Vehicle 50471 / 53471
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) | |
| 11/09/65 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
| 09/03/86 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Notes
2w/e 15/04/86 - 53471/53523 noted as Reinstated to NH for brake testing only
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50471 - original number
53471 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50471 | 59179 | 50523 | As delivered to 5B - 4w/e 25/01/58 | ||||||
| 50471 | 59179 | 50523 | Noted Aug-66 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50471 | 59179 | 50523 | Noted Autumn 1966 - at Brough on 07:56 Hull - Manchester Exchange1 | ||||||
| 50471 | 59179 | 51948 | Noted 06/04/67 - at York with 50509 + 59164 + 504571 | ||||||
| 50471 | 59179 | 50523 | Noted 20/07/68 - at Preston and Manchester1 | ||||||
| 50471 | 59179 | 50523 | Noted 04/08/68 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50471 | 59179 | 50523 | Noted 16/08/70 - in Manchester Victoria2 | ||||||
| 50471 | 59179 | 50523 | Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria3 | ||||||
| 50471 | 59179 | 50523 | Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50471 | 59179 | 50523 | Noted 10/09/76 - on Newton Heath depot2 | ||||||
| 50471 | 59179 | 50523 | Noted circa 08/19814 | ||||||
| NH450 | 50471 | 59179 | 50523 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| 50471 | 50523 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||||
| 50471 | 50523 | Noted circa 02/19834 | |||||||
| 53471 | 53523 | Noted circa 05/19834 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
circa May 1974
A Class 104 'white-striper' in Manchester Victoria. M50471 seems to be the closest vehicle, with the glass broken on the destination box and yellow wiper arms. The slide process date was May 1974. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Unknown date
Class 104 DMBS M50471 facing M50523. Thought to be in Swindon Works, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
14th May 1977
Blackpool white-stripe Class 104 M50471 sits next to a Class 108 in Manchester Victoria on May 14, 1977. Rex Holt.
September 1984
A DMU formation led by Class 104 DMBS 53471 enters Manchester Victoria circa September 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
Class 104 DMCL M50523, it and the Class 104 it faces (M50471) have repair work in progress. Thought to be taken at Swindon Works, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Date: 1st June 1985
Class 104 M53523 and M53471 arriving at Bolton 1st June 1985. Keith Long.