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Vehicle 50557


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

18/10/58 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 50A (York)
4w/e 28/11/59 Transferred to 50B (Neville Hill)
Jan-60Depot code change55H
4w/e 03/08/63 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73Depot code changeBG
w/e 24/01/76 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
w/e 25/05/80 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
21/06/81 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill)

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50557 59203 59224 50578 As delivered to 53C - 18th October 1958
50557 59203 59224 50578 Transfer to 50A - 30/11/58
50557 59203 59224 50578 Transfer to 50B - 4w/e 28/11/59
50557 59203 59224 50578 Transfer to 50C - 4w/e 03/08/63
50557 59223 59196 50572 Noted 29/08/70 - at Selby1
50557 59197 59217 50581 Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster2
50557 59199 59221 50561 Noted 30/10/1971 - at York2
50557 59227 50571 Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster1
50557 59224 50562 Noted 29/08/74 - at Doncaster3
50557 59224 50562 Noted 30/08/1974 - at Doncaster4
50544 59224 50557 Noted 11/1974 - at Sheffield 4
50557 59228 50588 Noted 12/09/75 - at Brough1
50557 59228 50588 Noted 16/09/75 - at Hull1
51482 50557 Noted 20/11/75 - at Brough1
88 50557 59218 50585 Noted 29/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds, old set numbers H32 on 50557 and H34 on 592183
80 50557 59227 50561 Noted 31/12/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3
50557 Noted 02/04/78 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle3
89 50557 59225 50588 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
50557 59221 50583 Transfer to NL - w/e 25/05/80

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Neville Hill

7th August 1960

E50557 at Neville Hill East 7th August 1960. The set has been serviced in the DMU Maintenance depot and is shunting across to the carriage siding to await it's next duty. Keith Long.

Class 104 DMU at Norwich Thorpe Junction

10th March 1979

Set number: 84

A three-car Class 104 (set 84) and a two-car Class 105 are seen at Norwich Thorpe Junction on March 10, 1979. DMCL E50557 is at the front, and has a smaller than usual 0 in the vehicle number. Michael Mensing.