Vehicle 50504 / 53504
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 | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 4w/e 04/02/67 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
| 10/06/84 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| 2w/e 15/04/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 04/02/87 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Mar-87 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 02/10/88 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 14/05/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
| 04/10/89 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) PXXZ |
Notes
1st January 1988 - Has roofed exhausts
24th September 1989 - Seen withdrawn in Chester station sidings
19th October 1989 - Listed as withdrawn/out of use
22nd December 1989 - Hauled from Chester station sidings to Vic Berry's yard
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50504 - original number
53504 - from Dec-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Dec-71 - Friction Control Springs Removed
circa Jul-72 - AWS fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50452 | 59160 | 50504 | As delivered to 9A - w/e 05/10/57 | ||||||
| 50452 | 59160 | 50504 | Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City1 | ||||||
| 50452 | 59160 | 50504 | Noted 20/07/68 - between Blackburn and Accrington1 | ||||||
| 50452 | 59160 | 50504 | Noted 04/08/68 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50452 | 59160 | 50504 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Newton Heath1 | ||||||
| 50452 | 59160 | 50504 | Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria2 | ||||||
| 50452 | 59160 | 50504 | Noted 16/04/73 - at Bolton3 | ||||||
| 50452 | 59160 | 50504 | Noted 19/04/73 - on Newton Heath depot3 | ||||||
| 50452 | 59160 | 50504 | Noted 23/02/76 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50452 | 59160 | 50504 | Noted 03/08/79 | ||||||
| NH443 | 50445 | 59155 | 50504 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| 50445 | 59155 | 50504 | Noted circa 10/19824 | ||||||
| 50445 | 59155 | 50504 | Noted circa 12/19824 | ||||||
| 50445 | 50504 | Noted circa 03/19834 | |||||||
| 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted 03/03/19844 | ||||||
| 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted circa 11/1984 - listed at BX4 | ||||||
| 53456 | 59230 | 53504 | Noted circa 06/19854 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| 457 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Formed at AY Feb-86 | |||||
| 457 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Listed at ED - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 457 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted 04/04/19874 | |||||
| 457 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted 04/05/19874 | |||||
| 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted 01/06/87 - on 07:07 Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh via Falkirk Grahamston5 | ||||||
| 457 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Listed at ED - Jan-88 | |||||
| 457 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Listed at ED - 1st January 1988 | |||||
| 457 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Listed at ED - 16th July 1988 | |||||
| 457 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Listed at ED - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 457 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted 16th August 1988 | |||||
| N682 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted circa 11/19884 | |||||
| 53857 | 53504 | Noted 30th December 1988 | |||||||
| 457 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted March 1989 | |||||
| CH612 | 53466 | 53504 | Listed at CH - 1st July 1989 | ||||||
| CH612 | 53466 | 53504 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
Images:
September 1984
A three-car Class 104 BRCW unit waits to leave Manchester Piccadilly with a Buxton service in September 1984. DMSL M53504 is closest. Andrew Walker.
circa April 1985
A Class 104 TBSL set (53504 + 59228 + 53556) thought to be at Barmoor Clough on the Buxton line, looking north west towards Eaves Tunnel and Chapel-en-le-Frith. The slide process date was April 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.
28th July 1986
53504 with 59228 and 53556 at Blackpool North station on the 28th July 1986. Dennis Taylor.
circa 1987
Set number: 457
Class 104 DMU set 457 (53504 and presumably 59228 + 53556) departs from Haymarket station circa late Autumn 1987. Brian Ward.
April 1987
Set number: 456
Class 104 set 456 with M53504 at the front seen in Edinburgh Waverley station in April 1987. Alan Rintoul.
5th May 1987
Set number: 457
Class 104 set 457 at Kirkcaldy on 5/5/87, The leading vehicle is M53504. The train is about to leave as a service to Edinburgh. Kenneth Leiper.
August 1987
Set number: 457
Class 104 (53504 + 59228 + 53556) at North Queensferry in August 1987. This BRCW class was unheard of north of the border when we cut our spotters teeth but by the mid 80s it was a case of "anything goes". Here we see a former Buxton based driving motor bringing up the rear of a Fife Circle train which is heading towards Inverkeithing. Alistair Ness.
August 1987
Set number: 457
In the "anything goes" period before Sprinterisation, this view taken alongside Haymarket depot in August 1987 shows just what a variety of DMUs and liveries could be found. In the centre, a 6 car set is forming a rush hour service to Fife, an all blue "Buxton" BRCW class 104 triple (Set 457 53504 + 59229 + 53556) on the rear and (most of) a Strathclyde red Derby class 107 in front, but with a Met Camm class 101 car leading. On the left is a Stirling to Edinburgh working formed of a blue / grey Met Camm 101, with some more of these on the right awaiting repairs at the depot. Murray Liston.
