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Vehicle 56186 / 54186

Class 104

Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30405
Diagram: 581

Allocations

16/05/58	New to	50A (York)
2w/e 31/05/58	Transferred to	56G (Hammerton Street)
3w/e 30/08/58	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
09/11/58	Transferred to	56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 04/04/59	Transferred to	South Gosforth
3w/e 02/07/60	Transferred to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
Feb-72	On loan to	9A (Longsight)	- 'to ease the electrical load during the power crisis'
Feb-72	Ex-loan back to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73	Depot code change	BG
w/e 13/12/75	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
w/e 29/04/79	Transferred to	SF (Stratford)
w/e 15/06/80	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
13/06/82	Transferred to	LO (Longsight)
21/02/84	Withdrawn from	LO (Longsight)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56186 - original number
54186 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50595	56186	As delivered to 50A - 16th May 1958
	50595	56186	Transfer to 56G - 2w/e 31/05/58
	50595	56186	Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 30/08/58
	50595	56186	Transfer to 56G - 09/11/58
	50595	56186	Transfer to South Gosforth - 2w/e 04/04/59
	50595	56186	Transfer to 50C - 3w/e 02/07/60
	50597	56186	Noted 15/08/1970¹
	50595	56186	Noted 28/08/1972 - at Scarborough¹
	50597	56186	Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster¹
	50597	56186	Noted 12/04/1975 - at Doncaster¹
	50597	56186	Noted 27/10/75 - at Brough²
	50597	56186	Noted 01/11/75 - at Brough²
H12	50597	56186	Noted 11/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds, set number H10 on 56186³
	50597	56186	Transfer to NR - w/e 13/12/75
79	50597	56186	Noted 13/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50597	56186	Noted 13/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50597	56186	Noted 14/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds³
35	50384	56186	Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
35	50384	56186	Noted 08/01/79 - at Norwich³
	50594	56186	Noted 31/05/80 - on 19.25 Ely – Cambridge⁴
	50595	56186	Transfer to NR - w/e 15/06/80
	50376	56186	Noted 13/09/80 - on 15.37 Peterborough – Cambridge ⁴
	50376	56186	Noted 27/09/80 - on 15.37 Peterborough – Cambridge⁴
	50376	56186	Noted 11/10/1980 - F&DRS Central Norfolk Freight Lines railtour with 56413 + 50383
40	51266	56186	Noted 04/05/81
	50594	56186	Transfer to LO - 13/06/82
	50594	56186	Noted circa 08/1982⁵
	50594	56186	Noted circa 12/1982⁵

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

24th June 1978

Set number: 35

Norwich MPD allocated Set No.35 led by Class 104 DTCL E56186 awaits it's next duty at the North end of Cambridge Station. At the next Platform is sister Set No.46 led by Class 104 DTCL E56188 who also calls Norwich MPD home. E56186 would be withdrawn in February 1984 being scrapped by Vic Berry in their Leicester Yard 2 years later, while E56188 was withdrawn in February 1982 and was disposed of by Mayer Newman at their local Snailwell Yard in November of that year. Bob Woolnough.

4th May 1981

Set number: 40

Hybrid DMU formed of a Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. built class 104 driving trailer E56186 and Cravens built Class 105/2 motor unit E51266 forming a Peterborough station to Nene Valley Railway shuttle service on 4th May 1981. Gordon Edgar.

18th September 1981

The other end of E56186 in the shed yard at Norwich. 18-09-81. Paul James.

18th September 1981

BRCW Class 104 DTC E56186 stands alone in the shed yard at Norwich. 18-09-81. Paul James.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 10th September 1975

Taken in the days when there were two passenger stations in Lincoln, here are BRCW Class 104 cars E50597 and 56186 standing at Lincoln Central having arrived on the 12.10 from Sheffield. Lincoln St Marks site is now a shopping centre whose name is in the style of an Eastern Region dark blue totem. September 10 1975. Jeremy Chapter.

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