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 1973 | Depot code change | SF | |
| 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| 2w/e 09/05/82 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |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:
1971
E50555 at Wickford forming a Southminster service in 1971. John Law.
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:
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.