Vehicle 51287
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
| 05/11/58 | New to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| Sep-64 | Transferred to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | LN | |
| 20/02/83 | Withdrawn from | LN (Lincoln) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51287 | 56445 | As delivered to 31A - 5th November 1958 | |||||||
| 51287 | 56445 | Noted 9th August 1959 | |||||||
| 51287 | 56445 | Noted 02/05/70 - at Sheffield1 | |||||||
| 51287 | 56445 | Noted 15/06/74 - at Doncaster1 | |||||||
| 51287 | 56445 | Noted 30/12/75 - at York with 50032/560371 | |||||||
| 51287 | 56445 | Noted Jun-76 - at Sheffield1 | |||||||
| 51287 | 56445 | Noted 11/06/77 - on 0953 Cleethorpes-Sheffield with 50006 + 56002 | |||||||
| 51287 | 56445 | Noted 24/09/77 - at Darnall2 | |||||||
| 51287 | 56466 | Noted 10/09/82 | |||||||
| 51287 | 56466 | Noted 28/10/82 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
Images:
October 1971
A Cravens DMU formed of E51287 and E56445 departs Grantham for Skegness in October 1971. Mel Smith.
circa 1982
A Cravens DMU formed of E51287 + E56466 seen on the Midland 'Old Road' at Barrow Hill, date unknown (probably circa 1982). Paul Redmond.
29th January 1982
E51287 + E56466 at Leeds on January 29, 1982. John Carter.
10th September 1982
A Cravens 2-car set formed of E51287 and E56466 coasts under Park Street Bridge and into Hull Paragon on 10th September 1982 with a service from Bridlington. Syd Young.
28th October 1982
A month before closure of the Spalding to March section of the GN & GE Joint line, a Cravens two car unit, 51287 + 56466, rattles across Moulton West Fen with a Doncaster to Cambridge service. The beet campaign is underway as can be seen by the exhaust from the chimney at Spalding sugar factory. 28th October 1982. Mike Dean.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1975
A Lincoln allocated Cravens set, 56445 + 51287, rolls into Edale station on a Sheffield - New Mills local working sometime in 1975. John Crooks.
Date: circa 1982
A Cravens Class 105 DMU on the Midland 'Old Road' at Barrow Hill, date unknown (probably circa 1982). DTCL E56466 is closest with "Special" on the destination blind, the DMBS is E51287. Paul Redmond.