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Vehicle 56469


Class 105

Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30504
Diagram: 549

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 20/04/74 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
21/11/82 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
29/03/83 Stored U. AY (Ayr)
Nov-83 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, 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
51478 56469 Transfer to NR - w/e 20/04/74
64 51478 56469 Noted 16/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
64 51478 56469 Noted 06/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
32 50375 56469 Noted 10/08/74 - at Norwich2
35 50389 56469 Noted 16/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2
35 50389 56469 Listed at NR - 19/07/75
71 51125 56469 Noted 01/03/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
71 51125 56469 Noted 30/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
32 50375 56469 Noted 08/01/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2
52 51267 56469 Noted 16/12/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2
37 50383 56469 Noted 13/08/78 - at Norwich2
48 51291 56469 Noted circa 10/19784
50371 56469 Noted 24/05/80 - at Norwich2
50376 56469 52003 Noted 18th January 1983

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

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Lowestoft

March 1976

Set number: 71

Norwich allocated DMU set 71 seen in Lowestoft (Central) station with a Norwich (Thorpe) - Lowestoft (Central) - Beccles - Ipswich service in March 1976. The vehicles were recorded as E56469 (Class 105 DTCL) and E51125 (Class 100 DMBS). Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 105 DMU at Lowestoft

March 1976

Set number: 71

Norwich allocated DMU set 71 seen in Lowestoft (Central) station with a Norwich (Thorpe) - Lowestoft (Central) - Beccles - Ipswich service in March 1976. The vehicles were recorded as E56469 (Class 105 DTCL) and E51125 (Class 100 DMBS). Hugh Llewelyn.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: 13th June 1981

Set number: 34

Met-Camm and Cravens DMUs in Norwich station on 13 June 1981. Left to right are sets 94, 58 and 34. One of the Cravens sets might be 51269/56469, which formed the 16.45 to Peterborough. Lewis Bevan.