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Vehicle 50446 / 78851


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

Sep-57 New to 5B (Crewe South)
Jun-58 Transferred to 5D (Cockshute)
Oct-58 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
4w/e 01/07/61 Transferred to 5D (Cockshute)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 2H (Monument Lane)
4w/e 05/11/66 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73Depot code changeDY
w/e 11/01/75 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
w/e 24/04/76 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
w/e 09/10/76 Transferred to DY (Derby Etches Park)
w/e 01/05/77 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
04/09/82 Transferred to LO (Longsight)
12/05/85 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
17/11/85 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50446 - original number
78851 - from Sep-82 (single engine conversion)

Modifications

Mar-82 - Single engine conversion

Disposal

Scrapped by BR, Cheetham Hill

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50446 59154 50498 As delivered to 5B - September 1957
50446 59157 50499 Noted 02/01/71
50446 59165 50498 Noted 03/08/1971 - at Nottingham1
50446 59165 50498 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Derby2
50446 59165 50498 Noted 31/10/71 - at Crewe3
50446 59165 50498 Noted 30/04/72 - at Derby3
50446 59165 50498 Noted 18/08/1972 - at Derby1
50446 59165 50498 Transfer to TS - w/e 11/01/75
50446 59165 50498 Noted 23/08/75 - on Tyseley depot4
50446 59165 50498 Noted 22/11/1975 - RCTS Reunion Railtour 50325-59118-50307 + 50498-59165-50446
50446 59165 50498 Noted 13/03/1976 - at Solihull on 10:58 from Birmingham Moor Street1
50446 59165 50498 Noted 27/03/1976 - at Solihull1
50446 59158 50498 Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria3
50446 59158 50498 Noted 27/09/1976 - at Preston 1
50446 59158 50498 Transfer to DY - w/e 09/10/76
50446 59158 50498 Noted 19/03/77 - on 2F75 1236 Birmingham New Street-Leicester with 50067 + 59010 + 50093
NH350 50446 50521 Noted circa 05/19825
NH350 50446 50521 Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria, "half powered" set5
NH350 50446 50521 Noted circa 08/19825
78851 78601 Noted circa 10/19825
78851 78601 Noted May-84
EXPDM352 78851 78601 Noted 04/08/84 - Officially the set number was NH 350, but the Experiment number EXPDM352 was carried under the cab window like a set number.
78851 78601 Noted circa 10/19845
78601 78851 Listed at LO - 01/01/85

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Marston Green

20th August 1963

A BRC&W triple with a Park Royal twin on the rear works the 8.04am Coventry - Stoke-on-Trent service approaching Marston Green on 20 August 1963. DMBS M50446 leads which was allocated to Cockshute depot at the time. Michael Mensing.

Class 104 DMU at Birmingham New Street

April 1967

A three-car BRC&W DMU with Derby Etches Park allocated 50446 closest in Birmingham New Street in April 1967. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 104 DMU at Toton

July 1970

Set number: EP471

Derby Etches Park BRC&W triple set EP471 at Toton in July 1970. Closest is DMBS M50446. Mel Smith.

Class 104 DMU at Erdington

March 1975

Set number: TS414

A three-car Class 104 labeled set TS414 at Erdington in March 1975 led by DMBS 50446, which was allocated to Tyseley between January 1975 and April 1976. Michael Mensing.

Class 104 DMU at Dorridge

April 1975

Set number: TS414

Class 104 DMU set TS414 led by DMBS 50446 seen in Dorridge station in April 1975. Michael Mensing.

Class 104 DMU at Brierfield

7th June 1981

A Class 104 DMU formed of M50446 + M50498 departs from Brierfield on 7 June 1981. John Carter.

Class 104 DMU at Reddish Vale

4th October 1983

78851 + 78601 Reddish Vale on 4 October 1983. Chris Thorp.

Class 104 DMU at Liverpool Lime Street

Unknown date

Set number: EXPDM352

The Class 104 half engine set EXP DM 352 (78851 + 78601) seen in Liverpool Lime Street. Date unknown. Malcolm Clements.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 29th June 1972

Set number: EP490

A rare visitor to South Wales, this Derby-based Class 104 unit (M50498 + M59165 + M50446) with what appeared to be an empty stock working though Newport on 29th June 1972. It had previously worked a Derby – Cardiff special. Note the EP490 (Etches Park) set number in the cab window. Jim Sparks.

