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: 559
28/08/58 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
w/e 18/10/75 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
w/e 24/02/80 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
w/e 06/07/80 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
Nov-80 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
circa Sep-82 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
17/10/82 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
21/02/84 | Withdrawn from | BX (Buxton) |
50571 - original number
53571 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
50550 | 59217 | 59196 | 50571 | As delivered to 53C - 28th August 1958 | |||||
50559 | 59204 | 59229 | 50571 | Noted 12/02/1972 - Noted working Lincoln to Peterborough football special (It was a 4-4 draw!) | |||||
50557 | 59227 | 50571 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster1 | ||||||
50559 | 59218 | 50571 | Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot2 | ||||||
50571 | 59227 | 50265 | Noted 08/09/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
86 | 50571 | 59223 | 50590 | Noted 23/10/75 - at Bury St Edmunds, 50590 still had old Hull code H39 2 | |||||
86 | 50571 | 59223 | 50590 | Noted 30/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||
83 | 50551 | 59225 | 50571 | Noted 24/03/77 - at Cambridge2 | |||||
86 | 50571 | 59221 | 50581 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | |||||
83 | 50562 | 59227 | 50571 | Noted 08/04/79 - on Norwich depot2 | |||||
50571 | 59228 | 50581 | Transfer to GF - w/e 24/02/80 | ||||||
50571 | 59219 | 50581 | Noted 23/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury Station3 | ||||||
50571 | 59219 | 50581 | Noted 24/10/1980 - At Chester Station3 | ||||||
50571 | 59207 | 59216 | 50581 | Noted circa 11/1980 - On loan from GF to Chester4 | |||||
50496 | 59212 | 50571 | Noted circa 12/19824 | ||||||
BX483 | 50481 | 59212 | 50571 | Noted circa 03/19834 | |||||
50496 | 59212 | 50571 | Noted circa 03/19834 | ||||||
53571 | 59212 | 53481 | Noted circa 06/19834 | ||||||
53435 | 59527 | 53571 | Noted circa 09/19834 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
Recently new BRC&W DMUs, E50571 is closest as part of a four-car set, its partners should be 59196 + 59217 + 50550 - they were delivered to Hull Springhead at the end of August 1958, and this seems to be taken at Hull Dairycoates. Stuart Mackay Collection.