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Vehicle 50598 / 53598

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: 30404
Diagram: 557

Allocations

30/05/58	New to	56G (Hammerton Street)
3w/e 30/08/58	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
30/11/58	Transferred to	South Gosforth
Jan-59	Transferred to	50B (Neville Hill)
Feb-59	Transferred to	South Gosforth
3w/e 04/06/60	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
4w/e 01/10/60	On loan to	55H (Neville Hill)
3w/e 01/07/61	On loan to	31A (Cambridge)
4w/e 04/11/61	Ex-loan back to	51A (Darlington)
4w/e 25/05/68	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
May-73	Depot code change	NL
w/e 30/01/77	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
25/04/82	Transferred to	LO (Longsight)
circa Feb-84	Transferred to	BX (Buxton)
27/04/86	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
11/05/86	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)
Jun-86	Reinstated	NH (Newton Heath)
Jun-86	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
3w/e 21/12/86	Withdrawn from	AY (Ayr)	- also noted as Feb-87 and officially as 02/06/88.

Notes

12th February 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard
24th April 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard
29th April 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard
6th July 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50598 - original number
53598 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50598	56189		As delivered to 56G - 30th May 1958
	50598	56189		Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 30/08/58
	50598	56189		Transfer to South Gosforth - 30/11/58
	50598	56189		Transfer to 50B - Jan-59
	50598	56187		Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 04/06/60
	50598	56187		Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 01/10/60 - on loan
	50598	56189		Transfer to 31A - 3w/e 01/07/61 - on loan
	50598	56189		Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 04/11/61
	50598	56086		Noted 11/09/65 - at Thornaby¹
	50598	56189		Noted 27/07/68 - in Leeds City¹
L158	50598	56197		Noted circa 1971²
	50598	56197		Noted 19/04/71 - in Leeds City³
	50598	56197		Noted 15/08/1971 - at Neville Hill⁴
	50598	56197		Noted 01/09/72 - in Leeds City¹
	50598	56187		Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds¹
	50598	56074		Noted 07/10/1973 - at Huddersfield⁴
	50598	56074		Noted 07/10/1973 - at Huddersfield⁴
	50598	56074		Noted 06/08/1974⁵
	50598	56074		Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster⁵
	50598	56074		Noted 22/02/75 - on 17.15 Skipton to Leeds
	50598	56074		Noted 10/09/76 - at Brough¹
	50598	56074		Noted 23/11/76 - at York¹
	50598	56189		Transfer to NR - w/e 30/01/77
76	50598	56189		Noted 08/02/77 - at Bury St Edmunds³
76	50598	56140		Noted 06/08/78 - at Norwich³
76	50598	56140		Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
	50598	56187		Noted circa 10/1982²
	53598	54187		Noted circa 04/1983²
	53598	59144	53542	Noted circa 03/1984²
	53598	59144	53542	Noted circa 11/1984 - listed at BX²
	53598	59144	53542	Noted 20/01/85
BX488	53598	59144	53542	Noted circa 06/1985²
BX488	53598	59144	53542	Listed at BX - circa Jul-85
BX488	53598	59144	53542	Listed at BX - circa Dec-85
455	51294	59796	53598	Noted 9th July 1986
	53210	59090	53598	Noted 17th July 1986
	53210	59090	53598	Noted 31st July 1986
455	53210	59090	53598	Listed at Ayr - August 1986
	53210	59090	53598	Noted 6th September 1986
104455	53598	59796	53673	Formation change - AY - circa Oct-86
	53380	59104	53598	Noted 15th November 1986
	53380	59104	53598	Noted 19th November 1986
104455	53598	59796	53525	Formation change - circa Dec-86 - 53525 replaced 53673

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

Images:

10th April 1974

A mixed formation DMU seen in Leeds station on 10th April 1974 with a BRCW Class 104 DMBS (E50598) an Metro-Cammell car as the second vehicle. Bob Belcher.

22nd February 1975

E50598 and E56074 at Skipton with the 17.15 to Leeds on 22nd Feb 1975, taken 25 minutes before departure time. 54A South Dock.

19th April 1976

Class 104 DMBS E50598 and Class 101 DTC E56074 arrive into Shipley station with the 12:36pm Keighley - Leeds service on 19th April 1976. Michael Mensing.

19th April 1976

Class 104 DMBS 50598 with Class 101 DTC 56074 departs from Shipley with the 12:36pm Keighley - Leeds service on April 19th 1976. Michael Mensing.

Unknown date

Set number: 76

Class 104 DMBS E50598 in Cromer Beach station, paired with a Class 105 as set 76. Date unknown, it was a Norwich vehicle from January 1977 to April 1982. Stuart Mackay Collection.

25th July 1982

Class 104 DMBS 50598 has had it's cab replated during heavy repairs at Doncaster when seen on the 25th July 1982. Chris Lings.

