Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30405
Diagram: 581
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21/02/84 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) |
56186 - original number
54186 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
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 | ||||||
50595 | 56186 | Transfer to NR - w/e 15/06/80 | |||||||
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 08/19824 | |||||||
50594 | 56186 | Noted circa 12/19824 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
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.
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.
The other end of E56186 in the shed yard at Norwich. 18-09-81. Paul James.
BRCW Class 104 DTC E56186 stands alone in the shed yard at Norwich. 18-09-81. Paul James.
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.