Vehicle 50546 / 53546
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: 30298
Diagram: 580
Allocations
| 11/07/58 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| 3w/e 30/08/58 | Transferred to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
| w/e 03/01/59 | Transferred to | 50B (Neville Hill) | |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 55H | |
| 4w/e 05/12/70 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | SF | |
| 2w/e 24/07/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 10/08/80 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
| w/e 15/02/81 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 18/02/83 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| 09/07/84 | Withdrawn from | BX (Buxton) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50546 - original number
53546 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50546 | 59192 | 59213 | 50567 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 11th July 1958 | |||||
| 50546 | 59096 | 50549 | Noted 12/07/1966 - York1 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59243 | 59192 | 50567 | Noted 21/03/1969 - Leeds 1 | |||||
| 50567 | 59192 | 59243 | 50546 | Noted 23/05/1969 - Leeds, on 17.56 to Doncaster1 | |||||
| 50546 | 59387 | 59524 | 50287 | Noted 21/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | |||||
| 50287 | 59524 | 50546 | Noted 14/03/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59073 | 59194 | 50567 | Noted 06/11/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | |||||
| 50546 | 59220 | 50567 | Noted 05/04/71 - at Stratford depot3 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59215 | 50564 | 50553 | Noted 02/05/1971 - LCGB Westfalen & Weser Railtour | |||||
| 50543 | 59243 | 50546 | Noted 03/03/73 - on Stratford depot4 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59215 | 50568 | Noted 27/07/75 - on Colchester depot4 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59215 | 50577 | Noted 10/08/75 - at Bury St Edmunds strengthening two FP 105s (51260 + 56429, 51279 + 56458) on a Summer Sunday service4 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59212 | 50568 | Noted 23/08/75 - at Stratford4 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59243 | 50574 | Noted 03/07/76 - at Stratford5 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59215 | 50549 | Transfer to GF - 2w/e 24/07/77 | ||||||
| 50542 | 59215 | 50546 | Noted 13/05/78 - in Newcastle Central5 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59215 | 59233 | 50591 | Noted 24/05/80 | |||||
| 50546 | 59240 | 59206 | 50593 | Noted 25/10/1980 - At Crewe Station6 | |||||
| 50546 | 59240 | 59206 | 50593 | Noted circa 11/1980 - On loan from DN to Chester2 | |||||
| NH467 | 50546 | 59240 | 50593 | Noted circa 05/19822 | |||||
| NH467 | 50546 | 59240 | 50593 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria2 | |||||
| 50546 | 59240 | 50593 | Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 07.53 Southport to Man Vic via Atherton with 50492-59230-504552 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59240 | 50593 | Noted 22/01/1983 - on Newton Heath depot5 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59240 | 50593 | Noted circa 04/19832 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59240 | 50593 | Noted 17/04/1983 - on Buxton depot 5 | ||||||
| 53546 | 59240 | 53593 | Noted 30/12/1983 - at Manchester Piccadilly5 |
Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Gerald Brown
5: Martin Lumley
6: Shayne Lewis
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