Vehicle 50470 / 53470
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
| 4w/e 25/01/58 | New to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
| Apr-63 | Transferred to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| 2w/e 09/10/65 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
| 05/07/87 | Transferred to | 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 | |
| 23/12/91 | Withdrawn from | OO (Old Oak Common) NXXZ |
Notes
1989 - Seen in NSE livery
8th April 1989 - Seen in ex-works NSE livery after Doncaster Works overhaul
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50470 - original number
53470 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Oct-86 - Window Bars Fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50470 | 59178 | 50522 | As delivered to 5B - 4w/e 25/01/58 | ||||||
| 50470 | 59178 | 50522 | Noted 19/09/71 - on Chester depot1 | ||||||
| 50470 | 59178 | 50522 | Noted 16/04/73 - in Manchester Victoria2 | ||||||
| 50470 | 59178 | 50522 | Noted 07/10/1973 - at Southport3 | ||||||
| 50470 | 59140 | 50522 | Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50470 | 59149 | 50522 | Noted circa 04/19804 | ||||||
| 50470 | 59228 | 50502 | Noted circa 05/19824 | ||||||
| 50470 | 52064 | Noted 19/07/19824 | |||||||
| 50470 | 52064 | Noted circa 02/19834 | |||||||
| 53470 | 52064 | Noted circa 05/19834 | |||||||
| 53470 | 59153 | 53499 | Noted circa 10/19834 | ||||||
| 53470 | 53499 | Noted circa 11/19834 | |||||||
| 53470 | 53499 | Noted circa 03/19864 | |||||||
| 53470 | 53499 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | |||||||
| 53470 | 53499 | Noted 06/02/19874 | |||||||
| 53470 | 53499 | 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 | ||||||
| L703 | 53470 | 53539 | Listed at OO - 16th July 1988 | ||||||
| L703 | 53470 | 53539 | Noted 6th August 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: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
18th April 1983
Class 104 DMBS M50470 paired with a Class 108 vehicle - presumably M52064 - in Manchester Victoria on 18 April 1983. Keith Long.
25th October 1984
Class 104 53470 is seen arriving at Leeds in all over BR blue livery on 25.10.1984. Andy Cole.
21st August 1987
Set number: L703
Class 104 set L703, presumably 53470 + 53437, on August 21, 1987, approaching into South Tottenham. Colin Brooks.
1988
Set number: L703
Class 104 DMU set L703 (presumably 53470 + 53429) in Barking station with a Gospel Oak service circa spring 1988. Brian Ward.
31st August 1988
Set number: L703
53470 + 53437 at Barking on the 31st August 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
4th February 1989
Set number: L703
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.
8th April 1989
Set number: L703
Class 104 53470, set number L703, is seen stabled on Tyseley on 08.04.1989 while en route from Doncaster Works to Old Oak Common following overhaul. It is next to Class 121 55027. Andy Cole.
8th April 1989
Set number: L703
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.
28th April 1989
Set number: L703
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.
May 1991
Set number: L703
Class 104 DMU set L703 (53470 + 53429) at Gospel Oak with a service to Barking in May 1991. Neil Smith.
7th March 1993
Set number: L703
53470 at C.F.Booths, Rotherham 7-3-93. Kevin Dowd.
7th March 1993
Set number: L703
53470 at C.F.Booths, Rotherham 7-3-93. Kevin Dowd.
11th March 1993
Set number: L703
53470 C.F.Booths, Rotherham on the 11-3-93. Kevin Dowd.
27th March 1993
Set number: L703
53470 at Booths, after being stripped for spares for the preserved 104s, and awaiting cutting, 27-3-93. Kevin Dowd.
27th March 1993
Set number: L703
53470 at Booths, after being stripped for spares for the preserved 104s, and awaiting cutting, 27-3-93. Kevin Dowd.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 17th September 1985
A leaning power line mast, as a BRCW 2-Car DMU formed of cars M53499 & M53470 was passing Globe Mill whilst accelerating away from the token exchange at Midge Hall with a Preston to Ormskirk service on September 17th 1985. The home signal (MH 2) in the Down direction at Midge Hall, was (and still is) the only surviving working semaphore on the national network in the Preston area. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 30th August 1986
A two-car Class 104 DMU (M53499/M53470) was leading a pair of Class 108's on a six-car Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service, departing from Chorley on August 30th 1986. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 2nd June 1987
BRCW Class 104s 53499 and 53470 forming the 18:15 to Wigan Wallgate departing from Manchester Victoria in the rain on 2nd June 1987. Gordon Edgar.
Date: 6th July 1987
On a fine Summer evening, a two-car Class 104 DMU formed of Driving Motor Brake Second M53470 and Driving Motor Second Lavatory M53499, was hurrying along the Up Fast at Factory Lane, Penwortham, just South of Preston on July 6th 1987. The DMU appears to be well-filled, and the destination blind is showing Crewe. It may have been a returning special/charter from Blackpool North. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 1st October 1987
Set number: L703
Twin DMBS set L703 (53429 & 53470) about to enter West Drayton on 1/10/87. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 1988
Set number: L703
Class 104 DMU set L703 (53429 and presumably 53470) in Gospel Oak station with a Barking service circa spring 1988. Brian Ward.
Date: 8th April 1989
Set number: L703
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.
Date: 28th April 1989
Set number: L703
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.
Date: 1st September 1989
Set number: L703
Twin DMBS set L703 comprised 53429 and 53470 when seen at Barking, 01/09/89. Jerry Glover.
Date: unknown
Set number: L703
L703 is seen at Kings Sutton as a Class 104 DMBS/DMBS set, presumably 53429 53470. Tom Clift.
Date: May 1991
Set number: L703
Class 104 DMU set L703 (53429 + 53470) at Gospel Oak with a service to Barking in May 1991. Neil Smith.