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Vehicle 51479


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: 30503
Diagram: 548

Allocations

16/03/59 New to 61A (Kittybrewster)
2w/e 12/03/66 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
w/e 01/06/74 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
Nov-81 Withdrawn

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51479 56468 As delivered to 61A - 16th March 1959
51479 56468 Transfer to 64H - 2w/e 12/03/66
51479 56468 Transfer to 66C - Apr-66
51479 56478 Noted 27/05/70 - at Polmadie1
51479 56468 Noted 15/08/70 - on Hamilton depot1
51479 56468 Noted 11/09/71 - at Glasgow Works1
40 51479 56468 Listed at 66C - 1972
51479 56468 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2
51479 56480 Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh3
51479 56478 Noted 05/09/76 - on Haymarket depot4
205 51473 59080 51479 Noted 13/08/77 - on Haymarket depot4
378 51479 59068 51483 Listed at HA - 01/02/81
51479 51480 51481 Noted 7th November 1981

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Falkirk Grahamston

9th July 1981

Set number: 105375

On July 9th 1981, the 10.58 Dunblane - Edinburgh dmu arrives at Falkirk Grahamston. This is my only picture of a Cravens car in blue/grey livery. 51479 is marshalled in a 3 car set with two Metro-Cammell vehicles, the rear one is SC50748 but I have no record of the centre car. The Cravens car was withdrawn in November 1981 and has already lost its destination blind. It is showing set number 375 which has later been prefixed with 105. It spent all its 22 years in service in Scotland. Gerard Fletcher.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 25th July 1981

Set number: 378

The 'Strathmore Berry Picker' railtour at Forfar on the 25th July 1981. Set 378 comprised two Class 105 DMBS vehicles in blue/grey, 51483 closest the other is presumably 51479. It has an unknown Met-Camm centre car, and bubble car 55011 on the rear. Mike Cooper.