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Vehicle 50470 / 53470


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

4w/e 25/01/58 New to 5B (Crewe South)
Apr-63 Transferred to 5D (Cockshute)
2w/e 09/10/65 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
May-73Depot code changeNH
05/07/87 Transferred to OO (Old Oak Common)
p/e 31/12/88 Sector Change to OO (Old Oak Common) NGBX
p/e 07/12/91 Sector Change to OO (Old Oak Common) NXXZ
23/12/91 Withdrawn from OO (Old Oak Common) NXXZ

Notes

1989 - Seen in NSE livery
8th April 1989 - Seen in ex-works NSE livery after Doncaster Works overhaul

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50470 - original number
53470 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Oct-86 - Window Bars Fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50470 59178 50522 As delivered to 5B - 4w/e 25/01/58
50470 59178 50522 Noted 19/09/71 - on Chester depot1
50470 59178 50522 Noted 16/04/73 - in Manchester Victoria2
50470 59178 50522 Noted 07/10/1973 - at Southport3
50470 59140 50522 Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Victoria1
50470 59149 50522 Noted circa 04/19804
50470 59228 50502 Noted circa 05/19824
50470 52064 Noted 19/07/19824
50470 52064 Noted circa 02/19834
53470 52064 Noted circa 05/19834
53470 59153 53499 Noted circa 10/19834
53470 53499 Noted circa 11/19834
53470 53499 Noted circa 03/19864
53470 53499 Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986
53470 53499 Noted 06/02/19874
53470 53499 Listed at NH - 10/05/87
L703 53429 53470 Formed at OO circa 10/87
L703 53429 53470 Listed at OO - 1st January 1988
L703 53429 53470 Noted 18th January 1988
L703 53470 53539 Listed at OO - 16th July 1988
L703 53470 53539 Noted 6th August 1988
L703 53429 53470 Noted 8th April 1989
L703 53429 53470 Listed at - 15/05/89
L703 53429 53470 Listed at OO - 1st July 1989
L703 53429 53470 Noted 13th July 1990
L703 53429 53470 Listed at OO - 12th October 1990
L703 53429 53470 Listed at OO - 21/01/91

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

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Manchester Victoria

18th April 1983

Class 104 DMBS M50470 paired with a Class 108 vehicle - presumably M52064 - in Manchester Victoria on 18 April 1983. Keith Long.

Class 104 DMU at Leeds

25th October 1984

Class 104 53470 is seen arriving at Leeds in all over BR blue livery on 25.10.1984. Andy Cole.

Class 104 DMU at South Tottenham

21st August 1987

Set number: L703

Class 104 set L703, presumably 53470 + 53437, on August 21, 1987, approaching into South Tottenham. Colin Brooks.

Class 104 DMU at Barking

1988

Set number: L703

Class 104 DMU set L703 (presumably 53470 + 53429) in Barking station with a Gospel Oak service circa spring 1988. Brian Ward.

Class 104 DMU at Barking

31st August 1988

Set number: L703

53470 + 53437 at Barking on the 31st August 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 104 DMU at Harringay Stadium

4th February 1989

Set number: L703

Class 104 set No. L703 (53470 and 53429) departs Harringay Stadium working the 11:00 Barking to Gospel Oak service on 4 February 1989. Brian Creasey.

Class 104 DMU at Tyseley

8th April 1989

Set number: L703

Class 104 53470, set number L703, is seen stabled on Tyseley on 08.04.1989 while en route from Doncaster Works to Old Oak Common following overhaul. It is next to Class 121 55027. Andy Cole.

Class 104 DMU at Tyseley

8th April 1989

Set number: L703

Class 104, set number L703, vehicle 53470 (with 53429 out of shot), stabled at Tyseley on 8th April 1989. Class 121 set number L127, vehicle 55027 to right of shot. Andrew Slack.

Class 104 DMU at Cardiff Canton depot

28th April 1989

Set number: L703

BRCW Class 104 DMBS, 53470 in NSE livery, forms half of unit L703 (the other car being 53429), sat outside the Swansea end of Canton carriage sidings. 28th April 1989. Paul James.

Class 104 DMU at CF Booths

7th March 1993

Set number: L703

53470 at C.F.Booths, Rotherham 7-3-93. Kevin Dowd.

Class 104 DMU at CF Booths

7th March 1993

Set number: L703

53470 at C.F.Booths, Rotherham 7-3-93. Kevin Dowd.

Class 104 DMU at CF Booths

11th March 1993

Set number: L703

53470 C.F.Booths, Rotherham on the 11-3-93. Kevin Dowd.

Class 104 DMU at CF Booths

27th March 1993

Set number: L703

53470 at Booths, after being stripped for spares for the preserved 104s, and awaiting cutting, 27-3-93. Kevin Dowd.

Class 104 DMU at CF Booths

27th March 1993

Set number: L703

53470 at Booths, after being stripped for spares for the preserved 104s, and awaiting cutting, 27-3-93. Kevin Dowd.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 17th September 1985

A leaning power line mast, as a BRCW 2-Car DMU formed of cars M53499 & M53470 was passing Globe Mill whilst accelerating away from the token exchange at Midge Hall with a Preston to Ormskirk service on September 17th 1985. The home signal (MH 2) in the Down direction at Midge Hall, was (and still is) the only surviving working semaphore on the national network in the Preston area. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 30th August 1986

A two-car Class 104 DMU (M53499/M53470) was leading a pair of Class 108's on a six-car Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service, departing from Chorley on August 30th 1986. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 6th July 1987

On a fine Summer evening, a two-car Class 104 DMU formed of Driving Motor Brake Second M53470 and Driving Motor Second Lavatory M53499, was hurrying along the Up Fast at Factory Lane, Penwortham, just South of Preston on July 6th 1987. The DMU appears to be well-filled, and the destination blind is showing Crewe. It may have been a returning special/charter from Blackpool North. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 1st October 1987

Set number: L703

Twin DMBS set L703 (53429 & 53470) about to enter West Drayton on 1/10/87. Malcolm Clements.

DMU

Date: 1988

Set number: L703

Class 104 DMU set L703 (53429 and presumably 53470) in Gospel Oak station with a Barking service circa spring 1988. Brian Ward.

DMU

Date: 8th April 1989

Set number: L703

Class 104 53429, set number L703, is seen stabled on Tyseley on 08.04.1989 with 53470, 55027 (right) and 54289 (left), all of which carry Network South East livery. Andy Cole.

DMU

Date: 28th April 1989

Set number: L703

With Gospel Oak in its destination blind, unit L703, formed of BRCW Class 104 DMBS 53429 and 53470 in NSE livery sits outside the Swansea end of Canton carriage sidings. 28th April 1989. Paul James.

DMU

Date: 1st September 1989

Set number: L703

Twin DMBS set L703 comprised 53429 and 53470 when seen at Barking, 01/09/89. Jerry Glover.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L703

L703 is seen at Kings Sutton as a Class 104 DMBS/DMBS set, presumably 53429 53470. Tom Clift.