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Vehicle 51299


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

15/01/59 New to 31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 04/07/59 Transferred to 40A (Lincoln)
3w/e 01/08/59 Transferred to 34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
4w/e 26/11/60 Transferred to 40A (Lincoln)
3w/e 01/07/61 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
4w/e 03/03/62 Transferred to 40A (Lincoln)
Sep-64 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73Depot code changeFP
w/e 10/12/77 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
w/e 22/06/80 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
13/03/83 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
07/07/85 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
01/06/86 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
10/05/87 Withdrawn from LN (Lincoln)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51299 56457 As delivered to 31A - 15th January 1959
51299 56457 Transfer to 40A - 3w/e 04/07/59
51299 56457 Transfer to 40A - 4w/e 26/11/60
51299 56457 Transfer to 34G - 3w/e 01/07/61
51299 56457 Transfer to 40A - 4w/e 03/03/62
51299 56458 Noted 04/09/69 - at Kings Cross1
51299 56114 Noted 19/06/71 - at Ipswich2
51299 56422 Noted 31/12/1971 - at Kings Cross3
51299 56458 Noted 04/08/74 - at Bury St Edmunds4
51299 56458 Noted 10/08/1974 - at Kings Cross3
50827 59366 51299 Noted 17/03/75 - at Cambridge4
51299 56459 Noted 06/02/76 - on Cambridge depot4
51299 56417 Noted 12/09/76 - at Finsbury Park1
51299 56417 Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot4
51299 56461 Transfer to GF - w/e 10/12/77
51299 56461 Noted 07/08/1978 - at Middlesborough 3
51299 56393 Noted circa 03/19795
51299 56426 Transfer to BG - w/e 22/06/80
51299 56424 Noted circa 02/19835
51299 56424 Transfer to LN - p/e 20/03/83
51299 54446 Noted 16/11/1983 - at Sheffield5
51299 54446 Noted 24/04/19845
51299 54429 Transfer to NR - 07/07/85 - from LN
52 51299 54429 Noted 28/08/85 - at Norwich4
51 51299 54136 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
52 51299 54429 Listed at NC - Dec-85
52 51299 54429 Noted 15/02/19865
51299 54429 Noted 28/10/1986 - at Ely on 08.45 Cambridge to Leicester.6
51299 54420 Noted 24/04/1987 - at Sheffield7

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Nicholas Youngman
7: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Stockton

22nd March 1980

E51299 + E56426 / E56470 + E51427 with a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service at Stockton on March 22, 1980. John Carter.

Class 105 DMU at Sheffield

7th April 1984

A 2 car class 105 "Cravens" DMU with DMBS E51299, at Sheffield Midland station on 7th April 1984. Paul James.

Class 105 DMU at York

29th June 1986

The late summer evening sun catches Cravens class 105 DMBS E51299 at York on 29th June 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

Class 105 DMU at York

27th September 1986

A scene at York station on 27 September 1986 - with one of the distinctive-looking Cravens units. The unit was about to work the 16.42 local service to Doncaster - vehicle numbers E51299 and E54429. The station staff stage-left had just blown his whistle, and on this occasion I even primed my 'ghetto blaster' and made a recording of the departure: https://soundcloud.com/sound-vision-10193594/class-105-2-car-dmu-e51299-e54429-leaves-york-on-a-local-service-to-doncaster-27sep1986. Chris McKee.

Class 105 DMU at Lincoln

23rd April 1987

A Cravens unit stands at Lincoln Central on 23rd April 1987. I rarely noted DMU numbers but on this occasion I recorded this unit as nos. 51299 and 54429. Andrew Walker.

Class 105 DMU at Snailwell

26th October 1987

E51299 at Snailwell on the 26th October 1987. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 31st December 1982

Set number: 31

The 2-car class 105 'Cravens' DMU sets were synonymous with East Anglia in the BR era as Norwich Thorpe depot had a large allocation. This scene on December 31, 1982 depicts an afternoon gathering of the class at Ipswich where five Norwich sets are captured line a breast but only four were placed conveniently side by side. Set 61 in the platform with people boarding was working 2R22 the 12.52 via the East Suffolk line to Lowestoft. The line up left to right comprises; set 31. 53375+54468, set 52. 51299+54429, set 66. 51260+54130, set 61. 51290+54462, and 51478 on the very left. Adrian Nicholls.

DMU

Date: 30th October 1984

Norwich Thorpe station on 30 October 1984, from left to right are a Class 101 power car, E51299, E54433, E51265, E54417, and 47583. Keith Long.

DMU

Date: 26th October 1987

Cravens Class 105 E51284 and E51299 behind, at Snailwell on 26.10.87. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 7th January 1988

A couple of Cravens vehicles can be seen in the yard at Snailwell on 7th January 1988. E51284 is to the right on E51299 part seen.. Nicholas Youngman.