Vehicle 50428 / 53428
Class 104
Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30293
Diagram: 556
Allocations
| w/e 25/05/57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Jun-57 | Transferred to | 9D (Buxton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9L | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BX | |
| 13/09/81 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 19/01/86 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50428 - original number
53428 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
circa Jul-72 - AWS fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50428 | 59136 | 50480 | As delivered to 9A - w/e 25/05/57 | ||||||
| 50428 | 59136 | 50480 | Noted 17th June 1957 | ||||||
| 50428 | 59136 | 50480 | Noted 16th September 1957 | ||||||
| 50428 | 59136 | 50480 | Noted 04/11/68 - at Manchester Piccadilly1 | ||||||
| BN459 | 50428 | 59136 | 50480 | Listed at Buxton - circa Dec-69 | |||||
| 50428 | 59136 | 50480 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight1 | ||||||
| 50428 | 59136 | 50480 | Noted 03/09/73 - at Stockport2 | ||||||
| 50428 | 59148 | 50481 | Noted 27/08/1979 - at Cleethorpes3 | ||||||
| 50428 | 50485 | Noted circa 12/19824 | |||||||
| 50428 | 50485 | Noted circa 03/19834 | |||||||
| spare | 53428 | Formation change - NH - Aug-85 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
28th September 1963
Two BRC&W triple sets in Newchapel and Goldenhill station with the 4.18pm Macclesfield - Wolverhampton (High Level) service on 28 September 1963. M50428 is closest, M50514 is at the far end. The station was on the Potteries Loop Line which closed in 1964. Michael Mensing.
3rd June 1983
A Class 104 BRCW twin approaches Preston with the empty stock of the 15:38 Preston to Ormskirk service on Friday 3rd June 1983. The leading vehicle is M53428 is a Driving Motor Brake 2nd originally numbered M50428 but renumbered into the M53xxx series to avoid duplication of numbers. Ormskirk had once been an intermediate station on the main line from Liverpool Exchange to Preston and the north. Electric services were extended from Liverpool as far as Ormskirk in 1913. However, following the re-routing of all long distance services to and from the north into Lime Street, an enforced change of trains at Ormskirk became the norm. Brian McDevitt.
24th November 1984
Two plain blue Class 104 DMBSs and a blue/grey Class 120 centre car; 53428 + 59256 + 53451 at Manchester Victoria on 24-11-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
13th July 1985
The reason I took this at the time is because it was the only BRC&W vehicle, definitely in the Northwest, that still retained its original two-figure route indicator which necessitated the use of a tail lamp, as seen here. Seen leaving Manchester Victoria ECS after arrival from Liverpool, allocated to Newton Heath M53428 was withdrawn a few months later. 13th July 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 28th September 1963
Two BRC&W triple sets approaching Newchapel and Goldenhill with the 4.18pm Macclesfield - Wolverhampton (High Level) service on 28 September 1963. M50514 leads, a Cockshute vehicle, the second set with the white cab roofs is led by Buxton allocated M50428. Michael Mensing.
Date: 13th August 1981
A pair of DMBS 1957 BRC&W built class 104 dmu's are seen at Buxton, M50428 in the centre road and M50423 on the right in platform 2, 13th August 1981. Andrew J Crowther.