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Vehicle 50506 / 53506 / 977343

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)
Nov-57	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
w/e 05/11/76	Transferred to	BX (Buxton)
23/09/82	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
Oct-85	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50506 - original number
53506 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
977343 - from Nov-85 (departmental stock)

Department Use as ADB977343

M&EE Test Unit From 11/85 to 11/86.

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50454	59162	50506	As delivered to 9A - w/e 05/10/57
	50454	59162	50506	Transfer to 5D - Nov-57
	50461	59176	50506	Noted 04/08/68 - in Manchester Victoria¹
	50454	59162	50506	Noted 28/08/75 - on Newton Heath depot²
	50454	59162	50506	Noted Jun-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly¹
	50454	59162	50506	Transfer to BX - w/e 05/11/76
	50450	59156	50506	Noted 03/09/77 - on 2E84 1447 Derby-Lincoln St Marks with 50652 + 59267 + 50743
	50422	59136	50506	Noted 21/08/1979 - at Preston ³
	50422	59163	50506	Noted 24/05/80
BX481	50422	59198	50506	Noted 31/05/1982⁴
BX481	50422	59198	50506	Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc⁴
	50422	50506		Noted circa 10/1982⁴
BX481	50421	59148	50506	Noted circa 10/1982 - Previously BX480⁴
	50442	50506		Noted circa 02/1983⁴
	53422	53506		Noted circa 05/1983⁴

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

Images:

29th May 1984

53506 heads a 2-car Class 104 heading out of Manchester Victoria on the 29th May 1984. Dennis Taylor.

29th May 1984

53506 heads out of Manchester Victoria for Blackburn on the 29th May 1984. Dennis Taylor.

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