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Vehicle 50401

Class 103

BR Diagram 635

Builder: Park Royal
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30286
Diagram: 635

Allocations

2w/e 03/05/58 New to 3C (Ryecroft)
Jun-60Depot code change21F
Sep-63Depot code change2G
w/e 07/01/67 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
06/05/73Depot code changeCH
Nov-80 Withdrawn from CH (Chester)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50401 56156 As delivered to 3C - April 1958
50401 56156 Noted 19/12/67 - at Manchester Exchange1
50401 56150 Noted 03/05/69 - in Manchester Exchange1
50401 56153 Noted 19/09/71 - on Chester depot1
CR205 50401 56055 Noted 22/06/74 - at Llandudno Junction, set number only on 504012
50401 56157 Noted 31/07/76 - at Welshpool2
50401 56157 Noted 10/09/76 - on Chester depot2
50401 56157 Noted 12/02/1977 - 13.13 Chester-Crewe3
50401 56157 Noted 30/03/1977 - 2F75, 16.30 Chester to Rock Ferry4
50401 56157 Noted 31/07/1978 - Seen at Harlech4
50401 56167 Noted 05/09/79

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

Images:

Class 103 DMU at Dudley Port

25th July 1959

A Park Royal DMU at Dudley Port station on 25 July 1959 with the 4.50pm Walsall-Dudley service. The DMBS is M50401 and the DTCL is thought to be M56156. Michael Mensing.

Class 103 DMU at Blaenau Ffestiniog

5th September 1979

Class 103 cars M50401 + M56157 are seen in front of a Class 108 unit at Blaenau Ffestiniog, 05/09/1979. Graeme Phillips Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 25th July 1959

M56156 leads this Park Royal DMU at Dudley Port (looking south) on July 25th, 1959, heading for Walsall. The DMBS is thought to be M50401. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 25th July 1959

A Park Royal DMU in Dudley Port station with a Walsall service on 25 July 1959. The vehicles are thought to be M56156 + M50401. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 12th February 1977

50400 leads 56155, 56157 & 50401 out of Chester with the 13.13 Chester-Crewe, 12/2/77. Anthony Griffiths.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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