Vehicle 50581
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
| 13/11/58 | 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) | |
| 01/08/82 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50560 | 59206 | 59227 | 50581 | As delivered to 53C - 13th November 1958 | |||||
| 50581 | 59221 | 59203 | 50575 | Noted 30/05/1969 - Leeds-Hull service with 50385-561341 | |||||
| 50575 | 59203 | 59241 | 50581 | Noted 04/10/1969 - Leeds1 | |||||
| 50560 | 59200 | 59221 | 50581 | Noted 19/08/70 - at Brough2 | |||||
| 50557 | 59197 | 59217 | 50581 | Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster3 | |||||
| 50551 | 59229 | 50581 | Noted 06/07/73 - at Doncaster2 | ||||||
| 50581 | 59225 | 50587 | Noted 24/08/74 - at Sheffield Midland4 | ||||||
| 50550 | 59224 | 50581 | Noted 09/01/75 - at Doncaster4 | ||||||
| 50581 | 59224 | 50588 | Noted 17/04/1975 - at Sheffield5 | ||||||
| 50581 | 59226 | 51508 | Noted 08/09/75 - at Doncaster2 | ||||||
| 50544 | 59226 | 50581 | Noted 08/10/75 - at Brough2 | ||||||
| 50544 | 59226 | 50581 | Noted 24/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | ||||||
| 50544 | 59226 | 50581 | Noted 16/03/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | ||||||
| 50544 | 59226 | 50581 | Noted 10/07/76 - at Peterborough4 | ||||||
| 88 | 50559 | 59218 | 50581 | Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot4 | |||||
| 88 | 50581 | 59218 | 50583 | Noted 12/07/77 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||
| 50572 | 59226 | 50581 | Noted 05/03/78 - at Lowestoft6 | ||||||
| 50581 | 59221 | 50590 | Noted 18/05/78 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
| 86 | 50561 | 59221 | 50581 | Noted 06/08/78 - at Norwich4 | |||||
| 86 | 50561 | 59221 | 50581 | Noted circa 10/19787 | |||||
| 86 | 50571 | 59221 | 50581 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | |||||
| 50579 | 59225 | 50581 | Noted 25/03/79 - at Ipswich6 | ||||||
| 85 | 50561 | 59226 | 50581 | Noted 17/09/79 | |||||
| 50571 | 59228 | 50581 | Transfer to GF - w/e 24/02/80 | ||||||
| 50571 | 59228 | 50581 | Noted 22/03/1980 - on South Gosforth depot6 | ||||||
| 50571 | 59219 | 50581 | Noted 23/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury Station8 | ||||||
| 50571 | 59219 | 50581 | Noted 24/10/1980 - At Chester Station8 | ||||||
| 50571 | 59207 | 59216 | 50581 | Noted circa 11/1980 - On loan from GF to Chester7 |
Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Martin Lumley
7: Eddie Knorn
8: Shayne Lewis
Images:
1976
Set number: 82
Well-loaded Norwich BRC&W Class 104 set 82 (E50581 closest) is seen at Nuneaton in late summer 1976. Michael Mensing.
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.