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Vehicle 50444 / 53444


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

Sep-57 New to 5B (Crewe South)
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)
4w/e 05/11/66 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
May-73Depot code changeDY
13/09/81 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
circa Mar-85 On loan to BY (Bletchley)
May-85 Transferred to BY (Bletchley)
03/05/87 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
17/08/90 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath) PXXZ

Notes

9th July 1989 - Seen out of service at Newton Heath depot
19th October 1989 - Listed as withdrawn/out of use
4th December 1989 - Seen stored out of service at Newton Heath depot
12th October 1990 - Listed as stored condemned at Crewe Basford Hall Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50444 - original number
53444 - from Jun-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50444 59152 50496 As delivered to 5B - September 1957
50444 59169 50793 Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with small yellow panel, except 50793 in green
50444 59310 50794 Noted 17/08/68 - at Peterborough1
50444 59159 50495 Noted 27/09/69 - at Leicester1
50444 59157 50495 Noted 22/10/71 - at Crewe2
50444 59157 50502 Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street3
EP474 50444 59157 50495 Noted 24/08/74 - at Lincoln St Marks1
50444 59157 50495 Noted 19/04/1975 - at Peterborough4
EP474 50444 59157 50495 Noted 02/07/1975 - at Derby4
50444 59157 50495 Noted circa 11/1975 - at Loughborough with 51191 and 563504
50444 59152 50495 Noted 09/12/76 - on Cambridge depot, 50495 noted as damaged1
EP486 50444 59152 50496 Noted 09/04/77 - at Peterborough1
50444 50500 Noted 13/10/1982 - Arrived Manchester Victoria as 06.25 ex Blackburn.5
50444 50500 Noted circa 02/19835
53444 53500 Noted circa 04/19855
53444 59206 53500 Noted 17/08/1985 - at Bletchley6
53444 59206 53500 Noted 24/11/85
53444 59206 53500 Noted circa 12/19855
53444 59206 53541 Noted circa 06/19865
53444 59367 59206 53541 Noted 21/11/86 - at Bedford Midland, both centre cars b/g1
53444 53427 Noted 21/06/87
53444 53493 Listed at NH - 1st January 1988
N666 53444 53493 Noted circa 04/19885
53444 53493 Noted 23/04/1988 - Barrow connection from BR Fort William to Lancaster excursion
N666 53444 53493 Listed at NH - May 1988
N666 53444 53493 Noted circa May-88
N666 53444 53494 Noted 15/05/88
N666 53444 53493 Noted circa Jul-88
N666 53444 53493 Listed at NH - 16th July 1988
N666 53444 53493 Noted 23rd April 1989
N666 53444 53493 Noted 24/04/89
N666 53444 53493 Noted 24th April 1989
N666 53444 53493 Listed at NH - 1st July 1989 - withdrawn

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

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Ocker Hill

April 1965

A BRC&W triple set seen at Ocker Hill (Tipton) in April 1965. Closest is DMBS M50444 allocated to Cockshute, the centre car is M59152. Michael Mensing.

Class 104 DMU at Hinckley

21st September 1969

An Etches Park allocated BRC&W triple DMU formed of M50444 + M59159 + M50495 arrives into Hinckley station, wrong line working, on Sunday 21 September 1969. Phillip Malin.

Class 104 DMU at Bamber Bridge

24th July 1984

With the gable end of the terraced houses on Carr Street visible on the left, BRCW Class 104 Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M53444 was accelerating away from Bamber Bridge with a Colne to Preston service on July 24th 1984. A view taken over the low wire fence in what was the then undeveloped former goods yard area at Bamber Bridge. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 104 DMU at Bedford (Midland Road)

May 1985

Birmingham RC&W Co. Class 104 2-car Local Passenger dmu No. M53444 and presumably M53500 at Bedford (Midland Road) on a service from Bletchley, 05/85. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 104 DMU at Bedford

19th October 1985

On 19 October 1985 I was chatting to a friend at Leamington Spa who said that one of the last locomotives he was yet to see was stabled at March Yard and would I like a trip over there? On the way we called at Bedford where this class 104 comprising vehicles 53444 + 59206 + 53500 was stabled in the electrified siding alongside the virtually empty car park. Peter Tandy.

Class 104 DMU at Bletchley

circa 1986

A three-car Class 104 DMU at Bletchley circa 1985/6. DMBS 53444 is closest, the blue/grey centre car is presumably 59206. Mike Bunker.

Class 104 DMU at Leicester

30th March 1986

A three-car Class 104 DMU at Leicester on 30 March 1986. Closest is 53444, the blue/grey centre car is presumably 59206. Alan Harrison.

Class 104 DMU at Bletchley

12th April 1986

A Class 104 set with 53444 closest at Bletchley on the afternoon of Saturday 12th April 1986 with a Bedford service. Colin Brooks.

