Vehicle 50426 / 53426
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: 30291
Diagram: 558
Allocations
| w/e 11/05/57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Jun-57 | Transferred to | 5A (Crewe North) | |
| Sep-57 | Transferred to | 9D (Buxton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9L | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BX | |
| Jan-85 | Withdrawn from | BX (Buxton) |
Notes
P1/85 - M50426 seems to have survived without being renumbered as 53426 until withdrawal in Jan-85.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50426 - original number
53426 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change) - although probably not.
50426 was involved in the following incident:
3/12/84 - Longsight, LMR
Collision involving Class 104 / Vans
Info from Peter Mullen
An empty 3-car class 104 DMU was wrongly routed and came into collision with a train of vans which had been left without a tail lamp. More Details.
Disposal
Scrapped by EEC (Blackpool) Ltd, on location at Longsight
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50422 | 59134 | 50426 | As delivered to 9A - w/e 11/05/57 | ||||||
| 50422 | 59134 | 50426 | Noted 22/12/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly1 | ||||||
| 50426 | 59137 | 50439 | Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1 | ||||||
| 50426 | 59137 | 50439 | Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1 | ||||||
| 50426 | 59137 | 50439 | Noted Sep-76 - at Stockport1 | ||||||
| 50430 | 59134 | 50426 | Noted 28/08/78 - in Manchester Piccadily2 | ||||||
| 50434 | 59147 | 50426 | Noted 23/09/79 - at Longsight2 | ||||||
| 50430 | 59198 | 50426 | Noted 11/10/1980 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| BX483 | 50420 | 59163 | 50426 | Noted 13/02/1982 - at Manchester Piccadilly2 | |||||
| 50420 | 59163 | 50426 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc3 | ||||||
| BX483 | 50420 | 59163 | 50426 | Noted circa 09/19823 | |||||
| BX480 | 50420 | 59163 | 50426 | Noted circa 10/1982 - Previously BX483.3 | |||||
| 53420 | 59163 | 53426 | Noted 17/04/1983 - on Buxton depot2 | ||||||
| BX480 | 53420 | 59163 | 53426 | Noted circa 11/1984 - listed at BX3 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Martin Lumley
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
22nd July 1983
Set number: BX480
Buxton based BRC&W class 104 3 car dmu BX480 (M53426, M59152, M53474), is seen under the 1500DC wires arriving at platform 3 at Dinting, whilst working a direct peak hours only Hadfield-Manchester Piccadilly service, 22nd July 1983. Andrew J Crowther.