Vehicle 50561 / 53561
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
| 26/11/58 | New to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| w/e 18/10/75 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| w/e 02/11/80 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| circa Sep-82 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| 21/02/84 | Withdrawn from | BX (Buxton) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50561 - original number
53561 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50561 | 59207 | 59228 | 50582 | As delivered to 53B - 26th November 1958 | |||||
| 50561 | 59207 | 59228 | 50575 | Noted Summer 1964 - at Brough1 | |||||
| 50556 | 59205 | 59228 | 50561 | Noted 15/08/19702 | |||||
| 50557 | 59199 | 59221 | 50561 | Noted 30/10/1971 - at York3 | |||||
| 50561 | 59218 | 50578 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster1 | ||||||
| 50561 | 59227 | 50265 | Noted 12/09/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50560 | 59221 | 50561 | Noted 15/09/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50561 | 59227 | 59200 | 50583 | Noted 06/10/75 - at Brough1 | |||||
| 84 | 50561 | 59227 | 50583 | Noted 24/10/75 - on Norwich depot4 | |||||
| 84 | 50561 | 59227 | 50583 | Noted 08/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||
| 80 | 50561 | 59227 | 50582 | Noted 09/04/77 - at Ely4 | |||||
| 80 | 50557 | 59227 | 50561 | Noted 31/12/77 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||
| 86 | 50561 | 59221 | 50581 | Noted 06/08/78 - at Norwich4 | |||||
| 86 | 50561 | 59221 | 50581 | Noted circa 10/19785 | |||||
| 80 | 50561 | 59218 | 50585 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | |||||
| 85 | 50561 | 59226 | 50583 | Noted 04/08/79 | |||||
| 85 | 50561 | 59226 | 50581 | Noted 17/09/79 | |||||
| 50560 | 59221 | 50561 | Noted 05/11/79 | ||||||
| 50560 | 59221 | 50561 | Noted 05/11/1979 - 1010 Ely to Norwich | ||||||
| NH459 | 50561 | 59218 | 50589 | Noted circa 05/19825 | |||||
| BX492 | 50561 | 59218 | 50589 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc5 | |||||
| BX492 | 50589 | 59218 | 50561 | Noted circa 08/19825 | |||||
| BX492 | 53561 | 59218 | 53542 | Noted circa 04/19835 | |||||
| 53542 | 59218 | 53561 | Noted circa 06/19835 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
A BRC&W set arriving into Hull Paragon, date unknown. The DMS is either E50561 or E50581. Graham Clark.
Date: 5th November 1979
Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. units 50560 - 59221 - 50561 forming the 10:10 Ely to Norwich service entering Brandon station, 5th November 1979. Gordon Edgar.