Vehicle 50436 / 53436
Class 104
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
Allocations
| Jul-57 | New to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
| Oct-57 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| w/e 01/10/60 | Transferred to | 9D (Buxton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9L | |
| w/e 06/11/65 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | On loan to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 3w/e 02/07/66 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 4w/e 04/02/67 | Transferred to | 9L (Buxton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BX | |
| 11/03/83 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 05/03/84 | Transferred to | CW (Cricklewood) | |
| 09/03/84 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 07/08/85 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50436 - original number
53436 - from Feb-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
circa early 1975 - AWS fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50436 | 59144 | 50488 | As delivered to 5B - July 1957 | ||||||
| 50436 | 59198 | 50488 | Noted 04/11/68 - at Manchester Piccadilly1 | ||||||
| BN436 | 50436 | 59198 | 50488 | Listed at Buxton - circa Dec-69 | |||||
| 50436 | 59198 | 50488 | Noted 22/12/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly1 | ||||||
| 50436 | 59230 | 50488 | Noted 18/09/1971 - at Stockport2 | ||||||
| 50436 | 59198 | 50489 | Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1 | ||||||
| 50436 | 59143 | 50480 | Noted 21/08/1979 - at Preston 3 | ||||||
| BX489 | 50436 | 59141 | 50488 | Noted 31/05/19824 | |||||
| BX489 | 50436 | 59141 | 50488 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc4 | |||||
| 53436 | 50488 | Noted circa 03/19834 | |||||||
| 53436 | 53496 | Noted 23/02/85 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
1958
A Class 104 set led by M50436 at Manchester London Road in 1958. Stuart Mackay Collection.
late April 1966
A BRC&W triple DMU formed of M50436 + M59144 + M50488 is seen at Swan Village - on the Great Western Birmingham - Wolverhampton line - in late April 1966. Michael Mensing.
Unknown date
A scene at Newton Heath circa mid-1980s. Class 108 DMS 52059 is paired with a Class 104 DMBS that seems to be 53436. There are two Class 120s, and a Class 104 behind 31 294. Ian Cuthbertson Collection.
23rd September 1981
M50436 + M59141 + M50488 at Leeds on September 21, 1981. John Carter.
Unknown date
A Class 104 DMU at Manchester Victoria in the 1980s, M53436 at the front. Graeme Phillips Collection.
23rd February 1985
Passing the semaphores on the approach to Bolton station is a Newton Heath allocated class 104 BRC&W dmu - M53436 + M53496 - on a Manchester Victoria-Blackburn local service, 23rd February 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
24th May 1985
A Class 104 twin (53436 leading) and a Class 108 twin at Bolton on 24 May 1985. Chris Thorp.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: late April 1966
A BRC&W triple DMU still in its original formation of M50488 + M59144 + M50436 is seen at Swan Village, on the Great Western Birmingham - Wolverhampton line, in late April 1966. Michael Mensing.
Date: 21st September 1981
Class 104 M50488 + M59141 + M50436 with the 11:02 Leeds - Harrogate service at Horsforth on September 21, 1981. John Carter.