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Set 456

These formations have been noted:

51348 59500 51390 Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S307, non-gangwayed set
53464 59168 53517 Listed at ED - 23/03/87
53464 59168 53517 Noted circa 04/19871
53464 59168 53517 Noted 07/05/19871
53464 59168 52059 Noted July 1987
53464 59168 53517 Listed at ED - Jan-88
53464 59168 53517 Listed at ED - 1st January 1988
53464 59800 52026 Noted February 1988
53464 59168 53517 Noted 31st March 1988
53464 59168 53517 Noted circa 05/19881
51450 51510 Formed at NL p/e 17/06/88
53464 59168 53517 Listed at ED - 16th July 1988
53464 59168 53517 Listed at ED - circa August 1988
53464 59168 53517 Noted 16th August 1988
51450 51510 Listed at NL - Feb-89
53464 59168 53517 Noted March 1989

Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn

Class 104 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

April 1987

Class 104 set 456 with M53504 at the front seen in Edinburgh Waverley station in April 1987. Alan Rintoul.

Class 104 DMU at Eastfield depot

2nd May 1987

53517 with 59168 and 53464 at Eastfield depot on the 2nd May 1987. Dennis Taylor.

Class 104 DMU at Forth Railway Bridge

8th July 1987

Looking north at track level as a 3 car BRC&W dmu 104456 (53464 closest, presumably with 59168 + Class 108 52059) crosses the Forth Bridge, which spans the Firth of Forth in Scotland, the bridge which links Queensferry and Inverkeithing is 8,296 feet long. 8th July 1987. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 104 DMU at Forth Bridge

8th July 1987

Looking south at track level as a 3 car BRC&W class 104 dmu headed by car SC53464 (presumably with 59168 + Class 108 52059) heads north across the Forth Bridge, which spans the Firth of Forth in Scotland, the bridge which links Queensferry and Inverkeithing and is 8,296 feet long. 8th July 1987. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 104 DMU at Bathgate

August 1987

Services restarted from Edinburgh to Bathgate in 1986 and used a variety of worn out DMUs shuttling to and from a new single platform terminus station built in the former goods yard. In August 1987 we see BRCW class 104 DMU 53464 still wearing its M prefix following its transfer from Newton Heath 6 months earlier. This station closed in 2010 when the through route to Airdrie was reopened and electrified and a new station constructed nearby. Murray Liston.

Class 104 DMU at Haymarket

August 1987

BRCW from Bathgate. Services restarted from Edinburgh to Bathgate in 1986 and used a variety of worn out DMUs shuttling to and from a new single platform terminus station built in the former goods yard. In August 1987 we see BRCW class 104 DMU 53464 still wearing its M prefix following its transfer from Newton Heath 6 months earlier. It is seen leaving Haymarket on a Bathgate to Edinburgh working, running with blue / grey centre car 59168. Murray Liston.

Class 104 DMU at Haymarket

August 1987

Services restarted from Edinburgh to Bathgate in 1986 and used a variety of worn out DMUs shuttling to and from a new single platform terminus station built in the former goods yard. In August 1987 we see BRCW class 104 DMU 53464 still wearing its M prefix following its transfer from Newton Heath 6 months earlier. It is seen passing the erstwhile Haymarket Coal Yard on an Edinburgh to Bathgate working, running with blue / grey centre car 59168 and class 108 M52059. Murray Liston.

Class 108 DMU at North Queensferry

13th August 1987

Hybrid set 456 departs north from North Queensferry on 14 August 1987, formed of one Class 108 vehicle M52059 and two Class 104 vehicles M59168 + M53464. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 104 DMU at Glasgow Queen Street

1988

Class 104 unit no. 456 stands at Glasgow Queen Street, 53517 closest presumably with 59168 + 53464. The Garden Festival signage at the end of the platform dates this to 1988. Ian Docwra.

Class 104 DMU at Dunblane

1988

Class 104 DMU set 456 (presumably 53464 + 59168 + 53517) arrives into Dunblane station while a Class 107 sits in the southbound platform. Circa spring 1988. Brian Ward.

Class 104 DMU at Bridge of Allan

1988

Class 104 DMU set 456 (presumably 53464 + 59168 + 53517) about to arrive into Bridge of Allan station with a southbound service circa spring 1988. Brian Ward.

Class 104 DMU at Stirling

1988

Class 104 DMU set 456 (presumably 53464 + 59168 + 53517) in platform 3 of Stirling station circa spring 1988. Brian Ward.

Class 104 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

spring 1988

Eastfield's BRCW set 456 (53464 + 59168 + 53517) arrives at Waverley in the spring of 1988. It seems to have drawn a crowd of young admirers in the background, a spot where I was first introduced to (green) DMUs and locos moving around here at a similar age. This long-time Manchester set came up to Scotland in 1987 but lasted less than 2 years before living out a final year of service at Newton Heath. Murray Liston.

Class 104 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

March 1988

New and Old in Waverley. In March 1988 set 456 is seen with 53517, 59168 and 53464 at platform 15 with a Bathgate service, while a newfangled Sprinter sits on platform 17. Murray Liston.

Class 104 DMU at Haymarket

10th June 1988

53464 + 59168 + (53517), working the 17:28 Cowdenbeath - Edinburgh on June 10, 1988, pass a Class 101 centre car stabled in the east end of Haymarket depot. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 104 DMU at Princes Street Gardens

24th August 1988

53464 + 59168 + 53517 (set 456) is working with a Class 101 on the 17:10 Edinburgh - Dunblane service on August 24, 1988, seen just after departure in Princes Street Gardens. Hamish Stevenson.


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