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Vehicle 50473 / 53473


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 22/02/58 New to 5B (Crewe South)
Apr-63 Transferred to 5D (Cockshute)
3w/e 31/10/64 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
May-73Depot code changeNH
Jan-84 Transferred to AY (Ayr) - cover for fire damaged vehicles
Feb-87 Stored U. FY (Falkland Yard)
Mar-87 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

Notes

19th January 1984 - Seen in blue livery with white stripe
5th March 1984 - Seen in blue livery with white stripe
12th February 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard
1st January 1988 - At Falkland Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50473 - original number
53473 - from Jan-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50473 59181 50525 As delivered to 5B - 4w/e 22/02/58
50473 59181 50525 Transfer to 9D - 3w/e 31/10/64
50473 59181 50525 Noted 13/04/71 - in Manchester Victoria1
50473 59181 50525 Noted 17/09/71 - at Manchester Victoria2
50473 59181 50525 Noted 31/08/72 - in Manchester Victoria2
50473 59181 50525 Noted 19/04/73 - on Newton Heath depot1
50473 59181 50525 Noted 08/04/1976 - at Manchester Victoria 3
50473 59181 50525 Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Victoria2
50473 59181 50525 Noted circa 08/19814
50473 50525 Noted circa 10/19824
53473 53525 Noted circa 06/19834
53473 53525 Noted circa 08/19834
53473 59789 53525 Noted 19th January 1984
53473 59801 53245 Noted 7th February 1984
53473 59801 53245 Noted 17th February 1984
104451 53473 59559 53525 Listed at AY - 17/06/84
104451 53473 59559 53525 Noted 27th June 1984
104451 53473 59559 53525 Listed at AY - 25/03/85
104451 53473 59559 53525 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
53473 59264 53705 Noted 7th July 1986
104451 53473 59264 51583 Noted 14th July 1986
104451 53473 59264 51583 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
104451 53473 59264 51583 Noted 4th August 1986
53473 59264 51583 Noted 8th August 1986
53473 59264 51584 Noted 11/10/1986 - at Ayr Depot4
53473 59264 51584 Noted 16th October 1986
104451 53473 59559 53505 Formation change - circa Nov-86 - 53505 replaces 53525

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

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Euxton Junction

15th September 1969

Set number: NH446

Class 104 NH Set 446, with 50473 trailing, heads away from the station stop at Leyland on the Up Fast Line and will be taking the Manchester line at Euxton Junction, viewed from another school train on the Up Slow calling at the intermediate stations to Wigan North Western prior to their closure later that year. Anthony Williams.

Class 104 DMU at Swindon Works

Unknown date

Class 104 DMBS M50473 in Swindon Works circa early October 1980. Paul Redmond.

Class 104 DMU at Swindon Works

5th October 1980

Class 104 DMBS in Swindon Works on 5 October 1980. A Swindon-built DMU is on the right. Brian Daniels.

Class 104 DMU at Falkirk Grahamston

30th September 1984

Set number: 104451

53473 leads 104 451 into Falkirk Grahamston station with a Dunblane service on the 30th September 1984. The rear car is 53525, the centre car is probably 59559. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 104 DMU at Ardrossan Harbour Winton Pier

4th November 1985

Set number: 104451

This class 104/107 3-car hybrid DMU set is seen in at Ardrossan Harbour Winton Pier Station prior to departure with the morning boat train to Glasgow on November 4, 1985. The station only had a sporadic service through the day connecting with ferry sailings to and from the Isle of Arran although the sign on the footbridge reads to the Belfast ferry this route had finished in the 1970's. This 3-car train would form service 1T82 09.35 to Glasgow Central. Adrian Nicholls.

Class 104 DMU at Bellshill

circa summer 1986

Set number: 104451

104451 (53473 + 59264 + 51583) calls at Bellshill with the 08:24 Edinburgh-Glasgow Central service, circa summer 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 104 DMU at Newton-on-Ayr

27th September 1986

Set number: 104451

A class 104 / 120 hyrid (presumably 53473 + 59264 + 51583) departs Newton on Ayr with the 15.15 Ayr - Glasgow Central on 27-09-1986, the last day of diesel services. Stored 107s can be seen in the yard ahead. Gordon Thomson.

Class 104 DMU at Ardrossan Harbour

19th November 1986

Set number: 104451

Set 104451 only contains one Class 104 vehicles when seen at Ardrossan Harbour with the 15:18 Ardrossan Harbour - Glasgow service on November 19, 1986. DMBS SC53473 is working with two Class 120 vehicles, presumably 59264 and 51583. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 104 DMU at Snailwell

21st November 1987

Set number: 104451

Class 104 SC53473 at Snailwell on 21 November 1987.The cab just seen on the left is that of 51233. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 29th August 1983

Class 104 BRCW 2-car DMU 53525+53473 with white body stripe waits to depart Blackpool North for Manchester Victoria 29-8-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: January 1984

Ayr Variety. Platform 11 at Glasgow Central High Level with motley six car DMU departing for the Ayrshire coast. An old note book suggests the leading BRCW Triple is M53473 DMBSL (White Stripe) + Sc59789 (107 TSL) + M53525 DMCL (White Stripe and yellow First Class cantrail stripe) as seen at Central on 19/01/1984. The rear lash up is probably MC DMB E53207 + BRCW DMC M53510 + MC DMS E54088, previously seen at Ayr. Three manufacturers / vehicle types, all blue, blue with white stripe, blue - grey ... and 'first class'. Variety, indeed! A rotten photograph, but then again, possibly a rotten journey for commuters in vehicles past their best. Friday 27 January 1984. alicia hartman.

DMU

Date: 30th September 1984

Set number: 104

53525 on the rear of a Dunblane service at Falkirk Grahamston on the 30th September 1984. The centre car is presumably 59559 and the other power car is 53473, labeled set 104 451. Hamish Stevenson.