Vehicle 50418
Class 109
Builder: Wickham
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30288
Diagram: 606
Allocations
| 16/04/58 | New to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 4w/e 01/11/58 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 4w/e 30/05/70 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| w/e 06/11/71 | Withdrawn from | 32A (Norwich) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Barlborough Metals, Rotherham at Slag Reduction, Parkgate
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50418 | 56173 | As delivered to 30A - 16th April 1958 | |||||||
| 50418 | 56173 | Noted 26th May 1958 | |||||||
| 50418 | 56173 | Transfer to 31A - 4w/e 01/11/58 | |||||||
| 50418 | 56173 | Noted 07/08/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 50418 | 56173 | Noted 19/04/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 50418 | 56173 | Noted 18/09/70 - at Doncaster2 | |||||||
| 50418 | 56303 | Noted 02/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
| 50418 | 56116 | Noted 03/09/71 - at Norwich2 |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
Images:
circa spring 1958
The Wickham twins outside the Wickham factory at Ware. Closest appears to be E50418 which dates it to around spring 1958. Image courtesy of the James West Collection. Wickham.
October 1963
Wickham DMU E50418 is seen beside D5550 outside Cambridge North box in October 1963. The lack of passengers and tail lamp suggests it is arriving ECS, it will work the 09.56 local to Ipswich. Copyright Chris Burton. Gerard Fletcher.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 9th July 1961
A Wickham DMU at Stansted with a Bishops Stortford service on 9 July 1961. The power car is recorded as E50418, if correct the DTC closest should be E56173 and the set would be allocated to Cambridge on this date. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 30th July 1964
Wickham set E56173 and E50418 in Manningtree station with a Harwich service on 30th July 1964. Tim Stubbs.
Date: June 1966
An Ipswich bound Wickham DMU at East Suffolk Junction in June 1966. E56173 is closest, its partner is presumably E50418. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.