Class 104 vehicles - 50420 - 50500
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50421

A 6-car set, headed by set BX481 and M53421, enters Manchester Piccadilly on 17/8/85. Malcolm Clements


50425

M53425 (CH614) + M53466 (CH612) on Chester Depot, 24-9-89. Kevin Dowd


50429

53429 and 53470 at Barking, 01/ 09/ 89. Jerry Glover


50431

CH606 M53431+M53512 take fuel on Chester Depot, 24-9-89. Kevin Dowd


50437

Left: M50437 at the rear of this set at Stockport, 12/10/78. Malcolm Clements. Right: Class 104 DMBS no. 53437 of Cricklewood (nearest camera) and DTCL no. 54182 of Bletchley seen on their own in the carriage sidings at Old Oak Common on 25th February 1987. Robert Chilton

Left: L701 53437+53479, L705 53599+51572, L702 53539+53455 at St Pancras on the early morning ECS moves from Old Oak Common to Gospel Oak and Barking, 8-11-90. Kevin Dowd.  Right: 53437 at Gospel Oak as part of set twin DMBS set L701. Undated. John Stewart


50439

53439 & 53492, as N663, at Stockport ex-Stalybridge shuttle, 16th April 1988. Gazza Prescott. Right: Class 104 CH607 (M53439+M53499) and Class 108 CH251 (M54489+M51418) inside Llandudno Junction depot, 6-8-89. Kevin Dowd

 

50442

M53442, M53431, Sc59074, Sc59525 and Sc59049 are at Chester awaiting being sent for scrap, 22-5-91 (08702 on right). Kevin Dowd.


50451

CH611 M53451+M53529 depart Chester 20 minutes late (both cars required water!) with the 14:19 to Helsby, 31-5-90. Kevin Dowd


50454

Left: Seen in Manchester Victoria, 20/4/86. Right: At Leeds on 23/4/87. Both Malcolm Clements.

 

For pictures of M53454 with M59187 and M53528 (N669) working the Buxton Class 104 farewell on 6-5-89 click here to see the feature

Left: N669 (M53454 (Rear, nearest vehicle)+M59187+M53528) depart Romiley on 2M41, the 14:49 Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly on 10-5-89  Right: N669 M53454 (nearest, rear vehicle)+M59187+M53528 depart Whaley Bridge on the 09:08 Buxton to Manchester Piccadilly,11-5-89. Note Royal Mail bags being thrown from 57217. Both Kevin Dowd


50455 Left: This shows 50455 facing 50507 at NH on 3/2/80. Despite it looking as if the two vehicles are cannibalised and about to be scrapped, both vehicles returned to traffic for several more years use, and 50455 is now preserved and fully restored! Jerry Glover  Right: 53455 with 51571, as L730 at Greenford on the 09:56 to Ealing Broadway, 17/4/92. Gazza Prescott.  

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50456

M53456 is the DMBS in set BX485 when seen at Manchester Piccadilly on 17/8/85. Malcolm Clements


50459

Class 104s 53523 and 53459 (right) await their fate at Vic Berry's, circa May '86. Ian Francis


50460

M53460 Vic Berrys, Leicester, left on 9-4-89, and right one week later on 16-4-89. Kevin Dowd


50466

M53466 during a Doncaster Works open day, Saturday 28th July 1984. Phil Evans


50470

Two views at C.F.Booths, Rotherham on the 7-3-93. Kevin Dowd

Left: four days later on the 11th April. Kevin Dowd. Right and below left: Two views of 53470 at Booths, after being stripped for spares for the preserved 104s, and awaiting cutting, 27-3-93. Kevin Dowd


50474

Left: At Stockport with the 12:30 to Stalybridge is N674, which included 53474. Gazza Prescott. Right: M53474 (N674), M53501 (N691) Vic Berrys, Leicester 16-4-89. Kevin Dowd


50475

M53475 at Derby RTC, where it spent a short spell apparently as a carriage washing test coach, later renumbered ADB977342. Ian Francis


50476

50476, 59184 & 50528 at Preston, 25/1/80. Jerry Glover


50477

Left: A mixed up set containing led by 53477, second is Class 117 TC 59488. Entering Paddington, undated. Malcolm Clements Right: At Gospel Oak with the 16:15 to Barking, 11/10/91. Pictured is Mark Fletcher, the other half of the "Poly of Wales roadshow". Gazza Prescott.

Left:  a classic Paddington shot. Set L408 contains 53477, 59115 (101) and 51385 (117). It has arrived on the 22:42 from Reading, 2/10/92. Gazza Prescott. Right: At Gwent Demolition, Margam 16-10-95. Kevin Dowd

Left: 53477 has various spares removed for the preserved 104s. Gwent Demolition, Margam 10-12-95. Kevin Dowd


50479

Two views of set L707 (53479 & 51090 (119)) on the 13th April 1991. Left: the 14:00 Barking - Gospel Oak at Crouch Hill. Right: at Barking, about to work the 15:30 to Gospel Oak. Both Gazza Prescott.

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50486

M50486 leads a 3-car set past the signal box at Stockport, 12/10/78. Malcolm Clements


50487

Left: Set N676 sits in the company of 31223 and 45128 at Manchester Victoria, 16th July 1988. Gazza Prescott. Right: Sitting atop 53532 at Vic Berry's on 17/2/91. Kevin Dowd

 

50489

Condemmed at Derby Works, 5th August 1978. Behind is possibly 50495 (see here). Malcolm Clements

 

50493

M53493 Vic Berrys, Leicester 28-10-90. Kevin Dowd


50494

With DMBS 53468 as set N673, at Bolton 23/6/88. Gazza Prescott. Right: N673 (M53494+M53468), CH379 (M51948) and N669 (M53528) on X shed Longsight TMD 6-5-89. Kevin Dowd

CH613 M53494+M53468 inside Llandudno Junction depot, 23-7-89. Kevin Dowd

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50496

Left: M53496 (N670)  Vic Berrys, Leicester 26-3-89, and Right on 9-4-89. Kevin Dowd

Vic Berrys, Leicester on 9-4-89 (left) and 16-4-89 (right). Kevin Dowd

Also at Vic Berrys on 16-4-89. Kevin Dowd


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