Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30293
Diagram: 556
w/e 01/06/57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
Jun-57 | Transferred to | 9D (Buxton) | |
Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9L | |
06/05/73 | Depot code change | BX | |
2w/e 15/04/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
05/07/87 | Transferred to | OO (Old Oak Common) | |
Jun-88 | Reinstated | OO (Old Oak Common) | |
p/e 31/12/88 | Sector Change to | OO (Old Oak Common) NGBX | |
p/e 07/12/91 | Sector Change to | OO (Old Oak Common) NXXZ | - (stored) |
23/12/91 | Withdrawn from | OO (Old Oak Common) NXXZ |
1st January 1988 - Yellow destination blind surround
16th July 1988 - Has yellow destination blind surround
1989 - Seen in NSE livery
8th April 1989 - Seen in ex-works NSE livery after Doncaster Works overhaul
50429 - original number
53429 - from Mar-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
50429 | 59137 | 50481 | As delivered to 9A - w/e 01/06/57 | ||||||
50429 | 59137 | 50481 | Noted 22/08/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly1 | ||||||
BN460 | 50429 | 59137 | 50481 | Listed at Buxton - circa Dec-69 | |||||
50429 | 59137 | 50481 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight1 | ||||||
BX482 | 50429 | 59195 | 50542 | Noted circa 08/19822 | |||||
BX482 | 50429 | 59195 | 50542 | Noted circa 10/19822 | |||||
50429 | 59195 | 50507 | Noted circa 03/19832 | ||||||
BX484 | 53429 | 59195 | 53507 | Noted circa 04/19832 | |||||
BX482 | 53429 | 59195 | 53507 | Noted circa 01/19842 | |||||
BX482 | 53429 | 59195 | 53507 | Noted circa 11/1984 - listed at BX2 | |||||
BX482 | 53429 | 59195 | 53507 | Listed at BX - circa Jul-85 - with white roof domes and black window surrounds | |||||
BX482 | 53429 | 59195 | 53507 | Listed at BX - circa Dec-85 | |||||
53429 | 53507 | Formation change - NH - circa Apr-86 | |||||||
53429 | 59195 | 53507 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 - on loan Buxton | ||||||
53429 | 53507 | Listed at NH - 10/05/87 | |||||||
L703 | 53429 | 53470 | Formed at OO circa 10/87 | ||||||
L703 | 53429 | 53470 | Listed at OO - 1st January 1988 | ||||||
L703 | 53429 | 53470 | Noted 18th January 1988 | ||||||
53429 | 53455 | Listed at OO - 16th July 1988 | |||||||
L703 | 53429 | 53470 | Noted 8th April 1989 | ||||||
L703 | 53429 | 53470 | Listed at - 15/05/89 | ||||||
L703 | 53429 | 53470 | Listed at OO - 1st July 1989 | ||||||
L703 | 53429 | 53470 | Noted 13th July 1990 | ||||||
L703 | 53429 | 53470 | Listed at OO - 12th October 1990 | ||||||
L703 | 53429 | 53470 | Listed at OO - 21/01/91 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
Three-car Class 104 DMU set BX482 led by M53429 arrives into Manchester Piccadilly, date unknown. Mike Bunker.
Set BX482 with 53429 at the front arrives into Manchester Piccadilly on the 24th April 1984. Dennis Taylor.
Border City. BRCW Class 104 M53429 DMB at Carlisle. Having arrived empty from the north it is waiting for southbound passengers. The rear blind on BX482 shows 'Manchester' and an old notebook suggests this is actually a Footex for Carlisle Utd v Man City. Noted as BRCW Triple M53429 + M59195 + M53507 coupled to a Class 108 Derby Twin LW. Saturday 08 September 1984. alicia hartman.
Class 104 53429, set number BX 482, is seen stabled at Tyseley carriage sidings on 07.12.1985 while allocated to Buxton. Note the addition of white cab roof and black window surrounds. Andy Cole.
Twin DMBS set L703 (53429 & 53470) about to enter West Drayton on 1/10/87. Malcolm Clements.
Class 104 DMU set L703 (53429 and presumably 53470) in Gospel Oak station with a Barking service circa spring 1988. Brian Ward.
Class 104 53429, set number L703, is seen stabled on Tyseley on 08.04.1989 with 53470, 55027 (right) and 54289 (left), all of which carry Network South East livery. Andy Cole.
