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
4w/e 22/03/58 | New to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
Apr-58 | Transferred to | 18A (Toton) | |
4w/e 29/12/62 | Transferred to | 17A (Derby Etches Park) | |
Sep-63 | Depot code change | 16C | |
4w/e 09/10/65 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
15/11/87 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
22/04/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
07/06/89 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) PCHX |
1st January 1988 - Has window bars
3rd September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Chester depot
7th September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Chester depot
October 1989 - Arrived at Vic Berry's yard for scrap
19th October 1989 - Listed as withdrawn/out of use
50478 - original number
53478 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
50478 | 59186 | 50530 | As delivered to 5B - 4w/e 22/03/58 | ||||||
50478 | 59186 | 50530 | Noted 1st June 1958 | ||||||
50478 | 59186 | 50530 | Noted 20/12/66 - at Leeds City with 50472 + 59180 + 505241 | ||||||
50478 | 59143 | 50530 | Noted 30/10/68 - in blue | ||||||
50478 | 59186 | 50530 | Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria2 | ||||||
50478 | 59186 | 50530 | Noted 28/08/75 - on Newton Heath depot3 | ||||||
NH145 | 50478 | 50530 | Noted circa 05/19824 | ||||||
NH145 | 50478 | 50530 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria4 | ||||||
50478 | 50530 | Noted circa 02/19834 | |||||||
53478 | 53530 | Noted 16/07/83 | |||||||
53478 | 53530 | Noted 11/02/19844 | |||||||
53478 | 52053 | Formation change - NH - Aug-85 | |||||||
53478 | 53530 | Listed at NH - Summer 1986 | |||||||
53478 | 53530 | Noted 31/10/19864 | |||||||
53478 | 53530 | Noted 01/11/19864 | |||||||
53478 | 53530 | Noted 10/01/87 - on 10:45 Blackpool North - Leeds5 | |||||||
53478 | 53530 | Listed at NH - 10/05/87 | |||||||
53478 | 53530 | Listed at NH - 1st January 1988 | |||||||
458 | 53478 | 59230 | 53530 | Listed at ED - Jan-88 | |||||
53478 | 59248 | 53530 | Noted March 1988 | ||||||
458 | 53478 | 59082 | 53530 | Formation change - ED - circa Mar-88 | |||||
458 | 53478 | 59082 | 53530 | Noted circa 05/19884 | |||||
458 | 53478 | 59082 | 53530 | Listed at ED - 16th July 1988 | |||||
458 | 53478 | 59230 | 53530 | Listed at ED - circa August 1988 | |||||
458 | 53478 | 59082 | 53530 | Noted 17/08/88 | |||||
758 | 53478 | 53530 | Noted 03/06/89 - at Chester | ||||||
458 | 53478 | 53530 | Listed at CH - 1st July 1989 - withdrawn |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
Just a few weeks old, BRC&W DMBS M50478 is at the front of the 6.15pm to Leicester (LR) getting ready for departure on April 14, 1958. Michael Mensing.
Two Class 104 'white stripers' (M50478 closest) at Blackpool (North), circa early/mid-1970s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
DMBS M50478 at the front of a three-car BRC&W set in one of the excursion platforms at Blackpool North, circa early 1970s. Graham Clark.
A "white-stripe" Class 104 DMU, attached to a Cravens, seen in York station in September 1979. George Woods.
A white stripe Class 104 DMU with M50478 closest at Manchester Victoria, 23 May 1980. Nigel Menzies.
Class 104 BRCW 2-car DMU 53478+53530 stands on the banker road at Manchester Victoria on 2-3-85. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
BRCW/Met-Camm Class 104/101/104 DMU set 458, cars 53478 + 59082 + 53530 in Glasgow Queen Street station with the 13:37 service to Dunblane on 23 April 1988. The half displayed destination blind reads Bangor which would be quite a trip on an ageing 104 DMU! Neil Smith.
A "white-stripe" Class 104 in York station in September 1979. Closest is M50530, the other power car is M50478. George Woods.
Class 110 E51815 + E59703 + E51829 + class 104 M53530 + 53478 in a hybrid livery approach Manchester Victoria on the 16th July 1983. Kevin Law.
A two-car Class 104 DMU formed of cars M53478 & M53530 was passing through snowy West Lancashire farmland, passing Narrow Lane Crossing at Midge Hall with a Preston to Ormskirk service on March 16th 1985. Martyn Hilbert.
A five-car DMU formation consisting of Class 108/104 hybrid M52053 & M53478 coupled to a 3-Car Swindon Cross-Country set, was stood on the Up Fast at Leyland station with a Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service on November 2nd 1985. Martyn Hilbert.
Class 108 DMS M52053 disappears beneath the bridge that takes the B5247 Bretherton Road across the line, as it departs from Croston whilst working the 17.25 Ormskirk to Preston on April 4th 1986. It is working with a Class 104 DMBS - probably 53478. Martyn Hilbert.
It wasn't often that you saw 2 car BRC&W class 104 on the Buxton line, as all Buxton units were 3 cars. This Newton Heath allocated set comprising of 53530 & 53478 seen heading back to Manchester on the outskirts of Disley on 13th July 1987. The set on the back is one of the Longsight allocated class 127 ex Bed-Pan units now in parcels use. Andrew J Crowther.
Set 458 is a 104/101/104 hybrid with two brake vans, formed 53530 + 59082 + 53478. It is seen in Perth station on July 27, 1988 with a Class 101 working the 20:20 Perth - Kirkcaldy service. Hamish Stevenson.
53530 + 59082 + 53478 pass through Princes Street Gardens with the 12:52 Kirkcaldy - Edinburgh service on August 17, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.
53530 + 53478 sit in Chester depot on June 3rd, 1989. Both were official withdrawn a few days later on the 7th. The DMS has a window missing, an engine missing, and has a charging lead plugged in. Hamish Stevenson.
Seen at Vic Berry's in Leicester on October 14, 1989 are Class 104 vehicles M53492 and M53478. Nicholas Youngman.