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Vehicle 50462

Class 104

BR Diagram 556

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

4w/e 28/12/57 New to 5D (Cockshute)
May-58 On loan to 3E (Monument Lane)
Jun-58 Transferred to 5B (Crewe South)
w/e 01/10/60 Transferred to 5D (Cockshute)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
4w/e 04/02/67 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
3w/e 29/06/68 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill) - LMR date, ER date was 14/07/68
May-73Depot code changeNL
w/e 06/03/77 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
08/01/78 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
Jan-78 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
Jan-81 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50462 59170 50514 As delivered to 5D - 4w/e 28/12/57
50462 56193 Noted 09/11/69 - at Doncaster1
50462 56197 Noted 07/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes2
50462 56197 Noted 15/08/19703
50462 56197 Noted 16/08/70 - at Leeds1
50462 56189 Noted 03/09/1971 - at York4
50462 56189 Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1
50462 56189 Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot5
50462 56189 Noted 29/10/75 - at York1
50462 56189 Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds1
50462 56189 Noted 23/11/76 - at York1
50462 56189 Noted 23/12/76 - on 13:54 Hull-Goole1
50462 59146 52057 Noted 12/03/78 - at Newton Heath6
50462 59146 Noted 09/07/78 - at Newton Heath, the normal other power car 52057 not noted in the North West that day6
50462 59146 52057 Noted 28/10/78 - at Newton Heath6
50462 59146 52057 Noted 11/03/79 - at Newton Heath6
50462 59146 52057 Noted 19/08/79 - at Newton Heath6
50462 59146 52057 Noted 23/09/79 - at Newton Heath6

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

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Harecastle Tunnels

1964

A three-car BRC&W DMU (DMBS M50462 at the front) seen at Harecastle Tunnels in mid-1964. Michael Mensing.

Class 104 DMU at Swindon Works

circa February 1985

Class 104 DMBS M50462 stored at Swindon Works. The slide process date was February 1985. The vehicle was withdrawn from Newton Heath in January 1981 and spent some time at Swindon before going to Snailwell for disposal in February 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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