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Vehicle 51259

Class 105

BR Diagram 532

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: 30469
Diagram: 532

Allocations

19/06/58 New to 40A (Lincoln)
w/e 31/01/59 Transferred to 34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
w/e 13/02/77 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
15/01/84 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
16/03/86 Withdrawn from LN (Lincoln)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51259 56417 As delivered to 40A - 19th June 1958
51259 56412 Noted 25/08/69 - at Finsbury Park1
51259 56421 Noted 30/05/70 - at Kings Cross1
51259 56427 Noted 21/12/70 - on Cambridge depot1
51259 56427 Noted 05/04/71 - in GN suburban area1
51259 56451 Noted 01/01/1972 - at Kings Cross2
51259 56453 Noted 21/07/73 - at Ipswich3
51259 56453 Noted 11/08/73 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51259 56412 Noted 08/08/1974 - at Kings Cross2
51259 56412 Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross2
51259 56448 Noted 04/02/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51259 56430 Noted 08/06/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51259 56454 Noted 10/09/76 - at Kings Cross1
51259 56454 Noted 13/11/76
62 51259 56418 Noted 19/02/77 - at Bury St Edmunds4
62 51259 56418 Noted 15/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51259 56137 Noted 03/01/78 - on 1638 Cambridge-Leicester
62 51259 56132 Noted 30/05/78 - at Norwich4
62 51259 56132 Noted 06/08/78 - at Norwich4
62 51259 56132 Noted 08/04/79 - on Norwich depot4
51259 56441 Noted 01/11/1980 - R.C.T.S. (London Branch) East Suffolk Railtour 56441-51259 + 51270-56188
51259 54434 Transfer to LN - 15/01/84
51259 54434 Noted 24/04/19845
51259 54434 Noted 09/04/85
51259 54434 Noted circa 02/19865

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Sheffield

Unknown date

A Cravens DMU in Sheffield station circamid-1980s. Closest is DMBS E51259, one of the former Finsbury Park power cars that was fitted with a larger radiator. Mike Bunker.

Class 105 DMU at Sheringham

27th August 1981

Set number: 62

51259 sits at the buffers at Sheringham on 27-8-81. Chris Lings.

Class 105 DMU at Sheffield station

9th April 1985

Cravens set 51259 + 54434 seen in Sheffield station on the 9th April 1985. Dennis Taylor.

Class 105 DMU at Sheffield

Autumn 1985

A Class 105 Cravens 2-car DMU with DMBS 51259 nearest standing in the centre road at Sheffield Midland in Autumn 1985. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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