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Vehicle 56471

Class 105

BR Diagram 549

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

Allocations

01/04/59 New to 61A (Kittybrewster)
w/e 06/06/59 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
4w/e 29/06/74 Stored S.
17/05/75 Reinstated BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
03/10/82 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
13/03/83 Withdrawn from NR (Norwich)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51482 56471 As delivered to 61A - 1st April 1959
51482 56471 Transfer to 66C - w/e 06/06/59 - from 61A
51489 56471 Noted 18/05/63
43 51482 56471 Listed at 66C - 1972
51482 56471 Noted 29/07/1972 - at Ayr1
51482 56471 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2
50372 56471 Noted 08/09/75 - at Brough3
168 51482 56471 Noted 11/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds on out and back turn from Cambridge, set number only on 514824
50373 56471 Noted 23/12/76 - on 13:26 Doncaster-Hull3
51492 56471 Noted Mar-77 - at Hull3
50375 56471 Noted 03/09/77 - at Doncaster4
50380 56471 Noted 13/11/77 - in Hull Paragon5
50380 56471 Noted 18/12/77 - in Doncaster Works5
51472 56471 Noted 13/05/78 - at York5
50380 56471 Noted 20/09/1981 - on Botanic Gardens depot5
50380 56471 Noted 19/09/1982 - on Botanic Gardens depot5
50380 56471 Noted 11/11/82 - at Norwich4

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

Images:

Class 105 DMU at Hull Paragon station

23rd September 1978

E56471 in Hull Paragon station with the HLPG 'City of Hull Tour' on the 23rd September 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 105 DMU at Doncaster

14th July 1979

A Cravens and Met-Camm DMU formation at Doncaster on 14 July 1979. DTCL E56471 is closest. Dave Warby Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 18th May 1963

Sc51489 + Sc56471 in the rain at Yoker Ferry on 18/5/63. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 12th September 1975

Taken with a very cheap Dixons own-brand (Prinz) camera on Boots slide film, this picture shows the 15.48 Hull to Scarborough (the class 104 BRCW 4-car unit on the left) and an ex-Scottish Cravens class 105 Driving Trailer (E56471) on the right. Taken on 12 September 1975. Jeremy Chapter.

DMU

Date: 23rd September 1978

The Humberside Loco Preservation Group "City of Hull" railtour at one of the photo stops on September 23, 1978. E50166 is closest, the other vehicles are 56066, 51213 + 56368 and 50379 + 56471. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 23rd September 1978

A six-car formation of two Class 101s and a Class 105 is seen on the Alexandra Docks branch during the Humberside Loco Preservation Group "City of Hull" tour on 23 September 1978. The docks authorities had insisted on steps being used to exit the train, even in those days. E50166 is closest, the other vehicles are 56066, 51213 + 56368 and 50379 + 56471. Jeremy Chapter.

DMU

Date: 23 September 1978

Two two-car Class 101s and a Class 105 during the Manor House Street (Hull Central Goods) stop on the Humberside Loco Preservation Group City of Hull railtour on 23 September 1978. E50166 is closest, the other vehicles are 56066, 51213 + 56368 and 50379 + 56471. Stuart Mackay Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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