Vehicle 50590 / 53590
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: 30301
Diagram: 559
Allocations
| 29/12/58 | New to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 4w/e 28/11/59 | On loan to | 41A (Darnall) | |
| 4w/e 26/12/59 | Ex-loan back to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| w/e 18/10/75 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| w/e 30/11/80 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) | |
| circa Sep-82 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 29/09/82 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| 09/07/84 | Withdrawn from | BX (Buxton) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50590 - original number
53590 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50585 | 59231 | 59241 | 50590 | As delivered to 53B - 29th December 1958 | |||||
| 50585 | 59231 | 59241 | 50590 | Transfer to 41A - 4w/e 28/11/59 - on loan | |||||
| 50585 | 59231 | 59241 | 50590 | Transfer to 53B - 4w/e 26/12/59 - ex-loan | |||||
| 50551 | 59204 | 59217 | 50590 | Noted 15/08/19701 | |||||
| 50582 | 59190 | 59224 | 50590 | Noted 12/08/1971 - at York2 | |||||
| 50551 | 59229 | 50590 | Noted 29/08/74 - on Hull Botanic Gardens depot3 | ||||||
| 50587 | 59226 | 50590 | Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot3 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 84 | 50562 | 59228 | 50590 | Noted 12/02/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 85 | 50578 | 59218 | 50590 | Noted 10/11/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 50581 | 59221 | 50590 | Noted 18/05/78 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 83 | 50590 | 59227 | 50551 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | |||||
| 82 | 50572 | 59228 | 50590 | Noted 02/01/79 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| 86 | 50583 | 59221 | 50590 | Noted 28/03/80 | |||||
| 50562 | 59227 | 50590 | Transfer to LO - w/e 30/11/80 | ||||||
| BX494 | 50562 | 59227 | 50590 | Noted circa 02/19834 | |||||
| BX494 | 53562 | 59227 | 53590 | Noted 30/04/84 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
28th March 1980
Set number: 86
This is set 86 comprising E50590, E59221 and at the rear out of frame E50583. The train is the 17.23 Peterborough - Norwich of Friday 28th March 1980 which was pretty much an all stations affair I seem to recall. It is seen arriving at a rather wet March station. Gerard Fletcher.
July 1980
Set number: 86
Class 104 DMU set 86 arriving at Cambridge, July 1980, E50590 is presumably leading. Karel 1999.
30th April 1984
Set number: BX494
Class 104 3-car unit M53590 + M59227 + M53562 stands at Buxton on 30th April 1984. Kevin Law.