Vehicle 50469 / 53469
Class 104
Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30293
Diagram: 556
Allocations
| 4w/e 25/01/58 | New to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
| Apr-63 | Transferred to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 4w/e 04/02/67 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
| 09/03/86 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50469 - original number
53469 - from Oct-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50469 | 59177 | 50521 | As delivered to 5B - 4w/e 25/01/58 | ||||||
| 50469 | 59177 | 50521 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50469 | 56189 | Noted 02/09/73 - in Sheffield Midland2 | |||||||
| 50469 | 59177 | 50521 | Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50469 | 59177 | 50521 | Noted 27/09/1976 - at Blackpool North 3 | ||||||
| 50469 | 59177 | 50521 | Noted 04/01/78 | ||||||
| 50469 | 59177 | 50516 | Noted circa 04/19814 | ||||||
| 50469 | 59177 | 50516 | Noted 04/04/81 - David Isherwood's Knotty Railtour 50516 + 59177 + 50469 / 50464 + 59142 + 50521 | ||||||
| NH449 | 50469 | 50499 | Noted circa 10/19824 | ||||||
| 50469 | 59174 | 50499 | Noted circa 10/19824 | ||||||
| 50469 | 59174 | 50499 | Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 07.33 Wigan to Manchester Victoria via Atherton4 | ||||||
| 50469 | 56175 | Noted circa 02/19834 | |||||||
| 53469 | 54175 | Noted 05/03/19844 | |||||||
| 53469 | 54175 | Noted 09/11/85 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
Unknown date
A three-car Class 104 with DMBS M50469 closest and a Class 103 on the rear, Manchester Victoria, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
20th April 1981
A Class 104 (including 50469 + 59177) with the 13:00 Blaenau Festiniog - Llandudno awaits departure on Monday 20th April 1981. Colin Brooks.
1st August 1981
The view from the former goods yard access road, through bridge 26, looking West towards Kirkham North Junction on August 1st 1981. A pair of Newton Heath allocated Class 104 three-car DMU sets with Driving Motor Brake Second M50469 at the rear, were accelerating away from their station stop at Kirkham & Wesham whilst working a Manchester Victoria to Blackpool North service on a warm Summer Saturday. Martyn Hilbert.
September 1984
53469 at the front of a two-car Class 104 in Manchester Victoria station circa September 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.
1st June 1985
Class 104 numbers M53469 and M54176 waiting departure from Blackpool South 1st June 1985. Keith Long.
28th September 1985
During a Steamport/BR Open Day on 28th September 1985 a shuttle service was run between Southport Station and the museum in the former MPD at Derby Road. A Class 104 DMU formed of cars 53469 & 54175 was used on the frequent shuttle and is seen here heading towards St Lukes, prior to reversing onto the Steamport running line. Martyn Hilbert.
28th September 1985
During a joint BR/Steamport exhibition/open day on September 28th 1985, a DMU shuttle service ran between Southport station and the Steamport Museum using a BRCW Class 104 2-Car DMU formed of cars M53469 & M54175. The unit had just passed under Windsor Road footbridge and was entering the Steamport siding en-route to the Museum. Martyn Hilbert.
9th November 1985
A BRC&W class 104 dmu M53469 & M54175 with Kirkham on the blind, which is in the other direction, rushes through the delightful station of Moses Gate heading towards Manchester Victoria on 9th November 1985, whilst my Dad and I wait hopefully for another train to stop. Andrew J Crowther.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 4th April 1981
M50521 at one end of the David Isherwood 'Knotty Rambler' railtour at Cheddleton on 4 April 1981. The Six Bells Junction website notes the other vehicles as 59142 + 50464 / 50469 + 59177 + 50516. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 20th April 1981
A Class 104 (including 59177 + 50469 (furthest)) departs Blaenau Festiniog with the 13:00 to Llandudno on Monday 20th April 1981. Colin Brooks.
Date: 28th September 1985
As part of a joint BR/Steamport open day on September 28th 1985, a shuttle service from Southport station to the Steamport Museum at the former loco depot in Derby Road, was provided using a 2-Car Class 104 formed of cars M54175 & M53469. This was the view from Windsor Road footbridge, as having run from Southport station, and following a reversal in the headshunt alongside the former St Lukes station visible in the background, the 104 was running onto the access siding into Steamport. Martyn Hilbert.