Vehicle 50570
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: 559
Allocations
| 19/08/58 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
| w/e 03/01/59 | Transferred to | 50B (Neville Hill) | |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 55H | |
| 4w/e 30/05/70 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | SF | |
| 2w/e 20/11/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 10/08/80 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
| circa Jan-82 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 06/06/82 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50549 | 59195 | 59216 | 50570 | As delivered to 53C - 19th August 1958 | |||||
| 50549 | 59213 | 50570 | Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 30/05/70 | ||||||
| 50555 | 59213 | 50570 | Noted 02/09/71 - at Upminster on branch train from Romford1 | ||||||
| 50553 | 59212 | 50570 | Noted 21/07/73 - at Ipswich2 | ||||||
| 50549 | 59212 | 50570 | Noted 30/04/75 - on Stratford depot3 | ||||||
| 50553 | 59220 | 50570 | Noted 12/09/76 - on Stratford depot1 | ||||||
| 50570 | 59210 | 50543 | 50853 | Noted 18/06/77 - on Stratford depot3 | |||||
| 50555 | 59224 | 59207 | 50570 | Noted 24/05/80 | |||||
| 50171 | 59085 | 50570 | Noted 11/01/81 - at Stockton on a Stockton - Darlington shuttle | ||||||
| 50153 | 59063 | 50570 | Noted 19/07/81 | ||||||
| 50293 | 59070 | 50570 | Noted 08/10/81 - at Middlesbrough |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Gerald Brown
Images:
Unknown date
A Class 104 departs from Stratford with a Woolwich service. The power cars are 50570 and 50576, the centre car is probably 59212. Date unknown, the vehicles were allocated to Stratford 1969 - 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa early 1977
A Class 104 TBSL set (the DMSL is thought to be 50570) and an oval-buffered Class 116 (thought to be 50894) - both with Wickford on their destination blinds - on Stratford depot circa early 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.
19th July 1981
A hybrid set composed of Class 104 DMC 50570, Class 101 TC 59063 and Class 101 DMBS 50153 enters Stockton, 19th July 1981. Jerry Glover.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
A Class 104 departs from Stratford with a Woolwich service. The power cars are 50576 and 50570, the centre car is probably 59212. Date unknown, the vehicles were allocated to Stratford 1969 - 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 11th January 1981
Class 101/104 hybrid set E50171 + E59085 + E50570 work a Stockton - Darlington shuttle at Stockton on January 11, 1981. John Carter.
Date: 8th October 1981
A Class 101/104 hybrid at Middlesbrough on 08/10/1981. Nearest the camera are Class 101 DMBS E50293, TS(L) E59070, whilst the furthest car is Class 104 DMS(L) E50570. This formation was allocated to Darlington (DN) depot at the time. Graeme Phillips Collection.