Vehicle 50407
Class 103
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 12/07/58 | New to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| 4w/e 29/11/58 | Transferred to | 3C (Ryecroft) | |
| Jun-60 | Depot code change | 21F | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2G | |
| w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
| 18/06/72 | Withdrawn from | 6A (Chester) | - fire damage after Chester collision 8/5/72 |
50407 was involved in the following incident:
08/05/72 - Chester General Station, LMR
Collision and Fire involving Class 108 / Class 24
An oil train ran away and crashed in the station. More Details.
Disposal
Scrapped by J Cashmore, Great Bridge arrived Dec-72 cut circa 1973
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50407 | 56162 | As delivered to 5D - July 1958 | |||||||
| 50407 | 56169 | Noted 03/05/69 - at Manchester Exchange1 | |||||||
| 50407 | 56080 | Noted 17/09/71 - at Crewe1 | |||||||
| 50407 | 56080 | Noted 19/09/71 - on Chester depot1 | |||||||
| 50407 | 56154 | Noted 08/05/1972 - At Chester Station when runaway freight train crashed and caught fire. 50407 damaged and withdrawn soon after.2 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
Images:
22nd October 1966
M50407 leads this Park Royal set heading for Stafford at Salton (Smethwick) on October 22, 1966. Michael Mensing.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 21st May 1988
47431 arrives at Doncaster with the Derby Laboratory Coach set on 21st May 1988. The unit being hauled are ex-Class 103 vehicles, 56162 and 50407, renumbered RDB975090 + RDB975089. It was a "Laboratory 5 TRIM Unit" and was used for measuring ride quality. Syd Young.