Vehicle 50561 / 53561
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
| 26/11/58 | New to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| w/e 18/10/75 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| w/e 02/11/80 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| circa Sep-82 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| 21/02/84 | Withdrawn from | BX (Buxton) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50561 - original number
53561 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
50561 was involved in the following incident:
October 1962 - Hessle Road, Hull
Derailment involving Class 104
Info from Ian Fleming and Mick Nicholson
In the final week of the old mechanical cabin trains were being hand signalled. The Class 104 (59226 closest) ‘split’ a set of wrongly clamped points. The photographer said: “Within hours the mess was cleaned up and normal working soon resumed, today it would be a ‘scene of crime’ and the job stopped for a week”! Mick Nicholson. Other vehicles in the train included E50572 + E50561 + E59228.
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50561 | 59207 | 59228 | 50582 | As delivered to 53B - 26th November 1958 | |||||
| 50561 | 59207 | 59228 | 50575 | Noted Summer 1964 - at Brough1 | |||||
| 51960 | 51977 | 59770 | 51969 | 50561 | Noted 11/05/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | ||||
| 50556 | 59205 | 59228 | 50561 | Noted 15/08/19703 | |||||
| 50557 | 59199 | 59221 | 50561 | Noted 30/10/1971 - at York4 | |||||
| 50561 | 59218 | 50578 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster1 | ||||||
| 50561 | 59227 | 50265 | Noted 12/09/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50560 | 59221 | 50561 | Noted 15/09/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50561 | 59227 | 59200 | 50583 | Noted 06/10/75 - at Brough1 | |||||
| 84 | 50561 | 59227 | 50583 | Noted 24/10/75 - on Norwich depot5 | |||||
| 84 | 50561 | 59227 | 50583 | Noted 08/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds5 | |||||
| 80 | 50561 | 59227 | 50582 | Noted 09/04/77 - at Ely5 | |||||
| 80 | 50557 | 59227 | 50561 | Noted 31/12/77 - at Bury St Edmunds5 | |||||
| 50561 | 59226 | 50579 | Noted 20/07/78 - at Norwich6 | ||||||
| 86 | 50561 | 59221 | 50581 | Noted 06/08/78 - at Norwich5 | |||||
| 86 | 50561 | 59221 | 50581 | Noted circa 10/19782 | |||||
| 80 | 50561 | 59218 | 50585 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | |||||
| 85 | 50561 | 59226 | 50583 | Noted 04/08/79 | |||||
| 85 | 50561 | 59226 | 50581 | Noted 17/09/79 | |||||
| 50560 | 59221 | 50561 | Noted 05/11/79 | ||||||
| 50560 | 59221 | 50561 | Noted 05/11/1979 - 1010 Ely to Norwich | ||||||
| 50561 | 59225 | 50579 | Noted 01/03/1980 - at Norwich Thorpe6 | ||||||
| NH459 | 50561 | 59218 | 50589 | Noted circa 05/19822 | |||||
| BX492 | 50561 | 59218 | 50589 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc2 | |||||
| BX492 | 50589 | 59218 | 50561 | Noted circa 08/19822 | |||||
| BX492 | 53561 | 59218 | 53542 | Noted circa 04/19832 | |||||
| 53542 | 59218 | 53561 | Noted 17/04/1983 - on Longsight depot6 | ||||||
| 53542 | 59218 | 53561 | Noted circa 06/19832 | ||||||
| 53542 | 59218 | 53561 | Noted 30/12/1983 - at Manchester Piccadilly6 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Gerald Brown
6: Martin Lumley
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
A BRC&W set arriving into Hull Paragon, date unknown. The DMS is either E50561 or E50581. Graham Clark.
Date: 5th November 1979
Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. units 50560 - 59221 - 50561 forming the 10:10 Ely to Norwich service entering Brandon station, 5th November 1979. Gordon Edgar.