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Vehicle 50474 / 53474

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 22/02/58	New to	5B (Crewe South)
Apr-63	Transferred to	5D (Cockshute)
3w/e 31/10/64	Transferred to	9D (Newton Heath)
May-73	Depot code change	NH
circa Jan-85	Transferred to	BX (Buxton)
27/04/86	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
10/11/88	Stored S.	CP PSPX
09/03/89	Withdrawn from	CP PXXZ

Notes

P2/85 - When transferred NH - BX P2/85 appears to still be as 50474 not 53474.
1st January 1988 - Has window bars
1st January 1988 - Has B & W cab
27th December 1988 - Seen at Crewe carriage shed
January 1989 - Seen stored in Crewe carriage sidings
April 1989 - Cut up in Vic Berry's yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50474 - original number
53474 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Feb-72 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50474	59182	50526	As delivered to 5B - 4w/e 22/02/58
	50474	59182	50526	Transfer to 9D - 3w/e 31/10/64
	50474	59182	50526	Noted Jun-66 - at Brough¹
	50474	59182	50526	Noted 04/11/68 - at Manchester Victoria¹
	50474	59182	50528	Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria²
	50474	59181	50525	Noted 08/04/1976 - at Manchester Victoria ²
	50474	59182	50526	Noted 09/09/76 - at Preston³
	50474	59182	50526	Noted 01/08/1977 - Seen at Blackpool North⁴
	50474	59180	50526	Noted 21/08/1979 - at Preston ²
	50474	50556		Noted 13/10/1982 - Manchester Victoria - Oldham / Rochdale service⁴
	50474	50556		Noted circa 03/1983⁴
	53474	53556		Noted circa 05/1983⁴
	53474	52059		Noted 06/01/1984 - at NH Depot⁴
	53420	59152	53474	Noted 27/01/85
BX480	53420	59152	53474	Noted circa 06/1985⁴
BX480	53420	59152	53474	Listed at BX - circa Jul-85
BX480	53420	59152	53474	Listed at BX - circa Dec-85
	53474	54495		Formation change - NH - circa Apr-86
	53474	53427		Listed at NH - Summer 1986
	53474	53427		Noted 23/08/1986 - Gates Travel Charter Train Oxenholme to Whitby and return
	53474	53427		Noted 15th October 1986
	53474	53493		Listed at NH - 10/05/87
	53474	53427		Noted 3rd September 1987
	53474	53427		Noted 11th October 1987
	53474	53427		Listed at NH - 1st January 1988
N674	53474	53427		Listed at NH - March 1988
N674	53474	53427		Listed at NH - May 1988
N674	53474	53427		Listed at NH - May-88
N674	53474	53427		Noted circa Jul-88
N674	53474	53427		Noted circa Jul-88
N674	53474	53427		Listed at NH - 16th July 1988

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

12th August 1979

Having arrived at journeys end on one of the well-patronised services from Manchester Victoria, and with Driving Motor Brake Second M50474 bringing up the rear of a six-car formation, alighted passengers were making their way out of the station at Blackpool North on an overcast August 12th 1979. Martyn Hilbert.

19th September 1979

Normally used on Manchester Victoria to Blackpool North services, one of the three-Car Newton Heath allocated Class 104 sets complete with its white bodyside stripe, was working the Kirkham to Blackpool South shuttle service on September 19th 1979. M50474 arrives from Kirkham along a route that was still double track into the magnificent station at St-Annes-On-The-Sea. Martyn Hilbert.

2nd August 1980

The view through bridge 26 looking towards Kirkham North Junction as a 6-Car Class 104 formation takes the station avoiding line with a Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service on Saturday August 2nd 1980. The leading car is M50474 one of the large fleet of 104's then allocated to Newton Heath Depot. This was before the construction of the Kirkham by-pass which now crosses the line adjacent to the signalbox. The Coast Line to Blackpool South can be seen diverging away on the left, whilst behind the outer home signal on the Blackpool bound line is one of the brick piers that once carried the flyover that took trains from the Marton Direct Line (From Blackpool Central) over the Blackpool North route, the ramp onto the up direction station avoiding line being at the West side of the signalbox. Martyn Hilbert.

