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Vehicle 51271


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

08/08/58 New to 31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 04/07/59 Transferred to 34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
w/e 16/10/77 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
01/06/86 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
28/09/86 Withdrawn from LN (Lincoln)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51271 56429 As delivered to 31A - 8th August 1958
51271 56115 Noted 31/12/1971 - at Kings Cross1
51271 56412 Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross1
51271 56429 Noted 15/06/74 - in Kings Cross2
51271 56429 Noted 16/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51271 56461 Noted 06/08/19741
51271 56420 Noted 07/05/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51271 56420 Noted 08/06/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51271 56420 Noted 23/08/75 - in Kings Cross3
51271 56139 Noted 29/11/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51271 56432 Noted 20/03/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51271 56459 Noted 11/07/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51271 56417 Noted 10/08/76 - on 0724 Kings Cross-Royston
51271 56131 Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot3
51271 56131 Noted 27/01/77 - on Cambridge depot3
51271 56131 Noted 24/02/77 - on Cambridge depot3
51271 Noted 17/03/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle3
49 51271 56468 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
49 51271 56436 Noted 22/02/79 - at Norwich3
49 51271 56185 Noted 15/07/79
51271 56125 Noted 06/09/1980 - Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society GE/GN Joint Freight Lines Railtour 51256-56116 + 51271-56125
49 51271 56125 Noted 09/09/81
51271 56470 Noted circa 08/19824
49 51271 54139 Noted circa 03/19844
49 51271 54463 Noted circa 04/19854
46 51271 54133 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
49 51271 54463 Listed at NC - Dec-85
49 51271 54463 Noted 18/01/1986 - at Colchester5
49 51271 54463 Noted 12/04/19864
51271 54133 Noted 28/06/86
51271 54133 Noted 28th June 1986
51271 54133 Noted circa 08/19864

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

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Barndley

6th September 1980

Set number: 49

Bardney station in Lincolnshire was only open for occasional sugar beet traffic by 1980. On 6 September of that year, the Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society ran a railtour which visited the branch. Another railtour in February 1981 was the last passenger train to reach this point where passenger trains had been withdrawn in 1970. Car 51271 is nearest the camera, other vehicles included 56116, 51256 and 56125. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 105 DMU at Norwich Thorpe

23rd July 1981

Norwich Thorpe before the wires and an impressive array of motive power and rolling stock in the scene including 47584, 03397, a BTH type 1 train heating unit and Cravens DMUs (including E51271). 23rd July 1981. Gordon Edgar.

Class 105 DMU at Ipswich

9th September 1981

Set number: 49

Ipswich and Cravens Class 105 E51271 + E56125 forming Norwich set no. 49. The train is the 06.58 Leicester to Harwich Parkeston Quay which I'd travelled on from March on 9/9/81. Later in the day this unit was seen forming the 14.50 Ipswich to Stamford service. Some late 70s fashion still in evidence here, even if it is 1981. Gerard Fletcher.

Class 105 DMU at Doncaster Works

28th July 1984

E51271 at the Doncaster Works open day, 28th July 1984. PJ Evans.

Class 105 DMU at Doncaster Works

28th July 1984

51271, a Class 105 DMBS, is seen at Doncaster works open day on July 28th, 1984 in all over blue livery. Andy Cole.

Class 105 DMU at Kings Lynn

21st February 1986

Set number: 49

Cravens DMU set 49 with E51271 closest in Kings Lynn station waiting to depart on a service to Ely on 21 February 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 15th December 1979

E51271 leaves a trail of smoke behind it as it leads it's trailer out of Sudbury on the 15th December 1979. David Underwood.

DMU

Date: 6th September 1980

Set number: 56

On 6 September 1980, the Fakenham and Dereham Railway Society GE/GN Joint Freight Lines Railtour ran with a pair Cravens dmu sets. Nearest the camera at March is 56125, then come 51271, 56116 and 51256. Having visited Wisbech, the tour then ran to Sleaford, Bardney, Shirebrook and Lincoln before returning to March. Jeremy Chapter.

DMU

Date: 6th September 1980

Set number: 56

On 6 September 1980 the Fakenham and Dereham Railway Society ran their "GE/GN Joint Freight Lines Railtour" using a pair of Class 105 Cravens-built two-car diesel units, seen here at Wisbech Goods. The full formation as 56125/51271 + 56116/51256. Jeremy Chapter.

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.

DMU

Date: 8th February 1986

Set number: 49

Cravens Class 105 DMU set 49 (54463 + 51271) waits to depart Norwich for Great Yarmouth, possibly 8-2-86. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 15th March 1986

Set number: 49

Even in 1986 some of the cross country services from Cambridge to Birmingham were still formed of classic dmus. On March 15 1M66, the 08.52 ex Cambridge, is seen here arriving at Whittlesea with a four car formation of Cravens set 49 (E54463 + E51271) leading a 2 car Metro-Cammell Class 101. Naturally we chose to sit in the leading set for maximum good vibrations! Photo by Philip Mott. Gerard Fletcher.

DMU

Date: 15th March 1986

Set number: 49

At Peterborough set 49 makes a healthy exhaust as it departs for Birmingham - you can almost hear that great Cravens cacophany. Taken on March 15th, 1986, by the end of July 1986, the number of Cravens sets in service at Norwich had reduced to just seven, the set seen here E51271 + E54463 along with six other sets went to Lincoln for a brief reprieve. Photo by Philip Mott. Gerard Fletcher.

DMU

Date: 28th June 1986

A Cravens set at Southport on the 28th June 1986 formed of 54133 and 51271. Jerry Glover.