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Vehicle 50779

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: 30352
Diagram: 528

Allocations

3w/e 19/04/58	New to	26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63	Depot code change	9D
May-73	Depot code change	NH
01/08/82	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

50779	50812	As delivered to 26A - April 1958
50779	50812	Noted 13/08/70 - in Manchester Piccadilly¹
50779	50812	Noted 01/06/1974 - at Preston²
50779	50807	Noted 28/08/75 - in Manchester Victoria¹
50779	50807	Noted 24/02/76 - in Liverpool Exchange³
50779	50807	Noted 27/09/1976 - at Preston ²
50779	50807	Noted 05/01/77 - in Manchester Victoria³
50779	50807	Noted 04/09/77 - in Manchester Victoria⁴
50779	50807	Noted 09/07/78 - at Newton Heath⁴
50779	50807	Noted 09/07/78 - at Newton Heath⁴
50779	50807	Noted 19/08/78 - in Manchester Victoria⁴
50779	50807	Noted circa 05/1980⁵
50779	50807	Noted 11/09/1980 - at Wigan North Western⁴
50779	50807	Noted circa 01/1981⁵
50779	50807	Noted 03/01/1981 - At Blackburn Station⁶
50779	50807	Noted circa 06/1981⁵
50779	50807	Noted 12/07/1981 - on Newton Heath depot⁴

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Martin Lumley
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Shayne Lewis

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Date: 26th March 1961

A three-car Cravens DMUs standing in Derby station after arriving with a train from Crewe 26th March 1961 on 26 March 1981. The DMBS is noted as M50779, a Newton Heath allocated vehicle normally formed in a power-twin. Keith Long.

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