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Vehicle 56188

Class 104

Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30405
Diagram: 581

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 16/11/75	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
w/e 29/04/79	Transferred to	SF (Stratford)
3w/e 20/10/79	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
14/02/82	Withdrawn from	NR (Norwich)

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	56188	Noted 28/08/1972 - at Scarborough¹
	50595	56188	Noted 11/08/1974 - at Sheffield Midland¹
	50575	56188	Noted 29/08/74 - at Ferriby²
H12	50388	56188	Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot, set number only on 56188²
	50595	56188	Noted Feb-75
	50595	56188	Noted 12/09/75 - at Brough³
	50595	56188	Noted 16/09/75 - at Hull³
	50595	56188	Noted 19/09/75 - at Brough³
	50595	56188	Noted 07/10/75 - at Brough³
	50595	56188	Noted 01/11/75 - at Brough³
H12	50595	56188	Noted 14/11/75 - at Bury St Edmunds, set number only on 56188²
78	50595	56188	Noted 02/07/76 - at Bury St Edmunds²
78	50595	56188	Noted 09/10/76 - at Bury St Edmunds²
78	50595	56188	Noted 31/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds²
39	50370	56188	Noted 04/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds²
46	51273	56188	Noted 13/08/78 - at Norwich²
46	51273	56188	Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
46	51273	56188	Noted 04/01/79 - at Norwich²
	50363	56188	Noted 29/08/1979 - At Romford working to Upminster and back⁴
	50594	56188	Transfer to NR - 3w/e 20/10/79
	51270	56188	Noted 01/09/1980 - R.C.T.S. (London Branch) East Suffolk Railtour 56441-51259 + 51270-56188
	51270	56188	Noted 18/07/81
	50597	56188	Noted 01/03/82 - leaving Norwich in the consist of the daily Norwich - Whitemoor Speedlink service²

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

Images:

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.

circa 1977

Set number: 78

Norwich DMU set 78 with Class 104 E56188 closest in platform 2 of Cambridge station with a service to Ely circa 1977. It is probably paired with E50595. Stuart Mackay Collection.

9th September 1977

Set number: 39

Class 104 DTSL E56188 leads a Cravens DMBS into Yarmouth Vauxhall station with the 14:10 service from Norwich on 9 September 1977. The station pilot on the left is 03 086. Robert Thomas.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 28th April 1977

Set number: 39

E50370 + E56188 with the 08.38 Peterborough to Cambridge service at Peterborough East on 28 April 1977. Phil Bevan.

Date: 24th June 1978

Set number: 35

Norwich MPD allocated Set No.35 led by Class 104 DTCL E56186 awaits it's next duty at the North end of Cambridge Station. At the next Platform is sister Set No.46 led by Class 104 DTCL E56188 who also calls Norwich MPD home. E56186 would be withdrawn in February 1984 being scrapped by Vic Berry in their Leicester Yard 2 years later, while E56188 was withdrawn in February 1982 and was disposed of by Mayer Newman at their local Snailwell Yard in November of that year. Bob Woolnough.

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: 27th April 1980

Set number: 77

A Norwich allocated two-car Class 104 DMU formed of cars E50594 & E56188 was stood in the bay platform at Ipswich with a service from Lowestoft on April 27th 1980. Martyn Hilbert.

Date: 7th July 1981

Set number: 49

The 12:29 to Norwich awaiting departure from Lowestoft station on 7 July 1981. It is formed of 56125 + 51271 (set 49) and 56188 + 51270. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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