26th June 1983

Class 104 DMU DMBS 53474 at Chester TMD 26-6-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

27th January 1985

Buxton based BRC&W class 104 dmu DMBS car M53474 has just cleared the level crossing at Furness Vale, whilst in the consist of a Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service, 27th January 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

19th May 1985

Class 104 3-car DMU with DMBS 53474 leading in Buxton station, 19-5-85. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

29th June 1985

Set number: BX480

The passengers on the Poynton Parish Puffa were treated at Stratford-upon-Avon to a visit by the steam locomotive 46229 Duchess of Hamilton on 29 June 1985 although I don't recall taking any pictures of this. The return working of the steam special left a short while before the DMU (BX480, presumably 53474/59152/53420 and BX496, presumably 52062/59155/51947) went back to Cheshire and I photographed the latter from the window of the signal box. The industrial units in the background are the site of the erstwhile Stratford-upon-Avon shed and coaling stage. The entire backdrop is virtually unrecognisable nowadays and the signal box itself was demolished many years ago. Peter Tandy.

27th April 1986

Class 104 DMBS M53474 seen at Newton Heath depot on April 27th 1986 during a Midland Railfans visit. Ian Charles.

21st August 1986

A 'black mask' two-car Class 104 DMU, DMBS 53474 closest, at Manchester Victoria on August 21 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

24th August 1986

Newton Heath allocated two-car Class 104 DMU 53474 + 53427 in Whitby station on 24 August 1985 with 1Z36 Yorkshire Coast Express. Robert Thomas.

3rd May 1988

Set number: N674

Newton Heath based class 104 2-car DMU set no. N674 (presumably 53474 + 53427) sits in the bay platform at Stalybridge with the local service to Stockport on May 3, 1988. This shot was taken when there was still 16 trains a day each way. It would then become a parliamentry service with one train a week on a Friday in one direction only leaving Stockport at 09.22. By running this token service the railway did not have to go through the lengthy statutory close notice period for a line closure. The route became largely obsolete when the Windsor link line opened in West Manchester. Adrian Nicholls.

13th May 1988

Set number: N674

M53474 Manchester Victoria, May 13, 1988. John Carter.

Unknown date

Set number: N674

At Stockport with the 12:30 to Stalybridge is N674, which included 53474. Date unknown. Gazza Prescott.

16th April 1989

Set number: N674

M53474 (N674), M53501 (N691) Vic Berrys, Leicester 16-4-89. Kevin Dowd.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 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.

Date: 27th January 1985

On a snowy winters day Buxton based BRC&W class 104 dmu headed by the first of the class, M53420 with M59152, M53474, stand in my home village of Furness Vale, with a Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service, 27th January 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

Date: 9th March 1985

Buxton based BRC&W class 104 dmu (M53420, M59152, M53474) breezes through Heaton Chapel with a Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service, overtaking 25kv class 304 emu 304013 as it slows for its station stop. 9th March 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

Date: 29th June 1985

Set number: BX496

Stratford-upon-Avon used to be the destination for many special trains although the number of such workings has lessened in recent years. This picture shows one of these, the Poynton Parish Puffa, standing in the long-gone "cold store" sidings on 29 June 1985. This train was formed of class 108+104 combination (closest being BX496, presumably 51947/59155/52062, the other was BX480, presumably 53420/59152/53474) and, obviously enough I suppose, ran from Poynton in Cheshire, which incidentally is a very attractively decorated station, adorned with many enamel advertisements. Peter Tandy.

Date: 14th July 1985

Set number: BX484

Class 104 set BX484 at Llandudno on 14/7/85 with 'Stockport' on the destination blind. There is another set behind. From the left the vehicles are: M53431, M59137, M53496, M53420, M59152 and M53474. Kenneth Leiper.

Date: 30th January 1988

Newton Heath depot contains two Class 104s and many Pacers on January 30, 1988. Closest is M53427 + M53474, at the rear is a mixed livery set. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: 18th February 1988

BRC&W Class 104 2-car DMU, 53427 + 53474, Manchester Piccadilly on 18-2-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Date: 4th March 1988

A two-car BRCW Class 104 DMU formed of cars M53427 and presumably M53474 was topping the climb from Farington Curve Junction at Lodge Lane on Farington Moss with a Preston to Ormskirk service on March 4th 1988. The partly dismantled former Up Line, taken of use in 1983 is visible alongside the 104. To the right of the this view was the site of the former Moss Lane Junction. Until 1972 there was a useful connecting double track link from the Ormskirk Line to Lostock Hall on the East Lancashire line which once enabled trains to run direct from Liverpool to East Lancashire. The link was the also the route that most stopping Preston to Ormskirk/Liverpool Exchange services used, via the now dismantled East Lancashire 'Preston Extension' via Todd Lane Junction. With the passage of time, this once open view is now completely tree-lined. Martyn Hilbert.

Date: 16th April 1989

Set number: N691

M53501 (N691), M53474 (N674), 47103 at Vic Berrys, Leicester 16-4-89. Kevin Dowd.

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