Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30297
Diagram: 585
The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 50536 during the unknown period are:
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) |
Then the allocations for 56179 are:
May-80 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
circa Feb-82 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) | |
19/04/87 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
20/07/88 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
02/11/89 | Withdrawn from | RG (Reading) NXXZ |
1st January 1988 - NSE symbol on sides
12th October 1990 - Listed as condemned and thought to be at Reading depot
56179 - original number
54179 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
50536 | 56179 | As delivered to 5B - 3w/e 19/04/58 | |||||||
50954 | 56179 | Noted 04/08/68 - in Stalybridge1 | |||||||
50954 | 56179 | Noted 10/08/68 - at Bangor1 | |||||||
LT317 | 50941 | 56179 | Listed at Longsight - circa Dec-69 | ||||||
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 | |||||||
53539 | 54179 | Noted 28/05/1983 - on 06:15 Bletchley to Bedford4 | |||||||
53539 | 54179 | Noted circa 06/19833 | |||||||
53539 | 54179 | Noted circa 01/19843 | |||||||
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 | |||||||
spare | 54179 | Listed at NH - May-88 | |||||||
spare | 54179 | Listed at OC - 15/05/89 | |||||||
spare | 54179 | Listed at RG - 1st July 1989 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Peter Wallwork
Class 104 BRCW 2-car DMU 54179 + 53539 at Bedford St Johns with the 16:15 to Bletchley on 31-5-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Class 104 BRCW 2-car DMU 54179 + 53539 at Bedford St Johns with the 16:15 to Bletchley on 31-5-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
M54179 at Leicester on the 18th November 1984. Dennis Taylor.
The interior of Class 104 DTSL 54179 seen at St Albans Abbey circa early/mid-1980s. Ian Docwra.
A two-car Class 104 DMU at St Albans Abbey circa early/mid-1980s, with DTS 54179 closest. Ian Docwra.
BRCW Class 104 DMU M54179 + 53536 at Bletchley on a Bedford working on 22 April 1986. Lewis Bevan.
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.
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.
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.
Class 104 driver trailer sits in front of several 101 vehicles in Newton Heath depot on January 30, 1988. Beside it sits withdrawn M53456, boarded up for its journey to Vic Berrys. Hamish Stevenson.
M54179, Vic Berrys, Leicester 28-10-90 Kevin Dowd.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Class 108+104 formed M53971+M54504 + M53536+M54179 at Miles Platting on the 17th October 1987. Kevin Law.
M53511, M54179 and W59282 at Vic Berrys, Leicester, 28-10-90. Kevin Dowd.
Class 104s 53518 (left) and 54179 at Vic Berry's on 10 November 1990. Dave Warby.
M53518, M54179 at Vic Berrys, Leicester, 25-11-90. Kevin Dowd.