close

Sign In


Not registered?
Forgot Your Password?

<- 50532 | 50533 | 50534 ->

Vehicle 50533 / 53533


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: 30296
Diagram: 556

Allocations

2w/e 05/04/58 New to 5D (Cockshute)
4w/e 01/07/61 Transferred to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
4w/e 30/12/61 Transferred to 18A (Toton)
4w/e 27/01/62 Transferred to 5D (Cockshute)
Feb-62 Transferred to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
4w/e 02/06/62 Transferred to 5C (Stafford)
4w/e 30/06/62 Transferred to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
3w/e 02/10/65 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
4w/e 06/11/65 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
May 1973Depot code changeLO
May-80 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
09/02/86 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50533 - original number
53533 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50533 56176 As delivered to 5D - 2w/e 05/04/58
LT303 50533 56228 Listed at Longsight - circa Jul-70
50533 56176 Noted 15/08/70 - in Manchester Piccadilly1
LT303 50533 56176 Listed at Longsight - circa Jan-71
50533 56176 Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight2
50533 56176 Noted 19/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street 3
LT311 50533 56176 Noted 10/09/73 - in Manchester Piccadilly, set number only on 561761
50533 56176 Noted 06/08/1974 - at Manchester Piccadilly3
50533 56176 Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly2
50533 56178 Noted circa 03/19834

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

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

27th June 1979

A Class 104 twin set formed of M50533 + M56176 in Manchester Piccadilly on Wednesday 27 June 1979. David Russon.

Class 104 DMU at Bolton

1st June 1985

Two Class 104 DMUs in Bolton station on 1 June 1985. The set on the left is 53533 + 54178, on the right is 53443 + 53493. Keith Long.