Vehicle 50456 / 53456
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
| Nov-57 | New to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 4w/e 04/02/67 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
| May-80 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) | |
| circa Dec-83 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| 27/04/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 02/11/86 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 08/02/87 | Reinstated | BX (Buxton) | |
| 25/10/87 | Withdrawn from | BX (Buxton) |
Notes
3rd March 1988 - Seen condemned at Newton Heath
22nd March 1988 - Condemned cars 51308, 51324, 51309, 59171, 53123, 53819, 53108, 59119, 54177, 53456, 59541, 59568, 59374, 59560, 59552 & 59524 hauled from Newton Heath to Vic Berry's yard by Class 31
early September 1988 - Cut up at Vic Berry's yard
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50456 - original number
53456 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50456 | 59164 | 50508 | As delivered to 5D - November 1957 | ||||||
| 50456 | 59164 | 50508 | Noted 20/07/68 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50456 | 59164 | 50508 | Noted 16/08/70 - in Manchester Victoria2 | ||||||
| 50456 | 59164 | 50508 | Noted 12/09/71 - at Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50456 | 59164 | 50508 | Noted 17/09/71 - at Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50456 | 59164 | 50508 | Noted 04/09/74 - in Manchester Victoria2 | ||||||
| 50456 | 59164 | 50508 | Noted 28/08/75 - at Southport2 | ||||||
| 50456 | 59164 | 50508 | Noted 04/01/78 | ||||||
| 50456 | 59164 | 50508 | Noted 04/09/80 | ||||||
| LO525 | 50456 | 59164 | 50508 | Noted circa 05/19823 | |||||
| 50508 | 59164 | 50456 | Noted 08/05/1982 - 50508-59164-50456+50458-59166-50514 Special train from Congleton to Spalding | ||||||
| 50456 | 50508 | Noted circa 02/19833 | |||||||
| 53456 | 59152 | 53508 | Noted circa 05/19833 | ||||||
| 53456 | 59230 | 53508 | Noted circa 07/19843 | ||||||
| 53456 | 59230 | 53508 | Noted circa 11/1984 - listed at BX3 | ||||||
| 53456 | 59230 | 53504 | Noted circa 06/19853 | ||||||
| BX485 | 53456 | 59230 | 53504 | Listed at BX - circa Jul-85 - with white roof domes | |||||
| BX485 | 53456 | 59230 | 53504 | Listed at BX - circa Dec-85 | |||||
| 53456 | 53504 | Formation change - NH - Apr-86 | |||||||
| 53456 | 53514 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 - on loan BX | |||||||
| 53456 | 53514 | Noted 06/02/19873 | |||||||
| 53456 | 53514 | Noted 21/03/87 - on 09:41 Stockport - Stalybridge4 | |||||||
| 53456 | 53514 | Noted 21/03/87 - on 19:18 Stalybridge - Stockport4 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann
Images:
4th August 1962
A BRC&W triple DMU at Bushbury (north end of Wolverhampton) on 4 August 1962. Manchester London Road seems to be on the destination blind of the leading car, M50456, which was allocated to Cockshute. Michael Mensing.
1985
Set number: BX485
Class 104 BRC&W 3-car DMU set BX485 (presumably 53456 closest) and 303-066 in Manchester Piccadilly, Autumn 1985. A Class 108 is on the right. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
17th August 1985
Set number: BX485
M53456 is the DMBS in set BX485 when seen at Manchester Piccadilly on 17/8/85. Malcolm Clements.
18th April 1987
Class 104 53456 is seen at Tyseley on 18.04.1987 with Buxton's depot trademark of the white cab roof. Andy Cole.
22nd April 1988
BRCW Class 104 DMBS M53456 in Vic Berry's scrapyard, Leicester on 22nd April 1988. Paul James.
22nd April 1988
A general view looking over Vic Berry's scrapyard, Leicester from the old Great Central main line, with a couple of boiler vans, 25313, Class 104 M53456 and the suburban vehicles to the left are probably DMUs. 22nd April 1988. Paul James.
28th April 1988
53456 at Vic Berry's in Leicester on the 28th April 1988 Dennis Taylor.
May 1988
A May 1988 shot of Vic Berry's scrapyard, with many high density vehicles and Class 104 53456 on the right. Michael Kaye 55A.
20th July 1988
Class 104 DMBS M53456 up top, a suburban centre car on the row below. Vic Berry's on July 20, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
20th July 1988
M53456 is seen stacked upon some Mark I coaches at Vic Berry's on July 20, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
6th August 1988
Built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, its Buxton allocation given away by their trade mark white roof, this is DMBS M53456 is ending it's days at Vic Berry's scrapyard in Leicester, these units truly worked nationwide, but of all the routes worked by the the class the Buxton route was the one with which they beacame synonynous. 6th August 1988. Andrew J Crowther.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 10th April 1985
Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon 1959 built Class 128 parcels unit M55994 is seen tagged into the rear of the 13.29 Manchester Piccadilly-Buxton service, which was worked by class 104 units M53456, M59230, M53504. At New Mills Newtown, 10th April 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 6th July 1986
Class 108 and 104 (M53456 + M53514) vehicles at Buxton on the 6th July 1986. Vincent Haworth.
Date: 3rd September 1986
Set number: BX496
Class 108 M51947 beside Class 104 M53456 at Buxton on September 3, 1986. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 30th January 1988
Class 104 driver trailer sits in front of several 101 vehicles in Newton Heath depot on January 30, 1988. Beside it sits withdrawn M53456, boarded up for its journey to Vic Berrys. Hamish Stevenson.