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Vehicle 51292

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: 30469
Diagram: 532

Allocations

06/12/58	New to	40A (Lincoln)
2w/e 31/05/59	Transferred to	34B (Hornsey)
Apr-60	Transferred to	34G (Finsbury Park)
May-73	Depot code change	FP
30/01/77	On loan to	NH (Newton Heath)
28/03/77	Ex-loan back to	FP (Finsbury Park)
w/e 12/02/78	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
16/02/86	Withdrawn from	NC (Norwich)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51292	56450	As delivered to 40A - 6th December 1958
	51292	56450	Noted 12th Nov 1960
	51292	56424	Noted 12/06/1971 - Rail Tours Syndicate London Termini No.2 Railtour 56417-51296 + 56123-51270 + 56424-51292
	51292	56424	Noted 03/09/71 - on Cambridge depot¹
	51292	56459	Noted 23/06/1973 - at Kings Cross²
	51292	56453	Noted 08/08/1974 - at Kings Cross²
	51292	56428	Noted 10/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51292	56428	Noted 24/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51292	56115	Transfer to FP - 28/03/77 - ex-loan LMR
	51292	56414	Noted 07/01/78 - at Finsbury Park⁴
	51292	56421	Noted 14/01/78 - on 1124 Huntingdon-Kings Cross
	51292	56424	Noted 14/01/1978 - At Kings Cross Station⁵
38	51292	56131	Noted 04/03/78 - at Bury St Edmunds³
38	51292	56131	Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
	51292	56462	Noted 24/05/80 - at Norwich³
	51292	56462	Noted 10/09/1980 - at Cambridge⁴
	51292	56115	Noted 14/03/1982 - on Norwich depot⁴
	51292	56115	Noted 19/09/1982 - in Doncaster Works⁴
38	51292	56115	Noted 17/06/83
38	51292	56115	Noted 13/10/1983 - Littleport with 08.23 King's Lynn-Ely⁶
38	51292	54115	Noted circa 02/1985⁷
38	51292	54115	Noted circa 09/1985⁷
38	51292	54115	Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
38	51292	54115	Listed at NC - Dec-85

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

Images:

10th March 1979

Set number: 38

Passing Cravens sets at Norwich on 10th March 1979. On the left is set 67 arriving with the 3.26pm ex-Sheringham, while on the right set 38 is an ECS with DMBS 51292 closest. Michael Mensing.

27th April 1980

Set number: 38

A tidy-looking Cravens Class 105 two-car DMU, Norwich Depot allocated set 38, with Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) E51292, stabled at Norwich station between duties on April 27th 1980. The set was coupled to another Class 105 two-car set. In the centre road was a BRCW Class 104, set 83, with another Cravens set alongside in the platform. Period details to the right of the Cravens are BRUTE trolleys, a blue/grey Mk.I coach and the end of a former Blue Spot Fish Van/SPV Van in use as an internal user vehicle at Norwich station. Martyn Hilbert.

circa early 1980s

Set number: 38

A Class 105 DMU, the set number seems to read 38, passing through Soham station on the Ipswich - Ely line, maybe circa early 1980s. The DMBS is thought to be E51292, Peterborough on its blind, the leading car displays Parkeston Quay. Stuart Mackay Collection.

26th February 1989

Set number: 38

E51292 at Snailwell on the 26th February 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: circa early 1980s

Set number: 38

A Class 105 DMU, the set number seems to read 38, about to pass through Soham station on the Ipswich - Ely line, maybe circa early 1980s. The DMBS is thought to be E51292, displaying Parkeston Quay on the destination blind. The station had closed in 1965, but re-opened in 2021. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 17th June 1983

Set number: 38

E56115 E51292 are seen at Wrabness with a service heading for Harwich on 17/06/1983. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 10th August 1988

Two withdrawn Met-Camm driver trailers in Norwich on 10th August 1988. 54404 is on the right, 54058 in the centre and a Cravens DMBS is on the left, possibly 51292.All ended up at Snailwell by February 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

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