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Vehicle 50409

Class 103

Builder: Park Royal
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30286
Diagram: 635

Allocations

Aug-58	New to	5B (Crewe South)
4w/e 29/11/58	Transferred to	3C (Ryecroft)
4w/e 27/12/58	Transferred to	1C (Watford)
Jan-59	Transferred to	3C (Ryecroft)
Jun-60	Depot code change	21F
Sep-63	Depot code change	2G
w/e 10/10/64	Transferred to	6A (Chester)
w/e 16/12/64	Transferred to	2G (Ryecroft)
w/e 07/01/67	Transferred to	6A (Chester)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CH
p/e 19/02/83	Withdrawn from	CH (Chester)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50409	56164	As delivered to 5B - August 1958
	50409	56164	Noted 13th December 1958
	50409	56110	Noted 21/08/68 - at Chester¹
	50409	56166	Noted 22/08/69 - at Crewe¹
	50409	56156	Noted 05/08/1971²
	50409	56156	Noted 18/09/1971 - at Crewe³
	50409	56156	Noted 19/09/71 - in Chester station¹
	50409	56156	Noted 28/03/1972⁴
	50409	56156	Noted 26/05/1973 - at Crewe²
	50409	56165	Noted 08/09/73 - in Manchester Victoria⁵
	50409	56165	Noted 09/09/73 - on Birkenhead depot⁵
	50409	56164	Noted 30/05/1974 - at Wolverhampton³
CR218	50409	56164	Noted 04/09/74 - at Chester, 56164 displayed CR207⁵
	50409	56164	Noted 02/07/1975 - at Nuneaton²
	50409	56164	Noted 08/1975 - on either 16th or 23rd August 1975²
	50409	56150	Noted 12/09/77 - at Machynlleth⁵
	50409	56150	Noted 16/10/77 - at Crewe¹
	50409	56152	Noted 16/02/1979 - at Crewe⁶
	50409	56152	Noted circa 05/1982⁷

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Chris Moxon
5: Gerald Brown
6: Shayne Lewis
7: Eddie Knorn

Images:

10th July 1966

A Park Royal set with DMBS M50409 at the front appearing to be recently repainted. Seen near Arley and Fillongley working a Birmingham New Street - Rugby local service on July 10, 1966, diverted for electrification works to Coventry via Nuneaton. Michael Mensing.

14th August 1976

Park Royal DMBS 50409 on accommodation bogies at Derby Litchurch Lane on 14 August 1976. John Grey Turner.

14th August 1976

Park Royal DMBS 50409 at Derby Litchurch Lane on accommodation bogies, 14/8/76. Anthony Griffiths.

12th April 1977

Class 103 50409 + 56150 at Crewe on April 12th, 1977. It carries a Chester set number in the cab window - possibly CR209. Rex Holt.

Unknown date

A Class 103 and 108 at Machynlleth Depot. Date unknown, but likely late 1970s-early 1980s. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Unknown date

Set number: CR218

Park Royal set CR218 in Chester station, date unknown, with DMBS M50409 closest. Mel Smith.

28th April 1979

The details supplied with this image note the vehicles as M50398 (leading)+ M50409. Did a Class 103 set run with two DMBSs (or were there also two DTCs?) Seen at Welshpool on the 28th April 1979. Robert Frise.

14th August 1982

Set number: CR218

A two-car Class 103 and a two-car Class 101 DMU arrives at RHyl on 14 August 1982. Set CR218 / M50409 leads. Brian Daniels.

12th January 1983

Class 103 Park Royal 2-car DMU 50409 + 56152 (DMBS + DTCL) stabled on Chester depot, Class 108 DMBS 50941 on the right, 12-1-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 28th March 1972

Park Royals meeting at Helsby (with Class 40 number 389 in the refuge siding). 50404 & 56158 (out of shot) are on the left passing 56156 & 50409 (also out of shot) on the right, 28/3/72. Anthony Griffiths.

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