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<- 50387 | 50388 | 50389 ->

Vehicle 50388

Class 105

BR Diagram 525

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: 30282
Diagram: 525

Allocations

05/07/57 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
May-71 Transferred to 40A (Lincoln)
Oct-71 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73Depot code changeBG
w/e 18/10/75 Transferred to LN (Lincoln)
30/01/77 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
w/e 01/05/77 Transferred to BY (Bletchley)
13/09/81 Withdrawn from BY (Bletchley)

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50388 56143 As delivered to 53C - 5th July 1957
50388 56128 Noted 15/08/70 - at Rock Ferry1
50388 56133 Noted 12/08/1971 - at York2
50388 56133 Noted 05/09/71 - at Cleethorpes3
50388 56440 Noted 30/10/1971 - at York2
50388 56136 Noted 17/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street 4
50388 56398 Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster4
H12 50388 56188 Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot, set number only on 561881
50388 56120 Noted 08/09/75 - at Brough3
50388 56120 Noted 11/09/75 - at Brough3
50388 56120 Noted 06/10/75 - at Brough3
50388 56120 Transfer to LN - w/e 18/10/75
50388 56120 Transfer to NH - 31/01/77
50388 56120 Noted 09/04/1977 - at Preston 4
50388 56120 Transfer to BY - w/e 01/05/77
50388 56120 Noted 26/08/77 - at Bletchley1
50388 56149 Noted 25/03/1978 - Working St Albans Abbey branch, recorded by Watford driver Roy Crocker.5
50388 56149 Noted 08/04/78 - at Bletchley6
50388 56145 Noted 30/09/78 - at Bletchley6
50388 56145 Noted 22/09/79 - on 08:46 Bedford St Johns - Bletchley and 18:10 Bletchley - Bedford St Johns7
50388 56145 Noted circa 19805
50388 56145 Noted 20/07/1980 - on Bletchley depot6

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Lumley
7: Phil Shatford

Images:

Class 105 DMU at St Albans Abbey

10th June 1980

50388 with 56145 at St Albans Abbey. Phil Bidwell.

Class 105 DMU at Bedford St Johns

autumn 1980

A two-car Class 105 DMU (M50388 + M56145) at Bedford St Johns in the third quarter of 1980. Rob Paterson.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 12th January 1980

A two-car Class 105 DMU formed of M56145 + M50388 sits in Watford Junction station with a St Albans Abbey service on 12 January 1980. Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: 12th January 1980

M56145 + M50388 waiting to work to Watford at St Albans Abbey on 12 January 1980. Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: 12th January 1980

M56145 + M50388 in Watford Junction station after arriving from St Albans Abbey on 12 January 1980. Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: autumn 1980

A two-car Class 105 DMU (M56145 + M50388) at Bedford St Johns in the third quarter of 1980. Rob Paterson.

DMU

Date: autumn 1980

A two-car Class 105 DMU (M56145 + M50388) at Bedford St Johns in the third quarter of 1980. Rob Paterson.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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