Cravens DMU 51485 & 56121 test run to Heywood 20th October 2017 

Great video of a superb restoration job. I believe it's one of a very small number of units still fitted with British United Traction (BUT) 'A Type' (AEC) engines. I always preferred the AECs to the Leylands. I remember first travelling on a DMU in the summer of 1956 between Llandudno Junction and Blaenau Ffestiniog. It was a Derby Lightweight fitted with AEC engines - lovely sound.

Bloody impressive - very, very well done! Can just about remember travelling on these on the Harwich branch as a small boy.

Still has the cravens window rattle, superb job.

Stunning result, looking forward to riding in it this year, great job fellas.

Its great to see this restored, especially considering there aren't a lot of Cravens types left around due to asbestos

Looks a really good rebuild job. The vibrating luggage racks and whining gearbox all faithfully restored! Memories of these units on the likes of Bletchley-Bedford and the GN suburban.

Do I remember those Cravens units out of Stockton when I was a youngster! Happy days for sure. Thanks for uploading!❤️😂❤️

Well done to everyone involved.A credit to you all.

Well done indeed, this is a fantastic achievement. She is just how I remember these unsung machines, rattles and all. This is precisely what the Cravens units were known for. Am I right in thinking that you have restored the exhaust pipes to their correct position, up through the roof? She really looks exquisite.

well done another part of our past lives on

Fantastisch treinstel . Fraaie accomodatie , Bolton Street Station. Gefeliciteerd !

I am in awe of the sheer bloody minded determination it must have taken to keep on keeping on for 21 years. I do hope you managed to 'wet the baby's head' !

Brilliant to see well done. Another small piece of Sheffield’s history saved, we at the South Yorkshire Transport Museum have a display of Cravens work, they are photos of all the different wagon types made there. A few of the lads from Cravens Came to work at STD Sheffield Transport Department and told stories of how they used to have snowball fights with the asbestos! I think we need to get a coach trip up and come to see you. David.

Beautiful - well done

The hard work has paid off. Excellent achievement.

A very big pat on the back to all involved in the resto. What a massive load of work that must have been. And what a fab job, you all should feel VERY proud because you deserve it well done.

Just found this video. What a stunning job and yes a very rare 2car DMU. Am now after a decent sound file for an 00 gauge Bachmann Cravens 105

Fantastic restoration job guys! Interestingly this is something of a "hybrid" set, being a 1956 DTCL and a 1959 MBS. I notice that in the brief interior shots the second class seats did not have the aluminum(?) "ball-shaped" grab handles on the innermost edge as most of the E503/564xx batch did. When idling in the MBS these handles became a blur due to the excessive vibrations,( to a lesser extent in the DTCL) which whilst amusing to the enthusiast, cannot have portrayed a good impression to the travelling public!! Thanks for putting this on

Looks beautiful, well done all concerned. From a big fan of original liveries!!!

They're doing one of those up to run the Poulton & Wyre Railway as well. How far they've got, I'm not sure, but the potential's there.

Looks like a proper job that. Best of all there's no wind noise on the soundtrack. 10/10 all round.

Now that IS magic I've never made it yet to the ELR yet but I hope to this summer. And that was FANTASTIC. I hope its running when we get there.

When I was a child, we used to call them "bog carts" because they stank.

We had exactly the same engines on our fleet of Green Line Reliance Blackpool (RB) Coaches. Very good video. Thank you.

What a beautiful train!

Congratulations to all who worked so hard to achieve the end result. Lovely set and great looking DMU.

Looks like an excellent rebuild. I travelled to school and uni by train between 1964 and 1973 and I remember the Cravens DMUs rattled and vibrated far more than any of the other First Generation types but for some reason they seemed faster.

Cute little DU

Rattle hellfire !

Fantastic achievement. Well done to everybody who's been involved!

Beautiful train - in original livery - I think.

either a leyland 0680 or aec 760/590 engine

either a leyland 0680 or aec 760/590 engine

Superb job folks. Great video too.

Fantastic achievment. Well done!

Well done all, fantastic job!

Brilliant. Well done all of you.

Trains and the stations they used looked so much nicer in the past. Everything is so ugly and barebones now.