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Vehicle 50555


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

02/10/58 New to South Gosforth
3w/e 16/05/59 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
4w/e 31/10/59 Transferred to South Gosforth
3w/e 19/03/60 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
Nov-69 Transferred to 30A (Stratford)
May 1973Depot code changeSF
w/e 06/02/77 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
2w/e 03/07/77 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 10/08/80 Transferred to DN (Darlington)
w/e 15/03/81 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
2w/e 09/05/82 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50555 59201 59222 50576 As delivered to South Gosforth - 2nd October 1958
50555 59201 59222 50576 Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 16/05/59
50555 59201 59222 50576 Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 31/10/59
50555 59201 59222 50576 Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60
50555 59212 50576 Transfer to 30A - Nov-69
50555 59213 50570 Noted 02/09/71 - at Upminster on branch train from Romford1
50555 59212 50576 Noted 17/06/72 - at Ipswich2
50555 59214 50564 Transfer to NL - w/e 06/02/77
50555 59224 59207 50570 Noted 24/05/80
50586 59220 50555 Noted circa 19813
50555 59220 50586 Noted 16/01/19823

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Wickford

1971

E50555 at Wickford forming a Southminster service in 1971. John Law.

Class 104 DMU at Swindon

10th August 1979

Where's the brake van? Ex-works from Swindon E50555 and M56273 shunting outside the station on August 10, 1979. John Carter.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: March 1976

Birmingham RC&W Co.3-car Local Passenger dmu (Class 104) Nos.E50577 (Class 104/1), E59220 (166), E50555 (104/1) of the 1958 batch in BR Rail Blue livery with all yellow front end at Romford on an Upminster service, 03/76. Note the wooden platform. Hugh Llewelyn.