DMU

Date: 17th December 1975

A blurry image, but added as a rare shot of a BRCW Class 104 (M50498 + M59165 + M50446) at Reading on 17/12/75. The vehicles were allocated to Tyseley at the time. Bob Gregory.

DMU

Date: 5th August 1979

A view looking East at a basic Colne station, terminus of the East Lancashire line from Preston on August 5th 1979. A two-car BRCW Class 104 DMU formed of cars M50498 & M50446 was preparing to return to Preston. Colne once had a three platform station, a large goods yard with a warehouse, coal sidings and a carriage shed. The fortunes of this once busy location declined when the route from Colne to Skipton was closed in 1970. Worse was to come when 'economies' saw the line towards Preston singled to Chaffers Siding just East of Nelson. Colne station became unstaffed in 1971 and the demolition of all the remaining railway structures followed swiftly, leaving the bus shelter mediocrity seen in this view. Over 40 years on, the line is still single track, the station has been tided-up, but is still unstaffed. As for the route to Skipton, which if reinstated would become a useful trans-pennine link, it remains just a 'maybe one day'. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 15th April 1982

Set number: EXPDM352

M56492, M50385, M50521, M50446, M50958 at Preston on 15-04-82. Vincent Haworth.

DMU

Date: 15th April 1982

Set number: EXPDM352

EXP DM352 (M50521 & M50446) at Preston on 15-04-82. Vincent Haworth.

DMU

Date: 18th September 1982

Set number: EXPDM352

The single engined experiment Class 104 BRC&W 2-car DMU 50521 + 50446 on Longsight depot, 18-9-82. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: circa 1983

Set number: EXPDM352

The experimental Class 104 78601 + 78851 - each power car had one engine removed - in Manchester Piccadilly circa 1983. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: circa 1984

Set number: EXP DM352

Class 104 with experimental half engine modification, EXP DM352, with 78601 (50521) leading 78851 (50446) passes through Audenshaw, under Stamford Road bridge and past Boothcote Farm on a Stalybridge to Stockport service. Date unknown. Likely 1980s, likely a weekend. Photograph taken from approximately 53.46859569880387, -2.1215742975572685. Photo by my dad, David Slack. Uploaded by Andrew Slack. David Slack.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: EXPDM352

The experimental Class 104 single-engine conversion EXP DM352 (78601 + 78851) in Manchester Piccadilly. Date unknown. Stuart Pearce.

DMU

Date: 19th April 1984

An EMU and DMU line-up at Manchester Piccadilly on 19 April 1984. Right to left are Class 123 E52096 (with E59824 + E59773 + E52089), Class 104 M53450 (with M59187 + M53491), the single-engined Class 104 M78601 (with M78851) and a Class 506 EMU. Keith Long.

DMU

Date: May 1984

Set number: EXPDM352

Experimental DMU no. EXP DM 352, consisting of cars 78601 (nearest, formerly 50521) and 78851 (formerly 50446) both of which had had one of their two 150hp engines removed as a proposed cost saving measure, seen at Stalybridge in May 1984. It is said that the unit was underpowered - although it should have had the same power as a 'conventional' Class 101-109 power-trailer or 4-car unit - and the only other cars to have this modification carried out subsequently were the Metropolitan-Cammell Class 111s, which had 180hp Rolls-Royce engines. This unit was one of the few Class 104s to receive blue & grey livery, plus the black strip below the cab windows was presumably to mark it out as non-standard. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 19th August 1984

Set number: EXPDM352

Modified Class 104 M78601 (ex 50521) and M78851 (ex 50446) at Manchester Piccadilly on 19 April 1984. Keith Long.

DMU

Date: 14th September 1984

The expanse of Manchester's Piccadilly terminus can be appreciated in this panoramic view from the footbridge, dating from 14 September 1984. Both 25kV and 1500V dc electrics, and diesel multiple unit motive power can be seen. On the left a Class 304 unit is on a Crewe service and a Class 506 unit is on a Hadfield service on the right. The DMU with the black stripe across the front is carrying the marking "EXP DM 352" below the cab window (and formed of M78601 + 78851), the Class 104 to the left has a blue/grey centre car. Andrew Walker.

DMU

Date: 14th September 1984

There are several Class 104 (including 78601 + 78851) and 108 DMUs in this view of Manchester Piccadilly on 14 September 1984. Andrew Walker.

DMU

Date: 27th July 1985

Set number: EXPDM352

Single engine power car Class 104 set EXP DM352 (78851 and 78601) is seen making a smoky exit from Chester, heading for Manchester Piccadily on the 27th July 1985. Gazza Prescott.