With Gospel Oak in its destination blind, unit L703, formed of BRCW Class 104 DMBS 53429 and 53470 in NSE livery sits outside the Swansea end of Canton carriage sidings. 28th April 1989. Paul James.
Twin DMBS set L703 comprised 53429 and 53470 when seen at Barking, 01/09/89. Jerry Glover.
Class 104 DMU set L703 (53429 + 53470) at Gospel Oak with a service to Barking in May 1991. Neil Smith.
A three-car Met-Camm DMU arrives at Goole circa early 1970s. A number of Buxton Class 104s are on the left including M50429. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 104 DMUs in Buxton station on 20 March 1984, left to right are M53429 (BX482), M53556, M53432 (BX485). An image from the Jim Freebury Railway Slide Collection. David Page.
On 7th July 1985, coming out of the New Mills turn back tunnel, as we called it as it was used to turn back the 2 car dmus back to Manchester, is a Buxton "White Roofed" allocated BRC&W dmu BX482 (M53507, M59195, M53429), officially called Hayfield Tunnel it was the start of the 2.5 mile branch to Hayfield which closed to all traffic on 03/01/70, the tunnel is 197 yards long and was only half bricked up at the other end. Today the tunnel is trackless but the tunnel mouth is still there, at the other end of the tunnel is the start of the Sett Valley trail which is on the old track bed to Hayfield. Andrew J Crowther.
Stratford-upon-Avon had several visitations by Buxton based DMUs in the mid-1980s and on the cold and damp 26 October 1985 there was a 1L04 from Manchester Piccadilly listed in the weekly STN. I spent a few minutes chatting to Mick, the signalman at Stratford East, only crossing to the other side when he pulled off the outer home signal. The train consisted of a six coach class 104 (plain blue) + 108 (blue & grey) combo with vehicles 53507, 59195, 53429 + 51943, 59388 & 52058 and it was pleasing that that the class 104 was leading as these were less often seen in the West Midlands than class 108. Peter Tandy.
The warmth of the signalbox at Stratford-upon-Avon was welcome on Friday 26 October 1985 and this picture was taken from the window as 6 coach 108 (52058 + 59388 + 51943) + 104 DMU (53429 + 59195 + 53507) shunted from platform 1 to the Cold Store Siding alongside platform 3 where it spent the rest of the day before returning after dark to Manchester Piccadilly. Peter Tandy.
A clear view of Stratford-upon-Avon station from the Alcester Road bridge on 26 October 1985. On the left BX482 (53507 + 59195 + 53429) + BX495 (51943 + 59388 + 52058) are stood in the Cold Store Siding while on the right a 6 coach class 116 formation (each set containing Met-Camm centre cars) is about to depart from platform 2 on its journey to Birmingham Moor Street. The 104/108 would later shunt into P2 before making the long journey back to Manchester Piccadilly after the passengers had spent a chilly day in Stratford in the days before all-day opening! Peter Tandy.
A class 104 DMU (set BX482, presumably 53507 + 59195 + 53429)at Mancester Piccadilly on 18th April 1986. Jonathan Hazan.
Birmingham R.C.& W.Co class 104 units 53507-53429 forming the 17:40 Bolton service at Manchester Victoria on 2 June 1987. Gordon Edgar.
Class 104 DMU set L703 (presumably 53470 + 53429) in Barking station with a Gospel Oak service circa spring 1988. Brian Ward.
Class 104 set No. L703 (53470 and 53429) departs Harringay Stadium working the 11:00 Barking to Gospel Oak service on 4 February 1989. Brian Creasey.
Class 104, set number L703, vehicle 53470 (with 53429 out of shot), stabled at Tyseley on 8th April 1989. Class 121 set number L127, vehicle 55027 to right of shot. Andrew Slack.
BRCW Class 104 DMBS, 53470 in NSE livery, forms half of unit L703 (the other car being 53429), sat outside the Swansea end of Canton carriage sidings. 28th April 1989. Paul James.
L703 is seen at Kings Sutton as a Class 104 DMBS/DMBS set, presumably 53429 53470. Tom Clift.
Class 104 DMU set L703 (53470 + 53429) at Gospel Oak with a service to Barking in May 1991. Neil Smith.