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Vehicle 51480


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Nov-81 Withdrawn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:


51480 56469 As delivered to 61A - 16th March 1959
51480 56469 Transfer to 64H - 2w/e 12/03/66
51480 56469 Transfer to 66C - Apr-66
51480 56469 Noted 15/08/70 - on Hamilton depot1
51480 56469 Noted 11/09/71 - on Hamilton depot1
41 51480 56469 Listed at 66C - 1972
51480 56469 Noted 17/04/73 - in Glasgow Central2
51480 56469 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central3
205 51474 59047 51480 Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley4
202 51474 59047 51480 Noted 12/07/80 - on "Forth Valley Wanderer" railtour
377 51476 59072 51480 Listed at HA - 01/02/81
51479 51480 51481 Noted 7th November 1981

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Dyce

14th July 1964

Sc51480 (and presumably Sc56469) are working the 12.30pm Fraserburgh - Aberdeen service when seen at Dyce on July 14, 1964. Michael Mensing.

Class 105 DMU at Haymarket depot

28th October 1979

A 105/101/105 DMU set in Haymarket depot on 28 October 1979. Closest is SC51480, a vehicle that spent its whole career in Scotland allocated to Kittybrewster, Leith Central, Hamilton and Haymarket. Within a few months it would become one of the very few 105s to carry blue and grey livery, and would be withdrawn in November 1981. The other two vehicles are presumably 59047 and 51474. Brian Daniels.

Class 105 DMU at North Berwick

12th July 1980

51480 + 59047 + 51474 in North Berwick station on the 12th July 1980 with the "Forth Valley Wanderer" railtour organised by the Edinburgh City Transport Welfare Association. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 105 DMU at Fouldubs Junction

12th July 1980

51480 + 59047 + 51474 at Fouldubs Junction, between Grangemouth and Falkirk, during a stop of the "Forth Valley Wanderer" railtour on the 12th July 1980. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 105 DMU at Bilston Glen Colliery

12th July 1980

Class 105 Bilston Glen Colliery Sidings 12 July 1980. The Edinburgh City Transport Welfare Association ran The Forth Valley Wanderer Railtour around freight lines Edinburgh area. The set, formed 51480 + 59047 + 51474, included a Class 101 centre car. Alistair Ness.

Class 105 DMU at Granton Oil Terminal

12th July 1980

Class 105 Granton Oil Terminal 12 July 1980. The Edinburgh City Transport Welfare Association ran The Forth Valley Wanderer Railtour around freight lines Edinburgh area. The set, formed 51480 + 59047 + 51474, included a Class 101 centre car. Alistair Ness.

Class 105 DMU at Newington

12th July 1980

Class 105 Newington 12 July 1980. The Edinburgh City Transport Welfare Association ran The Forth Valley Wanderer Railtour around freight lines Edinburgh area. The set, formed 51480 + 59047 + 51474, included a Class 101 centre car. Alistair Ness.

Class 105 DMU at North Berwick

12th July 1980

Class 105 North Berwick 12 July 1980. The Edinburgh City Transport Welfare Association ran The Forth Valley Wanderer Railtour around freight lines Edinburgh area. The set, formed 51480 + 59047 + 51474, included a Class 101 centre car. Alistair Ness.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 12th July 1980

Class 105 Leith South 12 July 1980. The Edinburgh City Transport Welfare Association ran The Forth Valley Wanderer Railtour around freight lines Edinburgh area. The set, formed 51474 + 59047 + 51480, included a Class 101 centre car. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1980

On 12th July 1980 the “Forth Valley Wanderer” railtour visited the Granton branch in Edinburgh, seen here approaching Trinity station, which was closed as far back as 1925 and remains open as a private house. The North British Railway fixed distant signal was in place here until the line here was dismantled in 1986. The DMU used was formed of two blue/grey Class 105 DMBSs and a 101 centre car, 51474 + 59047 + 51480. Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1980

On 12th July 1980 the “Forth Valley Wanderer” railtour visited a number of lines in Edinburgh, Grangemouth and Fife. A photo stop at the original Alloa station in the afternoon shows the unusual dmu formation a class 101 Met Camm centre car 59047 sandwiched by two of the few class 105 Cravens units to receive blue / grey livery, 51474 and 51480. Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1980

Set number: 202

51474 + 59047 + 51480 at Grangemouth No.3 on the 12th July 1980 with the "Forth Valley Wanderer" railtour. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1980

Set number: 202

51474 + 59047 + 51480 in North Berwick station on the 12th July 1980 with the "Forth Valley Wanderer" railtour. Hamish Stevenson.