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Vehicle 50495


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

Aug-57 New to 9D (Buxton)
Sep-57 Transferred to 5A (Crewe North)
Nov-57 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
4w/e 01/07/61 Transferred to 5D (Cockshute)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 2H (Monument Lane)
4w/e 05/11/66 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73Depot code changeDY
06/03/77 Withdrawn from DY (Derby Etches Park)

Notes

10/05/59 - Noted receiving attention in Horwich Works were M50440, 50495, 50772, 50805, 59148, 79078, 79080 and 79627.

50495 was involved in the following incident:


damaged DMU

3/12/76 - Chivers Occupational Crossing, between Lakenheath and Shippea Hill, ER

Collision involving Class 104 / Lorry

Info from Peter Mullen

A DMU hit a lorry on a crossing. More Details.


Disposal

Scrapped by F Berry, Leicester at Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50443 59151 50495 As delivered to 9D - August 1957
50443 59151 50495 Transfer to 9A - Nov-57
50495 59314 50752 Noted 07/09/68 - at March1
EP479 50752 59314 50495 Noted circa May-69
50444 59159 50495 Noted 27/09/69 - at Leicester1
50444 59157 50495 Noted 22/10/71 - at Crewe2
50448 59155 50495 Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford1
EP474 50444 59157 50495 Noted 24/08/74 - at Lincoln St Marks1
50444 59157 50495 Noted 19/04/1975 - at Peterborough3
EP474 50444 59157 50495 Noted 02/07/1975 - at Derby3
50444 59157 50495 Noted circa 11/1975 - at Loughborough with 51191 and 563503
50444 59152 50495 Noted 09/12/76 - on Cambridge depot, 50495 noted as damaged1
50495 Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle, damaged1

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

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Derby C&amp;W Works

13th August 1977

Class 104 DMCL M50495 was withdrawn after a collision with a lorry at Chivers Occupational Crossing on 3 December 1976. Here it is seen in Derby Carriage and Wagon Works during the open day on 13 August 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 104 DMU at Derby

circa 1978 / 1979

50495 seen at Derby, possibly during a shunting movement as it was noted stored at several spots in the area before moving to Newton Heath. Undated, circa 1978 or 1979, it has been stripped of re-usable parts from the underframe area and the doors. On the side is written "COND 2001" (2001 is the code for Derby C&W Works). David Hills.

Class 104 DMU at Newton Heath

16th September 1979

50495 seen languishing in Newton Heath, 16th September 1979. It had moved from Derby in June and would leave for scrapping in November. David Hills.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 21st September 1969

An Etches Park allocated BRC&W triple DMU formed of M50444 + M59159 + M50495 arrives into Hinckley station, wrong line working, on Sunday 21 September 1969. Phillip Malin.

DMU

Date: 5th August 1978

50489 condemned at Derby Works, 5th August 1978. Behind is possibly 50495. Malcolm Clements.