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Vehicle 50348

Class 100

Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30278
Diagram: 536

Allocations

Aug-57	New to	9D (Buxton)
Sep-57	Transferred to	5D (Cockshute)
Jan-58	On loan to	8E (Brunswick)
Apr-58	Depot code change	27F
Jun-58	Transferred to	3C (Ryecroft)
Oct-58	On loan to	18A (Toton)
4w/e 29/11/58	Ex-loan back to	3C (Ryecroft)
Jun-60	Depot code change	21F
Sep-63	Depot code change	2G
3w/e 31/01/65	Transferred to	2H (Monument Lane)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	2G (Ryecroft)
3w/e 30/06/66	Transferred to	6A (Chester)
3w/e 30/03/69	Transferred to	9A (Longsight)
May 1973	Depot code change	LO
18/07/82	Withdrawn from	LO (Longsight)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50348	56103	As delivered to 9D - August 1957
LT291	50348	56484	Listed at Longsight - circa Dec-69
LT291	50348	56103	Listed at 9A - circa Jul-70
	50348	56103	Noted 12/08/70 - in Manchester Piccadilly¹
	50348	56103	Noted 10/09/73 - in Manchester Piccadilly¹
	50348	56103	Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly²
	50348	56103	Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly²
	50348	56103	Noted Jun-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly²
	50348	56103	Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly²
	50348	56103	Noted 13/04/1977 - Chester³
	50348	56103	Noted 14/05/77
LO291	50348	56103	Noted 31/05/1982³
LO291	50348	56103	Noted circa 06/1982³
	50348	56103	Noted 26/06/1982 - Worked 15.50 Manchester Piccadilly to Rose Hill Marple service³
LO291	50348	56103	Noted 19/07/1982 - 17.10 Manchester Picc to Hazel Grove with LO293 (50351-56106) in place of EMU³

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

August 1969

Set number: LT291

In August 1969 I read that the Great Central & Midland Railway branch line from New Mills to Hayfield in Derbyshire was going to be closed shortly so took time off from geological mapping near Hartington on the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border & travelled up by train from Buxton. This diesel multiple unit (M50348 + M56484) took me from New Mills and here it stands in Hayfield station after arrival. Hayfield station building was intact & quite a few passengers still used the service. So why close it? Allegedly to save maintenance of the tunnel just outside New Mills station. However, after closure the tunnel remained open because it was used to stable the dmu before returning to Manchester. So again why close it? Pete LG99.

August 1969

Set number: LT291

Macclesfield station in August 1969 and the dmu to Manchester via the ex-Macclesfield Bollington & Marple Railway route is formed of a Class 100/108 hybrid (set LT291), M50348 + M56484. Pete LG99.

1975

Set number: LT291

Class 100 DMBS M50348 up on jacks in Swindon Works in 1975. Note the LT291 set number in the window. Stuart Mackay Collection.

14th May 1977

Class 100 set M50348 + M56103 arrives into Manchester Piccadilly on May 14, 1977. Rex Holt.

11th November 1978

M50348 at Strines on 11th November 1978 with a New Mills Central - Manchester Piccadilly service. The second window on the side appears to be missing and boarded over. Robert Chilton.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: August 1969

Set number: LT291

Set LT291 - a Class 108/100 hybrid (M56484 + M50348) - at High Lane Station (Cheshire) in August 1969. Pete LG99.

Date: 23rd December 1974

Seen on December 23rd 1974 is a Scarborough to Manchester Victoria service, consisting of E50554, E59234, E59211 & E50575 pausing at Stalybridge, whilst on the right, the connecting service to Stockport awaits departure in the form of M50348 & M56103 in the days when the 'Stalybridge shuttle' used to run every hour or so. Suthen Softy.

Date: circa July 1975

A Longsight allocated Class 100 (M56103 and presumably M50348) in Southport station with a two-car Class 104 and another Class 100 behind. The slide process date was July 1975. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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