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| 18/06/72 | Withdrawn from | 6A (Chester) | - fire damage after Chester collision 8/5/72 |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| 56154 | Noted 08/05/1972 - At Chester Station when runaway freight train crashed and caught fire. 50407 damaged and withdrawn soon after.2 |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: 30th July 1972
Four DMU vehicles withdrawn after a collision / fire in Chester station on 8 May 1972 are seen alongside the depot on 30 July 1972. Closest is 56229, the Class 101 DMBS is 51195, Class 103 DMBS 50407, and finally Class 101 DTC 56338. All four would move to John Cashmore at Great Bridge in December 1972 for disposal. Stuart Mackay Collection.