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Vehicle 50458 / 53458


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

Nov-57 New to 5D (Cockshute)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
4w/e 04/02/67 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
May-73Depot code changeNH
May-80 Transferred to LO (Longsight)
circa Dec-83 Transferred to BX (Buxton)
21/02/84 Withdrawn from BX (Buxton)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50458 - original number
53458 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50458 59166 50510 As delivered to 5D - November 1957
50458 59166 50510 Noted 20/07/68 - in Newton Heaton depot1
50458 59166 50510 Noted 27/10/71 - in Manchester Victoria2
50458 59166 50510 Noted 01/09/72 - in Liverpool Exchange1
50458 59166 50514 Noted 05/01/77 - in Liverpool Lime Street1
50458 59166 50514 Noted 08/05/1982 - 50508-59164-50456 + 50458-59166-50514 Special train from Congleton to Spalding
50458 59166 50514 Noted 07/08/82
LO527 50458 59166 50514 Noted circa 10/19823
53458 59166 53514 Noted 04/04/1983 - Unknown working observed at Holgate Junction, York. 53458-59166-53514+53547-59149-53509
53458 59155 53514 Noted circa 06/19833
50458 50564 Noted 8th June 1989 - Left Heaton depot en route to Mayer Newman

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Birmingham New Street

16th December 1957

A Class 104 set in Birmingham New Street beside a Derby Lightweight on December 16, 1957. M50458, at the front, was just a few weeks old and allocated to 5D (Stoke). Michael Mensing.

Class 104 DMU at Birmingham New Street

late 1965

M50458 is the nearest vehicle in a BRC&W triple DMU seen in Birmingham New Street in late 1965. Michael Mensing.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 7th August 1982

Cars M50514 + M59166 + M50458 / M50511 + M59144 + M50459 call at Llandudno Junction with the 09"59 Stockport - Llandudno, 7th August 1982. Graeme Phillips Collection.