Vehicle 50514 / 53514
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
| 4w/e 28/12/57 | New to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| May-58 | On loan to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| Jun-58 | Transferred to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
| w/e 01/10/60 | Transferred to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 4w/e 04/02/67 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
| May-80 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) | |
| circa Dec-83 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| 27/04/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 02/11/86 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 08/02/87 | Reinstated | BX (Buxton) | |
| 25/10/87 | Withdrawn from | BX (Buxton) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50514 - original number
53514 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50462 | 59170 | 50514 | As delivered to 5D - 4w/e 28/12/57 | ||||||
| 50438 | 59138 | 50514 | Noted 22/05/71 - at Stockport1 | ||||||
| 50461 | 59169 | 50514 | Noted 16/04/73 - in Manchester Victoria2 | ||||||
| 50759 | 50514 | Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
| 50443 | 59149 | 50514 | Noted 09/09/76 - at Preston2 | ||||||
| 50458 | 59166 | 50514 | Noted 05/01/77 - in Liverpool Lime Street1 | ||||||
| 50458 | 59166 | 50514 | Noted 08/05/1982 - 50508-59164-50456 + 50458-59166-50514 Special train from Congleton to Spalding | ||||||
| 50458 | 59166 | 50514 | Noted 07/08/82 | ||||||
| LO527 | 50458 | 59166 | 50514 | Noted circa 10/19823 | |||||
| 53458 | 59166 | 53514 | Noted 04/04/1983 - Unknown working observed at Holgate Junction, York. 53458-59166-53514+53547-59149-53509 | ||||||
| 53458 | 59155 | 53514 | Noted circa 06/19833 | ||||||
| 53594 | 59155 | 53514 | Noted 16/04/84 | ||||||
| 53594 | 59155 | 53514 | Noted circa 11/1984 - listed at BX3 | ||||||
| BX487 | 53514 | 59228 | 53556 | Listed at BX - circa Jul-85 | |||||
| 53556 | 59228 | 53514 | Noted 09/11/85 - on 15:08 Buxton - Manchester Piccadilly service4 | ||||||
| BX487 | 53514 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted 01/12/85 | |||||
| BX487 | 53514 | 59228 | 53556 | Listed at BX - circa Dec-85 | |||||
| BX487 | 53514 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted circa 03/19863 | |||||
| 53456 | 53514 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 - on loan BX | |||||||
| 53456 | 53514 | Noted 06/02/19873 | |||||||
| 53456 | 53514 | Noted 21/03/87 - on 09:41 Stockport - Stalybridge4 | |||||||
| 53456 | 53514 | Noted 21/03/87 - on 19:18 Stalybridge - Stockport4 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann
Images:
28th September 1963
Two BRC&W triple sets approaching Newchapel and Goldenhill with the 4.18pm Macclesfield - Wolverhampton (High Level) service on 28 September 1963. M50514 leads, a Cockshute vehicle, the second set with the white cab roofs is led by Buxton allocated M50428. Michael Mensing.
November 1963
A three-car BRC&W DMU emerges from Beechwood Tunnel on the Coventry - Birmingham line in November 1963. The leading car appears to be M50514. Michael Mensing.
7th August 1982
Cars M50514 + M59166 + M50458 / M50511 + M59144 + M50459 call at Llandudno Junction with the 09"59 Stockport - Llandudno, 7th August 1982. Graeme Phillips Collection.
1st April 1984
53514 is seen at Sheffield on the 1st April 1984. Dennis Taylor.
1st April 1984
53514 is seen at Sheffield on the 1st April 1984. Dennis Taylor.
9th April 1985
Set number: BX485
Buxton based BRC&W class 104 3 car dmu BX485 (M53514, M59228, M53556), climbs the 1-60 bank up towards Disley whilst working a Manchester Piccadilly-Buxton service. These units truly worked nationwide, but it was the Buxton route which they became synonymous with. 9th April 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
28th December 1985
Set number: BX487
Heading down the gradient with frost on the roof, between Disley and Middlewood is a BRC&W Buxton allocated 3 car set BX487 (53556,59228,53514), with the 15.08 Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service. 28th December 1985 Andrew J Crowther.
23rd February 1986
Set number: BX487
With Oxford Road showing on the blind, Buxton based BRC&W class 104 dmu BX487 (M53514, M59228, M53556) slows for the Chapel-en-le-Frith stop, with a Sunday working to Manchester Oxford Road on 23rd February 1986. This set was unique at Buxton for in it's formation was M59228 a TBSL one of only 14 built for the North Eastern Region 4 car sets it was the last of it's kind in service. Andrew J Crowther.
3rd September 1986
Class 104 M53514 and Class 108 M53636 at Buxton on the 3rd September 1986. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 28th September 1963
Two BRC&W triple sets in Newchapel and Goldenhill station with the 4.18pm Macclesfield - Wolverhampton (High Level) service on 28 September 1963. M50428 is closest, M50514 is at the far end. The station was on the Potteries Loop Line which closed in 1964. Michael Mensing.
Date: 16th April 1984
The Class 104 on the right consists of M53594 M59155 M53514, seen at Buxton on 16/04/1984, with set BX485 on the left. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 6th July 1986
Class 108 and 104 (M53456 + M53514) vehicles at Buxton on the 6th July 1986. Vincent Haworth.