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: 30296
Diagram: 556
3w/e 19/04/58 | New to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
Apr-63 | Transferred to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
4w/e 06/02/65 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
3w/e 02/10/65 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
4w/e 06/11/65 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
May 1973 | Depot code change | LO | |
May-80 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
circa Feb-82 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) | |
19/04/87 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
14/05/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
08/12/89 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) PXXZ | |
p/e 24/02/90 | Reinstated | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
21/05/90 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) PXXZ |
1st January 1988 - NSE symbol on sides
26th February 1990 - Final drive failure at Leicester, unit CH613 towed to Chester on wheel skates
30th April 1990 - Seen stored out of use in Chester station sidings
22/04/91 - withdrawn vehicles noted at Chester: 53431, 53442, 53494, 53512, 53516, 53517, 53534, 53536, 59065, 59137, 59525; also soon to be W SC59049 and SC59074
50536 - original number
53536 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
50536 | 56179 | As delivered to 5B - 3w/e 19/04/58 | |||||||
50536 | 56103 | Noted 03/05/69 - in Manchester Central (last day)1 | |||||||
50536 | 56103 | Noted 22/08/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly1 | |||||||
50536 | 56179 | Noted 29/12/69 - in Manchester Piccadilly2 | |||||||
LT306 | 50536 | 56179 | Listed at 9A - circa Jul-70 | ||||||
50536 | 56179 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight1 | |||||||
50536 | 56179 | Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1 | |||||||
50536 | 56179 | Noted 10/09/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly2 | |||||||
50536 | 56179 | Noted circa 11/19813 | |||||||
53536 | 54179 | Noted circa 04/19833 | |||||||
53536 | 54184 | Noted circa 05/19833 | |||||||
53536 | 54184 | Noted circa 03/19853 | |||||||
53536 | 54179 | Noted circa 02/19863 | |||||||
53536 | 54179 | Noted 21/11/86 - at Bletchley2 | |||||||
53536 | 54179 | Noted circa 02/19873 | |||||||
53536 | 54179 | Noted 17/10/87 - at Miles Platting with M53971 + M54504 | |||||||
53536 | 54179 | Noted 30th December 1987 | |||||||
53536 | 54179 | Listed at NH - 1st January 1988 | |||||||
N678 | 53536 | 53520 | Listed at NH - March 1988 | ||||||
N678 | 53536 | 53520 | Noted circa 04/19883 | ||||||
N678 | 53536 | 53520 | Listed at NH - May 1988 | ||||||
N678 | 53536 | 53520 | Listed at NH - May-88 | ||||||
N678 | 53536 | 53520 | Noted circa Jul-88 | ||||||
N678 | 53536 | 53520 | Listed at NH - 16th July 1988 | ||||||
N678 | 53536 | 53520 | Noted 15th May 1989 | ||||||
CH609 | 53536 | 53520 | Listed at CH - 1st July 1989 | ||||||
CH609 | 53536 | 53520 | Noted 12th July 1989 | ||||||
CH609 | 53536 | 53520 | Noted 3rd September 1989 | ||||||
CH613 | 53536 | 53494 | Noted 24th September 1989 | ||||||
CH613 | 53536 | 53494 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 | ||||||
CH613 | 53536 | 53494 | Noted 22nd November 1989 | ||||||
CH613 | 53536 | 53494 | Noted 26th February 1990 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
DMU cars M50536 and M56179 wait to form the 16.41 to Stalybridge in a bay at Stockport on 7 September 1975. I seem to remember the service was occasional even in these days, but of course it was reduced to just one service a week as a means of avoiding the closure procedure. Jeremy Chapter.
A Class 104 DMU stabled at Leicester on 6 June 1985 formed of M53536 and presumably M54184. Robert Thomas.
Class 104 DMBS 53536 and DTCL 54179 wait to leave Watford Junction with the 10.54 to St Albans Abbey on 18 January 1986. Dave Warby.
In Croxley Green station BRCW Class 104 DMBS 53536 and DTS 54179 wait to depart with The 16.18 to Watford Junction on 24 February 1987. Dave Warby.
BRCW Class 104 DMBS 53536 and DTS 54179 wait to depart Croxley Green station with the 16.18 to Watford Junction on 24 February 1987. Dave Warby.
