Vehicle 50579
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
| 25/10/58 | 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 10/08/80 | Transferred to | SF (Stratford) | |
| 24/01/82 | Withdrawn from | SF (Stratford) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50558 | 59204 | 59225 | 50579 | As delivered to 53C - 25th October 1958 | |||||
| H36 | 50579 | 59226 | 50580 | Noted 29/08/74 - at York, set number on solebar of centre car1 | |||||
| 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 19/09/75 - at Brough2 | ||||||
| 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 06/10/75 - at Brough2 | ||||||
| 81 | 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 24/10/75 - on Norwich depot1 | |||||
| 81 | 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 13/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 3 | |||||
| 81 | 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 06/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 81 | 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 08/03/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 81 | 50578 | 59217 | 50579 | Noted 10/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 81 | 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 09/12/76 - on Cambridge depot1 | |||||
| 82 | 50579 | 59221 | 50585 | Noted 09/04/77 - at Peterborough1 | |||||
| 84 | 50560 | 59228 | 50579 | Noted 13/08/78 - on Norwich depot1 | |||||
| 84 | 50579 | 59228 | 50560 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | |||||
| 50579 | 59225 | 50583 | Noted 24/09/79 | ||||||
| 50560 | 59225 | 50579 | Transfer to SF - w/e 10/08/80 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
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Date: 24th September 1979
Ex-works Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. class 104 DMU unit Nos.E50583-E59225-E50579 forming the 10:10 service from Ely to Norwich getting underway from Brandon station, Suffolk, on 24th September 1979. Gordon Edgar.
Date: 13th September 1980
Three car class 104 set 50560 - 59225 - 50579 on the fuel road at Stratford depot on 13/Sep/1980. They had recently been transferred from Norwich and 50560 still has its Norwich destination blind as evidenced by showing 'King's Lynn', which was not present on the Stratford blind. Both power cars worked for a couple more years before being withdrawn from Stratford in early 1982. The trailer car fared better, being transferred a couple of times until ending its days at Ayr in 1987. Interestingly 59225 was delivered new in a 4-car set which included 50579. Robert Chilton.