Vehicle 50571 / 53571
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
| 28/08/58 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| w/e 18/10/75 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| w/e 24/02/80 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 06/07/80 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| Nov-80 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| circa Sep-82 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 17/10/82 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| 21/02/84 | Withdrawn from | BX (Buxton) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50571 - original number
53571 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50550 | 59217 | 59196 | 50571 | As delivered to 53C - 28th August 1958 | |||||
| 50583 | 59207 | 59224 | 50571 | Noted JUl-70 - in Sheffield Midland1 | |||||
| 50559 | 59204 | 59229 | 50571 | Noted 12/02/1972 - Noted working Lincoln to Peterborough football special (It was a 4-4 draw!) | |||||
| 50557 | 59227 | 50571 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster2 | ||||||
| 50559 | 59218 | 50571 | Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot3 | ||||||
| 50571 | 59227 | 50265 | Noted 08/09/75 - at Brough2 | ||||||
| 86 | 50571 | 59223 | 50590 | Noted 23/10/75 - at Bury St Edmunds, 50590 still had old Hull code H39 3 | |||||
| 86 | 50571 | 59223 | 50590 | Noted 30/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 83 | 50551 | 59225 | 50571 | Noted 24/03/77 - at Cambridge3 | |||||
| 50551 | 59225 | 50571 | Noted 05/03/78 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 86 | 50571 | 59221 | 50581 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | |||||
| 50562 | 59227 | 50571 | Noted 25/03/79 - at Cambridge1 | ||||||
| 83 | 50562 | 59227 | 50571 | Noted 08/04/79 - on Norwich depot3 | |||||
| 50571 | 59228 | 50581 | Transfer to GF - w/e 24/02/80 | ||||||
| 50571 | 59228 | 50581 | Noted 22/03/1980 - on South Gosforth depot1 | ||||||
| 50571 | 59219 | 50581 | Noted 23/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury Station4 | ||||||
| 50571 | 59219 | 50581 | Noted 24/10/1980 - At Chester Station4 | ||||||
| 50571 | 59207 | 59216 | 50581 | Noted circa 11/1980 - On loan from GF to Chester5 | |||||
| 50496 | 59212 | 50571 | Noted circa 12/19825 | ||||||
| BX483 | 50481 | 59212 | 50571 | Noted circa 03/19835 | |||||
| 50496 | 59212 | 50571 | Noted circa 03/19835 | ||||||
| 53571 | 59212 | 53481 | Noted 17/04/1983 - on Longsight depot1 | ||||||
| 53571 | 59212 | 53481 | Noted circa 06/19835 | ||||||
| 53435 | 59527 | 53571 | Noted circa 09/19835 |
Formation Sources
1: Martin Lumley
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
September 1958
Recently new BRC&W DMUs, E50571 is closest as part of a four-car set, its partners should be 59196 + 59217 + 50550 - they were delivered to Hull Springhead at the end of August 1958, where they are seen in this image. Stuart Mackay Collection.