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| 18/07/82 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) |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:
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: 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.