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Vehicle 50536 / 53536

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

3w/e 19/04/58	New to	5B (Crewe South)
Apr-63	Transferred to	5D (Cockshute)
4w/e 06/02/65	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 1973	Depot code change	LO
May-80	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
circa Feb-82	Transferred to	BY (Bletchley)
19/04/87	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
14/05/89	Transferred to	CH (Chester) PCHX
08/12/89	Withdrawn from	CH (Chester) PXXZ
p/e 24/02/90	Reinstated	CH (Chester) PCHX
21/05/90	Withdrawn from	CH (Chester) PXXZ

Notes

1st January 1988 - NSE symbol on sides
26th February 1990 - Final drive failure at Leicester, unit CH613 towed to Chester on wheel skates
30th April 1990 - Seen stored out of use in Chester station sidings
22/04/91 - withdrawn vehicles noted at Chester: 53431, 53442, 53494, 53512, 53516, 53517, 53534, 53536, 59065, 59137, 59525; also soon to be W SC59049 and SC59074

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50536 - original number
53536 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50536	56179	As delivered to 5B - 3w/e 19/04/58
	50536	56103	Noted 03/05/69 - in Manchester Central (last day)¹
	50536	56103	Noted 22/08/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly¹
	50536	56179	Noted 29/12/69 - in Manchester Piccadilly²
LT306	50536	56179	Listed at 9A - circa Jul-70
	50536	56179	Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight¹
	50536	56179	Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly¹
	50536	56179	Noted 10/09/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly²
	50536	56179	Noted circa 11/1981³
	53536	54179	Noted circa 04/1983³
	53536	54184	Noted circa 05/1983³
	53536	54184	Noted circa 03/1985³
	53536	54179	Noted circa 02/1986³
	53536	54179	Noted 21/11/86 - at Bletchley²
	53536	54179	Noted circa 02/1987³
	53536	54179	Noted 17/10/87 - at Miles Platting with M53971 + M54504
	53536	54179	Noted 30th December 1987
	53536	54179	Listed at NH - 1st January 1988
N678	53536	53520	Listed at NH - March 1988
N678	53536	53520	Noted circa 04/1988³
N678	53536	53520	Listed at NH - May 1988
N678	53536	53520	Listed at NH - May-88
N678	53536	53520	Noted circa Jul-88
N678	53536	53520	Listed at NH - 16th July 1988
N678	53536	53520	Noted 15th May 1989
CH609	53536	53520	Listed at CH - 1st July 1989
CH609	53536	53520	Noted 12th July 1989
CH609	53536	53520	Noted 3rd September 1989
CH613	53536	53494	Noted 24th September 1989
CH613	53536	53494	Listed at CH - 14/10/89
CH613	53536	53494	Noted 22nd November 1989
CH613	53536	53494	Noted 26th February 1990

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

Images:

7th September 1975

Set number: LT306

DMU cars M50536 and M56179 wait to form the 16.41 to Stalybridge in a bay at Stockport on 7 September 1975. I seem to remember the service was occasional even in these days, but of course it was reduced to just one service a week as a means of avoiding the closure procedure. Jeremy Chapter.

6th April 1985

A Class 104 DMU stabled at Leicester on 6 June 1985 formed of M53536 and presumably M54184. Robert Thomas.

18th January 1986

Class 104 DMBS 53536 and DTCL 54179 wait to leave Watford Junction with the 10.54 to St Albans Abbey on 18 January 1986. Dave Warby.

24th February 1987

In Croxley Green station BRCW Class 104 DMBS 53536 and DTS 54179 wait to depart with The 16.18 to Watford Junction on 24 February 1987. Dave Warby.

24th February 1987

BRCW Class 104 DMBS 53536 and DTS 54179 wait to depart Croxley Green station with the 16.18 to Watford Junction on 24 February 1987. Dave Warby.

25th February 1987

From Croxley Green depot BRCW Class 104 DTS 54179 and DMBS 53536 are seen passing with the 15.40 Watford Junction-Croxley Green on 25 February 1987. Dave Warby.

25th February 1987

Seen from Wiggenhall Road Bridge, Watford, BRCW Class 104 DMBS 53536 and DTS 54179 work the 15.56 Croxley Green-Watford Junction service on 25 February 1987. Dave Warby.

