79627.

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50772	50805		As delivered to 26A - February 1958
	50772	50805		Noted 12/09/71 - at Wigan Wallgate¹
	50772	50805		Noted 19/09/71 - in Manchester Piccadilly¹
	50772	50805		Noted 24/12/1971 - at Chesterfield²
	50772	50805		Noted 04/1973³
	50772	50805		Noted 04/09/74 - in Manchester Victoria⁴
	50772	50805		Noted 01/04/1977 - at Wigan North Western³
	50772	50805		Noted circa 07/1980⁵
	50778	50805		Transfer to HA - Mar-81 - from NH
105373	50778	59161	50805	Noted March 1981

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

9th June 1968

Cravens and Birmingham R.C.W. DMUs in Blackpool North excursion platforms on Sunday 09 June 1968. Vehicles are M50805 / 50439 / 59175 / 59148 / 50438 (order not known). Possibly M50805 + 59148 + 50439 (three recent arrivals at Newton Heath) then 50438 + 59175 forming the start of the set behind. Talbot Road Bus Station / Car Park is in the background. Ian 10B.

23rd June 1979

M50805 in the bay platform at Blackburn on 23rd June 1979. Martyn Hilbert.

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