1st October 1987
Set number: 457
Croy wood veneer 104457. During four years living in Ayrshire 1986-90, photography of first generation DMUs was a must. Two were right at the top and both were BRCW Class 104 sets. One was the Mexican Bean and the other was 104457 which I called the wood veneer set, took photos to prove it. In this instance on 1st October 1987. This is at Croy. I was travelling Stirling Glasgow and had just been decanted from a failed 101. Closest is 53504, the other two vehicles are presumably 59228 + 53556. Robert Forsythe.
circa late Autumn 1987
Set number: 457
Class 104 DMU set 457 (53504 and presumably 59228 + 53556) departs from Haymarket station circa late Autumn 1987. Brian Ward.
1988
Set number: 457
Class 104 set 457 arrives into Edinburgh Waverley led by 53504 in 1988. S Saunders.
circa spring 1988
Set number: 457
With DMSL 53504 closest Class 104 DMU set 457 heads into the siding at Kirkcaldy circa Spring 1988. Brian Ward.
circa spring 1988
Set number: 457
With DMSL 53504 closest Class 104 DMU set 457 reverses out of Kirkcaldy station towards the siding circa Spring 1988. Brian Ward.
19th March 1988
Set number: 457
A Class 104 DMU with M53504 closest in Edinburgh Waverley on 19 March 1988. Brian Daniels.
7th May 1988
Set number: 457
53504, 59228 and 53556 in Edinburgh Waverley on the 7th May 1988. Dennis Taylor.
11th June 1988
Set number: 104457
The scene in the high level platforms at Queen St station in Glasgow, around about 17.25 on 11/6/88. Set 104 457 (53556/59228/53504) waits to form the 17.37 to Dunblane. 53504, still with its Buxton white cab roof, is nearest the camera. Leonard Rogers.
6th September 1988
Set number: 457
BRCW Class 104 DMU set 457 (53504 + 59228 + 53556) departs Glasgow Queen Street station on the 16:03 service to Arbroath on 6 September 1988. Class 101 set 358 is just visible to the right Neil Smith.
6th September 1988
Set number: 457
BRCW Class 104 DMU set 457 (53504 + 59228 + 53556) in Glasgow Queen Street station with the 16:03 service to Arbroath on 6 September 1988. Neil Smith.
7th September 1988
Set number: 104457
Pictured just starting away from Edinburgh Waverley Station on the 7th September 1988 is Glasgow Eastfield TMD based 3 car Class 104 set number 104457. Formed of DMCL M53504 (leading), followed by TBSL M59228, with DMCL M53556 at the rear they are coupled to another unidentified unit. Bob Woolnough.
24th September 1989
Set number: CH612
A row of out-of-use DMU vehicles at Chester depot on September 24, 1989. Closest is Class 104 M53504. Hamish Stevenson.
10th February 1990
Class 104 DMC 53504 awaits then end at Vic Berry's yard in Leicester, February 10th 1990. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 3rd August 1979
Blackpool North was a frequent haunt for Class 104s. In the station when this shot was taken on the 3rd August 1979 were 50524 + 59183 + 50475, 50504 + 59160 + 50452, 50477 + 59185 + 50529 and 50517 + 59173 + 50465. Robert Frise.
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: 25th May 1987
Set number: 457
Class 104 set 457 enters Falkirk Grahamston station on May 25th 1987. Formed M53556 + M59228 + M53504, it is working the 20:31 to Glasgow Queen Street. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 457
Late afternoon in August 1987 and we see a 6 car DMU leaving platform 16 with a rush hour service to Fife. The BRCW DMUs were a rarity in Waverley until later reallocations, this set led by 53556 came north in 1986 for a couple of years before moving south again shortly before its withdrawal. It is presumably with 59228 + 53504 and there is a Class 101 on the rear. Murray Liston.
Date: 31st October 1987
Set number: 104457
Waverley station, Edinburgh, on the evening of 31/10/87, with set 104 457 ready to depart on the 17.17 to North Berwick. 53556 is nearest the camera, with 59228 and 53504 behind. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 7th May 1988
Set number: 457
Set 457 heads out of Edinburgh Waverley on the 7th May 1988 formed 53504, 59228 and 53556 on the rear (closest). Dennis Taylor.
Date: 7th May 1988
Set number: 457
Class 104 set 457 (53556 + 59228 + 53504) emerges from the tunnel into Glasgow Queen Street station on the 7th May 1988. Dennis Taylor.
Date: 7th May 1988
Set number: 457
Class 104 set 457 (53556 + 59228 + 53504) emerges from the tunnel into Glasgow Queen Street station on the 7th May 1988. Dennis Taylor.
Date: 17th October 1989
Withdrawn Class 104 BRC&W cars DMBS 53476 and DMCL 53504 alongside Chester station, possibly 17-10-89. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.