18th September 1982

Class 104 BRCW 2-car DMU 50598 + 56187 arrived at New Mills Central on 18-9-82. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

8th October 1984

Set number: BX488

This was the first class 104 I photographed in the West Midlands but that doesn't really excuse the poor job I made of composing the picture. I'm not a fan of pictures without at least some background and the only bit of identity is a small part of Leamington Spa's signalbox. The train is an Accrington to Portsmouth footex on 8 October 1984 formed of BX 488 with cars M53598, M59144 and M53542 running through the station on the up main line. I should love to see any photographs taken of this working somewhere in the Basingstoke area as it would have been quite a rarity on the LSWR. Peter Tandy.

27th October 1984

Class 104 DMU with car 53598 leading at New Mills Newtown for Buxton on 27-10-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

20th January 1985

Buxton based BRC&W class 104 3 car dmu M53598, M59144, M53542, is seen at Bankend between Furness Vale and New Mills Newtown, whilst working a Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service. 20th January 1985 Andrew J Crowther.

1986

Set number: 455

Class 104 (presumably 53598), 101 and 120 DMU vehicles await maintenance inside Ayr Shed in 1986. Andrew McConnell.

1986

Set number: 455

Hybrid DMU set 455 (53598 + 59090 + 53210) departs from Shotts station with the 09:32 Glasgow Central - Edinburgh service on an unknown date in 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

30th August 1986

Set number: 455

BRCW Class 104 DMBS 53598 is the trailing power car in mixed Set 455 seen here leaving Prestwick station in August 1986. The wires are in place for the Ayrshire electrification which would go live the following month. The centre car is a Metro-Cammel vehicle (59090). A typically mixed set in the final fling of the DMU in Scotland. Andrew McConnell.

September 1986

Set number: 455

Indian summer of the DMU in Ayrshire. Set 455 (presumably 53598 + 59090 + 53210) works with a Class 120 set at Ayr station in September 1986. Andrew McConnell.

15th September 1986

Kilwinning on the afternoon of 15/9/86 with a mixed cl.101/104 set (53210/59090/53598) leaving on the 16.09 to Glasgow (15.45 ex-Ayr). Note the mix of liveries on this Ayr set, which, typically for this time, is a real mish-mash of whatever the depot could cobble together. So, the leading DMBS in blue and grey is recently arrived from Hull, the class 101 trailer is in Strathclyde colours and the class 104 DMBS at the rear, a Newton Heath cast-off, is in plain blue. Leonard Rogers.

14th November 1987

Set number: 455

Class 104 53598 with two Class 120 sets (one is 522) on their way to Snailwell. Seen at 09:05 on Saturday 14th November 1987 at March. Colin Brooks.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: circa early 1961

Night maintenance in Neville Hill depot. A fitter adjusts the tappets on a Leyland 680 engine. Note the lamp socket on the engine start/stop controls being used. The worksplate on the solebar tells us this is a BRC&W vehicle from lot 30404 - a DMBS from a batch of five driving trailer sets built for the North Eastern Region. Of the five DMBSs only two were allocated to the depot in this era: 50594 and 50598. This image appeared on the rear cover of the 17th edition of the British Transport Commission's Transport Age magazine dated April 1961. British Railways.

Date: 19th April 1976

Class 101/104 hybrid set 56074 / 50598 waiting to depart from Shipley with the 12:36pm Keighley - Leeds service on April 19th 1976. Michael Mensing.

Date: 19th April 1976

Having departed from Shipley station with the 12:36pm Keighley - Leeds service on April 19th 1976 Class 101/104 hybrid set 56074 / 50598 has reversed and are heading around the other section of the triangle. Michael Mensing.

Date: 9th March 1985

Having just left Middlewood station on the 1in60 climb to Disley, Buxton based BRC&W class 104 dmu (M53542, M59144, M53598) emerges from the short Middlewood Tunnel which takes the railway underneath the Macclesfield Canal. 9th March 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

Date: 6th May 1985

Set number: BX488

Buxton based BRC&W class 104 3 car dmu BX488 (M53598, M59144, M53542) in Buxton station on 6th May 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

Date: 30th November 1985

Set number: BX488

With the Buxton tracks having been temporary slewed, two Buxton allocated BRC&W class 104 dmu's are about to pass each other, working the Manchester Piccadilly - Buxton services on 30th November 1985. The cord track bed is now in place it wont be long before the track on the cord is in place as well, providing a link between the old Midland Rly that crosses the bridge and the L&NW Rly, an idea that was first proposed in 1902, the cord opened for traffic on the 12th May 1986. BX488 presumably contains 53542 59144 53598. Andrew J Crowther.

Date: 29th July 1986

Set number: 104455

Class101 DMBS 53210 is seen having just arrived on the Ayrshire side of Glasgow Central Station on the 29th July 1986. Formally allocated to Norwich MPD she still carries her 86 depot number at the top of her centre cab window. Class 101 TSL 59090 forms the centre car in Strathclyde red and black livery with Class 104 53598 bringing up the rear. Together they formed Scottish Region Set No. 104455. All had been scrapped by August 1989 Bob Woolnough.

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