Vehicle 50482 / 53482
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: 30294
Diagram: 558
Allocations
| w/e 08/06/57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Jun-57 | Transferred to | 9D (Buxton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9L | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BX | |
| 25/10/82 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 09/02/86 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) | - Collision at Preston 19/01/86. |
Notes
12th July 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Newton Heath depot
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50482 - original number
53482 - from Jun-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
50482 was involved in the following incident:
18/1/86 - Preston, LMR
Collision involving Class 104 / Class 86
Info from Bill Read
Collision of Class 104 power-twin and stationary Loco 47 111. M53482-M53433. 44 passengers required hospital treatment (the driver and many passengers had retired to the rear car). The conclusion was that the driver’s brake valve had been inadvertently placed in the “lap” position resulting in the train brake pipe and “topside” vacuum being gradually destroyed during the journey from Carlisle. The driver may have been distracted by the presence of passengers of the football-supporters charter being in the cab. M53482 was severely damaged.
Disposal
Scrapped by EEC (Blackpool) Ltd, on location at Preston
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50430 | 59138 | 50482 | As delivered to 9A - w/e 08/06/57 | ||||||
| 50430 | 59138 | 50482 | Noted 17th June 1957 | ||||||
| 50430 | 59138 | 50482 | Noted 23rd March 1958 | ||||||
| BN461 | 50430 | 59138 | 50482 | Listed at Buxton - circa Dec-69 | |||||
| 50430 | 59138 | 50482 | Noted 22/12/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly1 | ||||||
| 50430 | 59138 | 50482 | Noted 28/10/71 - in Manchester Piccadilly2 | ||||||
| 50433 | 59195 | 50482 | Noted 08/04/1976 - at Manchester Piccadilly 3 | ||||||
| 50433 | 59195 | 50482 | Noted Jun-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1 | ||||||
| 50433 | 59203 | 50482 | Noted circa 08/1982 - BX482 set number displayed on 50482, though another set also carried BX482 at this time.4 | ||||||
| 50433 | 59203 | 50482 | Noted circa 10/19824 | ||||||
| 50433 | 50482 | Noted circa 02/19834 | |||||||
| 53433 | 53482 | Noted circa 06/19854 | |||||||
| 53482 | 53433 | Noted 28/12/1985 - 53812-53355+53482-53433 LCGB Moorsider Railtour failed Manchester Victoria | |||||||
| 53433 | 53482 | Noted 19/01/86 - Involved in collision at Preston with 47111. |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
23rd September 1961
Two BRC&W triple DMUs, M50482 closest, in Buxton station on 23 September 1961. They will form the 12.20pm to Manchester Piccadilly. Michael Mensing.
15th May 1968
A mixed livery BRC&W triple set arrived into Stockport station with a Buxton service on 15 May 1968. The closest car appears to be M50482. Stuart Mackay Collection.
26th August 1979
BRCW Class 104 DMU's were Sunday resting stabled at Buxton station on August 26th 1979. The nearest three-car set was formed of cars M50482, M59138 & M50460. Buxton Depot had a sizeable allocation of 104's from the late 1950's until the early 1980's. The leading car in this view, Driving Motor Second Lavatory (DMSL) M50482, eventually ended its working life at Preston on January 19th 1986, when working as a two-car set formed of M53482 & M53433, it had a head-on collision with Class 47 47111 just South of Preston station following braking problems. 53482 lanquished for some time in Dock Street Sidings at Preston covered over with a tarpaulin until it was scrapped on-site. Martyn Hilbert.
Unknown date
A two-car Class 104 DMU with DMSL M53482 closest, presumably in its home depot of Newton Heath, date unknown. Mike Bunker.
26th June 1984
The interior of the main line part of Manchester Victoria really suited black & white photography. In this picture dated 26 June 1984 a class 104 (M53482 closest - or maybe it was still M50482 at this point) is waiting to leave for Blackburn as 40091 passes on the though road with an oil train from Stanlow to Leeds. The class 25, 25307, is waiting to give the class 40's train some banking assistance up the stiff climb to Miles Platting. Peter Tandy.
25th June 1985
Weary commuters are carried home on the 17.19 Preston to Ormskirk service, formed of a 2-Car Class 104, with MBS M53482 leading on June 25th 1985. It has just passed Midge Hall and the driver will have collected the single line token for the section to Rufford. During this period the former main line saw three different DMU sets working evening peak-time services along the line, in the days when the passing loop was fully utilised at Rufford. This vehicle met its demise following a serious collision with Class 47 47111 at Preston on January 18th 1986 while returning from Carlisle to Accrington with a football special, when brake failure caused the unit to run through a red signal and into the path of the 47 was stood at the South side of Preston Station. The 47 was subsequently scrapped, whilst the badly damaged M53482 was taken to Dock Street Sidings at Preston. The DMU car spent a considerable time there, sheeted over, before it was scrapped on site. Martyn Hilbert.
24th January 1986
Looking rather sorry for its self with the driving end sheeted over, Class 104 Driving Motor Second Lavatory M53482 was awaiting its fate in one of the sidings at Dock Street, adjacent to the BR Preston Divisional office block (Ladywell House) on January 24th 1986. M53482 had been paired with car M53433, and on the 18th January 1986 the DMU was involved in a head-on collision at Preston, when on a returning football excursion from Carlisle to Accrington, the unit suffered brake failure and collided with Class 47 47111. No one was killed, but 44 passengers were injured. The car lanquished at Preston for some considerable time awaiting the outcome of the subsequent enquiry into the incident, and was later scrapped where it stood. Martyn Hilbert.