Vehicle 50485 / 53485
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: 30294
Diagram: 558
Allocations
| Jun-57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| w/e 01/10/60 | Transferred to | 9D (Buxton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9L | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BX | |
| 13/09/81 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 09/12/84 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50485 - original number
53485 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50433 | 59141 | 50485 | As delivered to 9A - June 1957 | ||||||
| BN464 | 50433 | 59141 | 50485 | Listed at Buxton - circa Dec-69 | |||||
| 50433 | 59141 | 50485 | Noted 17/09/71 - at Manchester Piccadilly1 | ||||||
| 50433 | 59141 | 50485 | Noted 22/09/73 - at Buxton2 | ||||||
| 50433 | 59162 | 50485 | Noted 12/09/1980 - at Manchester Piccadilly2 | ||||||
| 50428 | 50485 | Noted 08/09/1981 - on Buxton depot2 | |||||||
| 50428 | 50485 | Noted circa 12/19823 | |||||||
| 50428 | 50485 | Noted 22/01/1983 - on Newton Heath depot2 | |||||||
| 50428 | 50485 | Noted circa 03/19833 | |||||||
| 50428 | 50485 | Noted 15/05/1983 - on Newton Heath depot 2 | |||||||
| 53428 | 53485 | Noted 11/08/1984 - at Manchester Victoria 2 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Martin Lumley
3: Eddie Knorn
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