30th April 1988

Set number: N678

Two types of first generation DMUs in the East facing bays at Sheffield on the 30th April 1988, a Metro-Cammell built Class 111 with "Metro Train" branding which is off to Doncaster on the right, on the left is N678 (M53536 + out of view M53520), a Newton Heath allocated BRC&W built Class 104. Andrew J Crowther.

3rd September 1988

Set number: N678

Class 104 DMU set N678 (53520 + 53536) at Slaithwaite on September 3, 1988. Walter Burt.

5th May 1989

Set number: N678

Surrounded by open agricultural land which is a characteristic of the Preston to Ormskirk route, a two-car BRCW Class 104 DMU formed of cars M53536 & M53520 had left Midge Hall behind in the far-distance, and was passing the Cocker Bar at Ulnes Walton en-route to it's first intermediate station call at the village of Croston, whilst working a well-filled tea time Preston to Ormskirk service on May 5th 1989. The set was numbered as Newton Heath N678, the leading car M53536 still carrying Network South East branding on the bodyside, a legacy from when the car was allocated to Bletchley Depot between 1982 & 1987. Martyn Hilbert.

24th June 1989

Set number: CH609

Class 104 Set CH609 (53536 closest, presumably with 53520) with a Wrexham Central - Bidston service departs Wrexham Exchange (at 1215) on Saturday 24th June 1989. Colin Brooks.

1989

Set number: CH613

Class 104 set CH613 (presumably 53536 + 53494) departing from Bidston in 1989. John Law.

3rd March 1990

Set number: CH613

M53536 + M53494 (set CH613) at Leicester on March 3, 1990. John Carter.

12th November 1990

53536 in the scrapline at Chester depot, 12/11/90. Gazza Prescott.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 22nd April 1986

BRCW Class 104 DMU M54179 + 53536 at Bletchley on a Bedford working on 22 April 1986. Lewis Bevan.

Date: 24th February 1987

With the tail lamp on the leading end, BRCW Class 104 DTS 54179 leads DMBS 53536 into Watford West with the 16.08 Watford Junction-Croxley Green service on 24 February 1987. Dave Warby.

Date: 24th February 1987

With an improvised destination in the cab window BRCW Class 104 DTS 54179 and DMBS 53536 wait in Watford Junction with the 16.29 to Croxley Green on 24 February 1987. Dave Warby.

Date: 24th February 1987

BRCW Class 104 DTS 54179 and DMBS 53536 wait in Watford Junction station with the 16.29 to Croxley Green on 24 February 1987. Dave Warby.

Date: 17th October 1987

Class 108+104 formed M53971+M54504 + M53536+M54179 at Miles Platting on the 17th October 1987. Kevin Law.

Date: 30th April 1988

Four types of DMU in the East facing bays at Sheffield on the 30th April 1988. Three are first generation sets, a Metro-Cammell Class 111 on the left, whilst behind are two BRC&W products, Class 104 M53520 (N678 with M53536 out of view) on the left coupled to a Class 110 "Calder Valley", the modern day DMU is represented by the Class 142 railbus on the right. Andrew J Crowther.

Date: 14th May 1988

Set number: N678

A BRCW Class 104 two-car DMU formed of cars M53520 & M53536 (N678) was awaiting departure from Parbold with a Southport to Manchester Victoria service on May 14th 1988. At the time the set was allocated to Newton Heath, but in May 1989 for its last stint of operation, the set was transferred to Chester from where it would eventually be withdrawn a few months later in October 1989. The Ayr Depot allocation sticker on the cab front was a souvenir of a brief period operating North of the Border in 1984, providing cover following a fire at Ayr Depot that destroyed a number of DMU sets beyond repair. Later in 1984, until reallocated back to familiar territory at Newton Heath in 1987, the set had been allocated to Cricklewood Depot. Martyn Hilbert.

Date: 3rd September 1988

Set number: N678

Class 104 DMU set N678 (53520 + 53536) at Slaithwaite on September 3, 1988. Walter Burt.

Date: 5th February 1990

Set number: CH613

BRCW 2 car Class 104 DMU, Set CH613, DMC with 1st class downgraded to 2nd, M53494 nearest with DMBS 53536, stands in Manchester Victoria station, 5th February 1990. Paul James.

Date: 5th June 1990

Class 104 DMUs M53442 53516 and 53536 at Chester on June 5th 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

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