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Vehicle 56182 / 54182 / 977554

Class 104

Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30297
Diagram: 585

Allocations

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 50539 during the unknown period are:

2w/e 03/05/58	New to	5B (Crewe South)
4w/e 03/06/61	Transferred to	21F (Ryecroft)
Sep-63	Depot code change	2G
4w/e 06/02/65	Transferred to	6G (Llandudno Junction)
3w/e 02/10/65	Transferred to	9D (Newton Heath)
w/e 06/11/65	Transferred to	9A (Longsight)

Then the allocations for 56182 are:

by Oct-81	Transferred to	BY (Bletchley)
19/01/86	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)	- remained at BY?
Jun-86	Stored S.	NH (Newton Heath)	- at BY
circa Feb-87	On loan to	CW (Cricklewood)
May-87	On loan to	OO (Old Oak Common)
31/05/87	Withdrawn from	OO (Old Oak Common)	- on loan from NH
by 05/11/88	To departmental stock	BX (Buxton)	- Sandite vehicle

Notes

January 1988 - Seen at Buxton depot for conversion to a Sandite car

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56182 - original number
54182 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
977554 - from Jun-89 (departmental stock)

Department Use as ADB977554

Sandite From 6/89 to 12/92.

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50539	56182	As delivered to 5B - 2w/e 03/05/58
	50539	56182	Noted 23/11/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly¹
LT309	50539	56182	Listed at 9A - circa Jul-70
	50539	56182	Noted 04/06/71 - at Manchester Piccadilly¹
	50539	56182	Noted 19/09/71 - at Stockport¹
	50539	56182	Noted 04/09/74 - at New Mills²
	50539	56182	Noted 28/08/75 - on Longsight depot²
	50539	56182	Noted Sep-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly¹
	50539	56182	Noted 24/05/80
	50539	56182	Noted circa 11/1981³
	50541	56182	Noted circa 08/1982³
	53541	54182	Noted circa 04/1983³
	53540	54182	Noted circa 08/1983³
	53540	54182	Noted circa 12/1984³
	53541	54182	Noted 21/07/85
Stored	54182		Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 - at BY
	53437	54182	Noted 25/02/87
	53437	54182	Noted 25/02/1987 - at Old Oak Common⁴

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

Images:

8th May 1971

M56182 passing Ardwick on a Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield service, 8th May 1971. Bill Ford.

August 1975

Birmingham RC&W Co. 2-car Local Passenger dmu (Class 104) Nos.M56182 (Class 140), M50539 (104/2) of the 1958 batch in BR Rail Blue livery with all yellow front end entering Manchester (Piccadilly) on a service from Buxton, 08/75. Note long line of vans on left. Hugh Llewelyn.

29th June 1979

A Class 104 twin DMU, M56182 closest, in Manchester Piccadilly station on Friday 29 June 1979. A Class 100 is behind and a Class 124 to the right. David Russon.

29th October 1981

A Class 104 DMU (M56182 + M50539) arrives into Ridgmont station on 29 October 1981. Brian Daniels.

13th February 1988

Sandites ADB977554 and ADB977045 at Buxton on Saturday February 13, 1988. Colin Brooks.

14th February 1988

Now this is a rare bird, out of the 302 BRC&W class 104 units to be built, this is one of only 15 DTCL's to be built. M56182 is also the only one to survive into preservation, because of its second role in life in the departmental fleet as Buxton allocated Sandite unit ADB977554.Seen at Buxton on the 14th February 1988. Andrew J Crowther.

20th October 1990

Sandite vehicle 977554 (ex-56182) at Buxton TMD on the 20th October 1990. S Gaskell.

5th February 1991

Sandite Class 104 vehicle 977554 on Buxton TMD seen from the station on 5 February 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

17th February 1991

ADB977554 (ex-M54182) on Buxton TMD on 17/2/91. Kevin Dowd.

21st July 1991

Sandite unit TDB977554 at Buxton on the 21st July 1991. Paul Bettany.

15th February 1992

977554 at Buxton TMD on the 15th February 1992. S Gaskell.

August 1992

Buxton-based Sandite Car no. ADB977554 is seen here at the station on an August weekend in 1992. Behind is Tinsley's 37684 taking a rest between duties. Andrew Walker.

August 1992

This is the less aesthetic end of Buxton's single diesel unit Sandite Car no. ADB977554, seen here stabled at the station in August 1992. Andrew Walker.

9th September 1992

Seen in the centre road at Buxton station on 9th September 1992 is this rare bird, out of the 302 BRC&W class 104 cars to be built, M56182 is one of only 15 DTCL's that were built and the only one to survive into preservation, because of its second role in life, in the departmental fleet as Buxton allocated Sandite unit ADB977554. Andrew J Crowther.

26th February 1993

Class 104 Sandite car ADB977554 (ex-M56182) stabled at Buxton on 26 February 1993. Keith Miller.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: August 1975

A two-car Class 104 DMU formed of M50539 and M56182 departs from Manchester Piccadilly in August 1975. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: 27th June 1979

A Class 104 twin set comprising M50539 + M56182 is seen at Guide Bridge on Wednesday 27 June 1979. David Russon.

Date: 9th April 1986

The grounded body of 51861 made a sorry sight at Bletchley Depot surrounded by 54182 at the far end of the row on the left, and the row on the right consisting of from far to near 51883 then 76227, 70778 and 62118 of EMU set 310093. 9th April 1986. S Gaskell.

Date: 9th April 1986

Class 115 DMBS no. 51861 with Class 104 DTCL no. 54182 seen behind at Bletchley on the 9th April 1986. The previous year 51861 suffered major underframe damage in a derailment at Marylebone. The body was scrapped on site at Bletchley during August 1986. S Gaskell.

Date: 9th April 1986

Grounded 51861 at Bletchley depot on the 9th April 1986, with Class 104 54182 alongside, which is missing a buffer. S Gaskell.

Date: 25th February 1987

Class 104 DMBS no. 53437 of Cricklewood (nearest camera) and DTCL no. 54182 of Bletchley but on loan to Cricklewood seen isolated on their own in the carriage sidings at Old Oak Common on 25th February 1987. 53437 was seemingly most often paired as a power twin in its later years rather than with a driving trailer although I saw it again a few months later paired with class 121 DTS 54283. Happily both vehicles as pictured here were preserved although via different routes, 53437 being one of the original batch preserved after tender lists were issued by BR and 54182 later following use as a Sandite vehicle. Robert Chilton.

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