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<- 50502 | 50503 | 50504 ->

Vehicle 50503 / 53503


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 05/10/57 New to 9A (Longsight)
Jan-58 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)
07/08/85 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50503 - original number
53503 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50451 59159 50503 As delivered to 9A - w/e 05/10/57
EP483 50757 59320 50503 Noted circa Jun-69
50447 59153 50503 Noted 18/09/70 - at Peterborough1
50447 59152 50503 Noted 22/02/1971 - at Crewe2
50449 59152 50503 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street3
50449 59155 50503 Noted 19/05/72 - at Crewe1
50449 59155 50503 Noted 18/08/1972 - at Derby2
50449 59153 50503 Noted 03/11/72 - at Crewe1
50450 59153 50503 Noted circa 05/1973 - listed at Bletchley on loan4
EP483 50447 59152 50503 Noted 03/07/1975 - at Derby2
EP483 50447 59152 50503 Noted 27/07/75 - at Cambridge5
50451 59152 50503 Noted 18/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 2
50450 59156 50503 Noted 18/06/77 - on 2E84 1320 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks with 50449 + 59155 + 50502
50449 59151 50503 Noted 19/05/79
NH135 50449 50503 Noted circa 05/19824
NH135 50449 50503 Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria4
50449 50503 Noted circa 12/19824
50448 50503 Noted circa 03/19834
53448 53503 Noted circa 05/19834

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

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Five Ways

1978

A three-car Class 104 DMU led by DMCL M50503 is seen at Five Ways with a Redditch service in the spring of 1978. Michael Mensing.

Class 104 DMU at Derby

15th July 1978

M50503 has a 1 on the first passenger door denoting first class. Seen in Derby station on July 15th 1978. Rex Holt.

Class 104 DMU at Grange-over-Sands

8th August 1984

A two-car DMU formed of 53503 + 53448 on the 11:10 Barrow - Crewe service arrives at Grange-over-Sands on 8 August 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 104 DMU at Manchester Victoria

6th December 1984

At Manchester Victoria on 6 December 1984 25 284 draggs a failed class 104 DMU formed of 53503 + 53448 into the station. Another class 104 unit and 2 class 120s can be seen in the suburban part of the station and another class 25 acting as station pilot is just about visible on the through lines in the darkness of the station. Peter Tandy.