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Vehicle 50596

Class 104

BR Diagram 557

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: 30404
Diagram: 557

Allocations

16/05/58 New to 50A (York)
2w/e 31/05/58 Transferred to 56G (Hammerton Street)
3w/e 30/08/58 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
30/11/58 Transferred to South Gosforth
3w/e 16/05/59 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
4w/e 31/10/59 Transferred to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
3w/e 18/06/66 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
2w/e 09/09/67 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
w/e 30/01/77 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
12/07/81 Withdrawn from NR (Norwich)

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50596 56187 As delivered to 50A - 16th May 1958
50596 56187 Transfer to 56G - 2w/e 31/05/58
50596 56187 Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 30/08/58
50596 56187 Transfer to South Gosforth - 30/11/58
50596 56187 Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 31/10/59
50596 56187 Noted 27/07/68 - in Leeds City1
50596 56187 Noted 18/09/1971 - at Leeds2
50596 56187 Noted 11/1974 - at Leeds 3
50596 56187 Noted 03/01/75 - on Holbeck depot4
50596 56187 Noted 18/11/75 - at Brough1
50596 56187 Noted 30/12/75 - at York1
50596 56187 Noted 10/04/76 - at Leeds1
50596 56187 Noted 04/09/76 - at Doncaster1
50596 56187 Noted 26/11/76 - on 1407 York-Leeds
50596 56187 Transfer to NR - w/e 30/01/77
75 50596 56187 Noted 02/02/77 - at Bury St Edmunds4
50596 56139 Noted 05/05/78 - at Norwich4
75 50596 56139 Noted 13/08/78 - on Norwich depot4
75 50596 56139 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
75 50596 56447 Noted 28/05/81

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Morecambe Promenade

circa 1977

The inner end of a Class 104 set. E50596 and partner at Morecambe Promenade station circa 1977. Andrew Pilkington.

Class 104 DMU at Chappel &amp; Wakes Colne

7th June 1980

Set number: 75

The driver of this Sudbury bound class 104 DMU at Chappel & Wakes Colne on 7th June 1980 seems to be making a rude gesture at the photographer as he arrives at Chapel & Wakes Colne on 7th June 1980! E50596 presumably leads. Bob Belcher.

Class 104 DMU at Woodbridge

9th June 1980

Set number: 75

Woodbridge station, Suffolk on 9th June 1980 with a Class 104 unit (presumably E50596) arriving on a service to Ipswich. Bob Belcher.

Class 104 DMU at Norwich depot

28th September 1981

BRCW class 104 DMBS E50596 all alone in the yard at Norwich, 28-09-81. It had been withdrawn that July. Paul James.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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