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
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-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
06/03/77 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
10/05/59 - Noted receiving attention in Horwich Works were M50440, 50495, 50772, 50805, 59148, 79078, 79080 and 79627.
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.
Scrapped by F Berry, Leicester at Leicester
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
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.
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.
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.
50489 condemned at Derby Works, 5th August 1978. Behind is possibly 50495. Malcolm Clements.