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Vehicle 51270


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: 30469
Diagram: 532

Allocations

01/08/58 New to 31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 04/07/59 Transferred to 34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
3w/e 01/07/61 Transferred to 40A (Lincoln)
4w/e 03/03/62 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
w/e 12/02/78 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
20/02/83 Withdrawn from NR (Norwich)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51270 56428 As delivered to 31A - 1st August 1958
51270 56428 Transfer to 40A - 3w/e 01/07/61
51270 56428 Transfer to 34G - 4w/e 03/03/62
51270 56418 Noted 04/09/69 - at Kings Cross1
56123 51270 Noted 12/06/1971 - Rail Tours Syndicate London Termini No.2 Railtour 56417-51296+56123-51270+56424-51292
51270 56455 Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross2
51270 56455 Noted 04/08/73 - at Ipswich3
51270 56449 Noted 07/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51270 56449 Noted 10/08/1974 - at Kings Cross2
51270 56455 Noted 09/1974 - at Kings Cross2
51270 56449 Noted 10/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51270 56449 Noted 10/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51270 56449 Noted 09/09/1975 - at Kings Cross 2
51270 56417 Noted 21/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51270 56417 Noted 29/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51270 56460 Noted 20/11/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51270 56433 Noted 27/11/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51270 Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle4
51270 56413 Noted 10/02/77 - on Cambridge depot4
51270 56455 Noted 28/12/77 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51270 56115 Noted 07/10/78 - on 1633 Norwich-Peterborough
41 51270 56115 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
41 51270 56115 Noted 02/01/79 - at Norwich4
41 51270 56115 Noted 30/05/79
51270 56115 Noted 30/08/1979 - At Cambridge Station5
51270 56447 Noted 29/03/1980 - Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society West Norfolk Freight Lines Railtour 51270-56447+56448-51298
51270 56188 Noted 01/09/1980 - R.C.T.S. (London Branch) East Suffolk Railtour 56441-51259 + 51270-56188
51270 56188 Noted 18/07/81

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 7th July 1981

Set number: 49

The 12:29 to Norwich awaiting departure from Lowestoft station on 7 July 1981. It is formed of 56125 + 51271 (set 49) and 56188 + 51270. Stuart Mackay Collection.