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Vehicle 50442 / 53442


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: 30293
Diagram: 556

Allocations

Aug-57 New to 5D (Cockshute)
Sep-57 Transferred to 5A (Crewe North)
Jan-58 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
4w/e 01/07/61 Transferred to 5D (Cockshute)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 2H (Monument Lane)
w/e 07/01/67 Transferred to 2A (Tyseley)
2w/e 18/03/67 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
2w/e 09/03/68 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
May-73Depot code changeNH
3w/e 27/09/75 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
w/e 24/04/76 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
14/05/89 Transferred to CH (Chester) PCHX
21/05/90 Withdrawn from CH (Chester) PXXZ

Notes

1988 - Orange cantrail stripe
1st January 1988 - Has window bars
20th August 1989 - Part of 7-car 1T16 Chester - Trawsfynydd excursion and return consisting of M53516 + M53442 + M53531 + M53447 + M53925 + M59155 + M52039
30th April 1990 - Seen stored out of use in Chester station sidings
22/04/91 - withdrawn vehicles noted at Chester: 53431, 53442, 53494, 53512, 53516, 53517, 53534, 53536, 59065, 59137, 59525; also soon to be W SC59049 and SC59074

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50442 - original number
53442 - from 1984 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Oct-86 - Window Bars Fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50442 59150 50494 As delivered to 5D - August 1957
50442 59150 50492 Noted 08/08/68 - in Manchester Victoria1
50442 59150 50494 Noted 04/06/71 - at Manchester Victoria1
50442 59150 50494 Noted 19/04/74 - in Manchester Victoria1
50442 59150 50494 Noted 04/09/74 - in Manchester Victoria2
50442 59150 50494 Noted 12/03/1976 - at Loughborough3
50442 59150 50494 Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria1
50442 59150 50494 Noted circa 04/19804
NH441 50442 59160 50494 Noted circa 05/19824
NH441 50442 50494 Noted circa 10/19824
50442 50506 Noted circa 02/19834
53442 53516 Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986
53442 53516 Noted circa 10/19864
53442 53516 Noted 13th September 1987
53442 53516 Noted 11th October 1987
53442 53516 Listed at NH - 1st January 1988
N664 53442 53516 Listed at NH - March 1988
53442 53516 Noted 4th April 1988
N664 53442 53516 Noted 05/04/19884
N664 53442 53516 Listed at NH - May 1988
N664 53442 53516 Listed at NH - May-88
N664 53442 53516 Noted circa Jul-88
53442 53516 Noted 13/07/88 - on 10:25 Retford-Sheffield
53442 53516 Noted 15/07/88 - on 22:22 Lincoln-Sheffield with 51175 + 53159
N664 53442 53516 Listed at NH - 16th July 1988
N664 53442 53516 Noted 7th September 1988
N664 53442 53516 Noted 3rd November 1988
CH608 53442 53516 Listed at CH - 1st July 1989
53442 53516 Noted 10/07/89 - at Penyffordd5
CH608 53442 53516 Noted 22/07/89
53442 53516 Noted 09/08/89 - on 12:02 Warrington Central - Chester6
CH608 53442 53516 Noted 20/08/1989 - Chester to Trawsfynydd and return section of Hertfordshire Railtours The Trawsfynydd Flyer CH608+CH610+CH371
CH608 53516 53442 Noted 20th August 1989
CH608 53442 53516 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
CH616 53442 53516 Noted 30/10/89
CH616 53516 53442 Noted 30th October 1989
CH616 53442 53516 Noted 29th November 1989 - Express Parcels service hauling BG 84404
CH616 53442 53516 Listed at CH - 12th October 1990

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Aaron Calder
6: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Newton Heath

8th May 1982

Newton Heath depot holding sidings, left to right are Class 104 DMC 50518, Class 108 DMBS 51939 and Class 104 DMBS 50442 8-5-82. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 104 DMU at Southport

September 1984

A Class 104 formation - most with roof vents removed - heading away from Southport at Chapel Street circa September 1984. DMBS 53442 is on the rear (closest). Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 104 DMU at Newton Heath depot

1987

Set number: N664

A Class 104 DMU (set N664 53442 and presumably 53516) at Newton Heath depot in 1987. Spannerman37025.

Class 104 DMU at Bamber Bridge

31st January 1987

A two-car BRCW Class 104 DMU formed of cars M53442 & M53516 was awaiting departure from Bamber Bridge with a Preston to Colne service on January 31st 1987. The set was withdrawn in 1990 and scrapped by Mayer Newman at Snailwell in Cambridgeshire in 1991. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 104 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

15th September 1988

Set number: N664

Class 104 set N664 (53442 + 53516) in Manchester Piccadilly station on 15/9/88. Rex Holt.

Class 104 DMU at Manchester Victoria Station

29th March 1989

Set number: N664

Newton Heath TMD allocated Class 104 set No. N664 formed of Class 104 DMBS M53442 and DMCL M53516 along with Class 108 set No. N608 formed of DMBS M50978 and DTCL M54261 await departure time from Manchester Victoria Station with an afternoon service to Southport on the 29th March 1989. All four vehicles would be scrapped within two and a half years. Bob Woolnough.

Class 104 DMU at Manchester Victoria

8th April 1989

DMU's old and new occupy Platforms 13 (Class 150/2 150229 'Sprinter'), and 14 (Class 104 '53442') at the west end of Manchester Victoria on 8th April 1989. This view has totally changed beyond recognition, all these platforms are now gone with a 21,000 seat arena built on top of where they used to be. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 104 DMU at Hathersage

17th October 1989

Set number: CH616

Class 104 2-car DMU CH616(53442 + 53516) departs Hathersage for Sheffield, possibly 17-10-89. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 104 DMU at Chester

5th June 1990

Class 104 DMUs M53442 53516 and 53536 at Chester on June 5th 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 104 DMU at Chester

22nd May 1991

Set number: CH616

M53442, M53431, Sc59074, Sc59525, Sc59049 at Chester await being sent for scrap, 22-5-91. Kevin Dowd.

Class 104 DMU at Snailwell

15th June 1991

Set number: CH616

Class 104 M53442 at Snailwell on 15th June 1991. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 104 DMU at Snailwell

8th July 1991

Set number: CH616

Class 104 DMBS M53442 at Snailwell on 8th July 1991. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 17th October 1987

Class 104 M53516 with M53442 leading at Miles Platting on the 17th October 1987. Kevin Law.

DMU

Date: 9th April 1988

A BRC&W Class 104 DMU M53516 + M53442 arrives at Stockport with the shuttle from Stalybridge on the 9th April 1988, a service that ran hourly. Andrew J Crowther.

DMU

Date: 20th February 1989

Set number: N664

Class 104 BRC&W 2-car DMU 53516+53442 set N664 on the blocks at Manchester Victoria, 20-2-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 22nd July 1989

Set number: CH608

Class 104 CH608 M53516 + M53442 on 2E34, 18:40 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield at Buxworth, 22-7-89. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: 17th October 1989

Set number: CH616

Class 104 BRC&W 2-car DMU set CH616 (53516 + 53442) Manchester Piccadilly, possibly 17-10-89. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 30th October 1989

Set number: CH616

CH616 M53516 + M53442 stand at Llandudno waiting to depart with the 13:28 to Holyhead, 30-10-89. Robert Simpson.

DMU

Date: 6th December 1989

Set number: CH616

CH616 M53516 + M53442 on Longsight TMD's 14X road after another hard days work! 6-12-89. Kevin Dowd.