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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-60Depot code change50C
May-73Depot code changeBG
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01/08/82 Withdrawn from CH (Chester)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
50560 59200 59221 50581 Noted 19/08/70 - at Brough1
50557 59197 59217 50581 Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster2
50551 59229 50581 Noted 06/07/73 - at Doncaster1
50581 59225 50587 Noted 24/08/74 - at Sheffield Midland3
50550 59224 50581 Noted 09/01/75 - at Doncaster3
50581 59224 50588 Noted 17/04/1975 - at Sheffield4
50581 59226 51508 Noted 08/09/75 - at Doncaster1
50544 59226 50581 Noted 08/10/75 - at Brough1
50544 59226 50581 Noted 24/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
50544 59226 50581 Noted 16/03/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3
50544 59226 50581 Noted 10/07/76 - at Peterborough3
88 50559 59218 50581 Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot3
88 50581 59218 50583 Noted 12/07/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3
50581 59221 50590 Noted 18/05/78 - at Norwich3
86 50561 59221 50581 Noted 06/08/78 - at Norwich3
86 50561 59221 50581 Noted circa 10/19785
86 50571 59221 50581 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
85 50561 59226 50581 Noted 17/09/79
50571 59228 50581 Transfer to GF - w/e 24/02/80
50571 59219 50581 Noted 23/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury Station6
50571 59219 50581 Noted 24/10/1980 - At Chester Station6
50571 59207 59216 50581 Noted circa 11/1980 - On loan from GF to Chester5

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Shayne Lewis

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Nuneaton

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:

DMU

Date: unknown

A BRC&W set arriving into Hull Paragon, date unknown. The DMS is either E50561 or E50581. Graham Clark.