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Vehicle 50597

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: 30404
Diagram: 557

Allocations

24/05/58	New to	56G (Hammerton Street)
3w/e 30/08/58	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
30/11/58	Transferred to	South Gosforth
Feb-64	Depot code change	52J
3w/e 18/06/66	Transferred to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73	Depot code change	BG
w/e 13/12/75	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
14/02/82	Withdrawn from	NR (Norwich)

Modifications

Jul-79 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50597	56188	As delivered to 56G - 24th May 1958
	50597	56188	Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 30/08/58
	50597	56188	Transfer to South Gosforth - 30/11/58
	50597	56186	Noted 15/08/1970¹
	50597	56188	Noted 28/08/1972 - at Scarborough¹
	50597	56186	Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster¹
	50597	56186	Noted 12/04/1975 - at Doncaster¹
	50597	56186	Noted 27/10/75 - at Brough²
	50597	56186	Noted 01/11/75 - at Brough²
H12	50597	56186	Noted 11/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds, set number H10 on 56186³
	50597	56186	Transfer to NR - w/e 13/12/75
79	50597	56186	Noted 13/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50597	56186	Noted 13/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50597	56186	Noted 14/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
79	50597	56123	Noted 03/06/77 - at Bury St Edmunds³
79	50597	56123	Noted 03/08/78 - on Norwich depot³
79	50597	56139	Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
	50597	56187	Noted 24/05/80 - at Norwich³
79	50597	56131	Noted 13/12/80
79	50597	56131	Noted 29/12/80 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50597	56188	Noted 01/03/82 - leaving Norwich in the consist of the daily Norwich - Whitemoor Speedlink service³

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

Images:

10th September 1975

Taken in the days when there were two passenger stations in Lincoln, here are BRCW Class 104 cars E50597 and 56186 standing at Lincoln Central having arrived on the 12.10 from Sheffield. Lincoln St Marks site is now a shopping centre whose name is in the style of an Eastern Region dark blue totem. September 10 1975. Jeremy Chapter.

7th July 1981

Set number: 79

Two car to Yarmouth. PW work briefly halts as the gang turn to watch BRCW Class 104 DMBS E50597 leading set 79 with a Cravens DTCL on the 11.18 Norwich to Yarmouth local service spluttering away from the station. A fine selection of traction and stock can be seen in the background. 7th July 1981. Bruce Galloway.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: circa May 1958

An official image (BRC&W Collection, negative B15/40) of the exterior of a ER two-car BRC&W set (later Class 104) E56188 and E50597 circa May 1958 and is thought to be taken at Cleobury Mortimer which seemed to be a regular destination for BRC&W test runs. The destination blind reads Filey Holiday Camp, the pair would be delivered to Bradford Hammerton Street. BRCW.

Date: 5th March 1980

Set number: 77

A scene during the tenure of BRCW Class 104 dmus at Norwich. The first BRCW sets arrived from Neville Hill in October 1975 and some were in poor condition compared with the Metro-Cammell sets which they replaced. At their most prolific, there were 9 x 3 car sets and 5 twin units. Eventually refurbished Metro Cammell sets replaced them from 1980 onwards, the last BRCW cars soldiering on until 1982. The twin sets were often hybrids paired with Cravens Class 105 cars. On 5th March 1980, Set 55 led by BRCW car E56189 and paired with Cravens power car E51255 is ready to depart with the 12.45 to Yarmouth. This unit continued in the diagram operating the 13.50 Yarmouth - Norwich, 14.33 Norwich - Ely, 17.24 Ely - Cambridge and 17.51 Cambridge - Stamford. On the right are BRCW set 77 E56188 + E50594 and behind it set 79 comprising cars E50597 + E56187. Gerard Fletcher.

Date: 13th December 1980

The 12.38 Doncaster - Cambridge dmu passes Whitemoor Jn on December 13th 1980. Class 114 Derby 'heavyweight' set E56013 + E50039 is leading a hybrid Norwich set no. 79 consisting of Class 104 BRCW motor car E50597 and Cravens built Class 105 trailer E56131. Many of the Lincoln allocated class 114s had been repainted and refurbished by this time, but this set is still in BR standard blue. Gerard Fletcher.

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