Vehicle 50545
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: 30298
Diagram: 580
Allocations
| 04/07/58 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| 3w/e 30/08/58 | Transferred to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
| Dec-58 | Transferred to | 50B (Neville Hill) | |
| Jan-59 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| 3w/e 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| Mar-81 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
Modifications
05/09/78 - AWS fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50545 | 59191 | 59212 | 50566 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 4th July 1958 | |||||
| 50545 | 59191 | 59212 | 50566 | Transfer to South Gosforth - Jan-59 | |||||
| 50545 | 59191 | 59212 | 50566 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||
| 51543 | 59048 | 59533 | 50545 | Noted 06/04/67 - at York1 | |||||
| 50545 | 59242 | 59191 | 50566 | Noted 28/08/19722 | |||||
| 50545 | 59242 | 59191 | 50566 | Noted 25/10/75 - at Leeds1 | |||||
| 50545 | 59242 | 59191 | 50566 | Noted 07/11/75 - at Brough1 | |||||
| 50545 | 59242 | 59191 | 50566 | Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds1 | |||||
| 50545 | 59242 | 59191 | 50566 | Noted Jun-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1 | |||||
| 50545 | 59242 | 59191 | 50566 | Noted 05/01/77 - at Leeds1 | |||||
| 50545 | 59242 | 59191 | 50566 | Noted 03/03/77 - on Cambridge depot3 | |||||
| 50545 | 59191 | 59242 | 50566 | Noted 01/04/77 - on 2118 Leeds-Hull | |||||
| 50566 | 59191 | 59242 | 50545 | Noted circa 11/19794 | |||||
| 50545 | 59242 | 59191 | 50566 | Noted 10/08/80 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
A four-car BRC&W DMU in Bradford Exchange station. The centre cars are in rail blue, so this will be in the late 1960s. The number of the power car is given as E50545, which was allocated to Neville Hill from 1960 until withdrawal in 1981. Graham Clark.
Date: 10th August 1980
Class 104 4-car set (E50566 + E59191 + E59242 + E50545) and 2-car Class 108 (E56192 + E50601) at Morecambe on 10th August 1980. Robert Frise.