Class 104 DMU at Watford Junction

12th July 1986

BRCW Class 104 DMBS 53444 at the rear of the 10.51 to St Albans Abbey at Watford Junction on 12 July 1986. The blue/grey centre car is 59206. Dave Warby.

Class 104 DMU at Watford Junction

4th September 1986

A Class 104 DMU with DMBS 53444 closest is seen at 17:29 at Watford Junction on 4 September 1986. DMBS 53541 is on the rear, the centre car is 59206. Dave Warby.

Class 104 DMU at Bedford

13th September 1986

A Class 104 DMU formed of 53444 + 59206 + 53541 seen in Bedford station with the 11:00 Bedford-Bletchley service on 13 September 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 104 DMU at Bletchley

22nd November 1986

A Class 104 with DMBS 53444 visible at Bletchley on November 22 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

Class 104 DMU at Bletchley

22nd November 1986

An unusual combination of a Class 104 DMBS (likely 53444) and a suburban vehicle seen at Bletchley on November 22, 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

Class 104 DMU at Manchester Victoria

1987

A Class 104 two-car DMU seen at Manchester Victoria in 1987. The DMBS - 53444 - still carries Network South East branding from its time at Bletchley, the DMS has window bars on the passenger doors. Walter Burt.

Class 104 DMU at Manchester Victoria

9th April 1988

Set number: N666

Tucked away out of sight around the back of Manchester Victoria was this bay platform, if it was in regular use or not I don't know but stock would stable overnight in it, as seen here in the shape of a BRC&W class 104 DMBS M53444 on the 9th April 1988. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 104 DMU at Rotherham Central

15th May 1988

Set number: N666

M53444 at Rotherham Central on May 15, 1988. John Carter.

Class 104 DMU at Sheffield

15th May 1988

Set number: N666

Its 21.50 and BRC&W Class 104 Newton Heath allocated DMU set N666, comprising of 53444 + 53494, sits at the buffers on platform 3A at a very quite Sheffield on the 15th May 1988. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 104 DMU at Manchester Victoria

15th August 1988

Set number: N666

53444 with 53494 in the gloom of Manchester Victoria on 15/8/88. Robert Chilton.

Class 104 DMU at Southport

10th September 1988

The sidings at Southport on September 11th 1988 include a two-car Class 104 DMU formed of cars 53444 & 53493 (With a small Network South East Logo), and a two-car Class 101 Metro-Cammell DMU in blue/grey was also stabled alongside, formed of cars 51520 & 51456. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 104 DMU at Manchester Victoria

17th October 1988

Set number: N666

A pair of Class 104 BRC&W 2-car DMUs - 53444 + 53493 (set N666) and a sister - come ECS from Red Bank into Manchester Victoria 17-10-88. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 104 DMU at Furness Vale

24th April 1989

Set number: N666

A BRC&W Class 104/Derby Class 108 combination on a peak hour working, 24th April 1989, having just left Furness Vale on their way up to Buxton. This is Newton Heath allocated N666 comprising of 53444 + 53493. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 104 DMU at Newton Heath

8th June 1990

Amongst the DMUs at Newton Heath on 08.06.90 were M53444 and M53493 and in the foreground M53421. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: November 1972

Set number: EP475

Etches Park Class BRC&W triple set EP475, noted as M50502 + M59157 + M50444, at Attenborough in November 1972. Mel Smith.

DMU

Date: May 1985

A Class 104 at Bedford (Midland Road) on a service from Bletchley, in very damp weather, 05/85. The vehicles are thought to be M53500 + M53444. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 11th July 1986

With Kettering on the destination blind a Class 104 DMU formed of DMBS 53541, TSL 59206 and DMBS 53444 is seen in Watford Junction station with a St Albans Abbey branch service on 11 July 1986. Dave Warby.

DMU

Date: 4th September 1986

With two DMBSs (53541 closest and 53444 at the far end) this Class 104 DMU is seen at Watford Junction at 17:29 on 4 September 1986. The blue grey centre car is 59206. Dave Warby.

DMU

Date: 4th September 1986

A Class 104 DMU formed (l-r) 53541 + 59206 + 53444 at Watford Junction on 4 September 1986. Dave Warby.

DMU

Date: 13th September 1986

A Class 104 DMU formed of DMBS 53541, TSL 59206 and DMBS 53444 is seen in Bletchley station on 13 September 1986 with the 12:25 Bletchley-Wellingborough service. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 21st June 1987

Southport station on June 21st, 1987, contains two-car Class 104 set M53427 + M53444. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 15th September 1990

Golden light at Newton Heath Depot at dawn as the sun illuminated first generation DMU cars stabled on September 15th 1990. In the foreground are withdrawn Class 104s, M53421 & M53464, with out-of-service M53493 & M53444 on a parallel siding, the units being separated by a 20 Ton Brake Van. In the left background is a split 2-Car Class 101, the bodyside damage suggests the DMBS is 51227. Also present were two Class 116 Suburban DMU cars, 53839 & 53842. Martyn Hilbert.