From Croxley Green depot BRCW Class 104 DTS 54179 and DMBS 53536 are seen passing with the 15.40 Watford Junction-Croxley Green on 25 February 1987. Dave Warby.
Seen from Wiggenhall Road Bridge, Watford, BRCW Class 104 DMBS 53536 and DTS 54179 work the 15.56 Croxley Green-Watford Junction service on 25 February 1987. Dave Warby.
Two types of first generation DMUs in the East facing bays at Sheffield on the 30th April 1988, a Metro-Cammell built Class 111 with "Metro Train" branding which is off to Doncaster on the right, on the left is N678 (M53536 + out of view M53520), a Newton Heath allocated BRC&W built Class 104. Andrew J Crowther.
Class 104 DMU set N678 (53520 + 53536) at Slaithwaite on September 3, 1988. Walter Burt.
Surrounded by open agricultural land which is a characteristic of the Preston to Ormskirk route, a two-car BRCW Class 104 DMU formed of cars M53536 & M53520 had left Midge Hall behind in the far-distance, and was passing the Cocker Bar at Ulnes Walton en-route to it's first intermediate station call at the village of Croston, whilst working a well-filled tea time Preston to Ormskirk service on May 5th 1989. The set was numbered as Newton Heath N678, the leading car M53536 still carrying Network South East branding on the bodyside, a legacy from when the car was allocated to Bletchley Depot between 1982 & 1987. Martyn Hilbert.
Class 104 Set CH609 (53536 closest, presumably with 53520) with a Wrexham Central - Bidston service departs Wrexham Exchange (at 1215) on Saturday 24th June 1989. Colin Brooks.
Class 104 set CH613 (presumably 53536 + 53494) departing from Bidston in 1989. John Law.
M53536 + M53494 (set CH613) at Leicester on March 3, 1990. John Carter.
53536 in the scrapline at Chester depot, 12/11/90. Gazza Prescott.
BRCW Class 104 DMU M54179 + 53536 at Bletchley on a Bedford working on 22 April 1986. Lewis Bevan.
With the tail lamp on the leading end, BRCW Class 104 DTS 54179 leads DMBS 53536 into Watford West with the 16.08 Watford Junction-Croxley Green service on 24 February 1987. Dave Warby.
With an improvised destination in the cab window BRCW Class 104 DTS 54179 and DMBS 53536 wait in Watford Junction with the 16.29 to Croxley Green on 24 February 1987. Dave Warby.
BRCW Class 104 DTS 54179 and DMBS 53536 wait in Watford Junction station with the 16.29 to Croxley Green on 24 February 1987. Dave Warby.
Class 108+104 formed M53971+M54504 + M53536+M54179 at Miles Platting on the 17th October 1987. Kevin Law.
Four types of DMU in the East facing bays at Sheffield on the 30th April 1988. Three are first generation sets, a Metro-Cammell Class 111 on the left, whilst behind are two BRC&W products, Class 104 M53520 (N678 with M53536 out of view) on the left coupled to a Class 110 "Calder Valley", the modern day DMU is represented by the Class 142 railbus on the right. Andrew J Crowther.
A BRCW Class 104 two-car DMU formed of cars M53520 & M53536 (N678) was awaiting departure from Parbold with a Southport to Manchester Victoria service on May 14th 1988. At the time the set was allocated to Newton Heath, but in May 1989 for its last stint of operation, the set was transferred to Chester from where it would eventually be withdrawn a few months later in October 1989. The Ayr Depot allocation sticker on the cab front was a souvenir of a brief period operating North of the Border in 1984, providing cover following a fire at Ayr Depot that destroyed a number of DMU sets beyond repair. Later in 1984, until reallocated back to familiar territory at Newton Heath in 1987, the set had been allocated to Cricklewood Depot. Martyn Hilbert.
Class 104 DMU set N678 (53520 + 53536) at Slaithwaite on September 3, 1988. Walter Burt.
BRCW 2 car Class 104 DMU, Set CH613, DMC with 1st class downgraded to 2nd, M53494 nearest with DMBS 53536, stands in Manchester Victoria station, 5th February 1990. Paul James.
Class 104 DMUs M53442 53516 and 53536 at Chester on June 5th 1990. Nicholas Youngman.