Vehicle 50522 / 53522
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: 30294
Diagram: 558
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 | |
| 10/06/84 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| circa Jul-84 | Transferred to | CW (Cricklewood) | |
| 10/05/87 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 14/05/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
| 04/09/89 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) PCHX |
Notes
1st January 1988 - Has NSE symbol on one side
3rd September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Chester depot
7th September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Chester depot
October 1989 - Arrived at Vic Berry's yard for scrap
19th October 1989 - Listed as withdrawn/out of use
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50522 - original number
53522 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50470 | 59178 | 50522 | As delivered to 5B - 4w/e 25/01/58 | ||||||
| 50470 | 59178 | 50522 | Noted 19/09/71 - on Chester depot1 | ||||||
| 50470 | 59178 | 50522 | Noted 16/04/73 - in Manchester Victoria2 | ||||||
| 50470 | 59178 | 50522 | Noted 07/10/1973 - at Southport3 | ||||||
| 50470 | 59140 | 50522 | Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50470 | 59149 | 50522 | Noted circa 04/19804 | ||||||
| 50472 | 59206 | 50522 | Noted 27th March 1982 - part of 8-car Bury Bolton St - Rawtenstall 'East Lancashire Phoenix' services | ||||||
| 50812 | 59225 | 50522 | Noted circa 10/19824 | ||||||
| 50522 | 59225 | 50812 | Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 08.01 Wigan to Man Vic via Atherton4 | ||||||
| 50522 | 59225 | 50524 | Noted circa 02/19834 | ||||||
| 53437 | 59230 | 50522 | Noted 11/04/19834 | ||||||
| 53449 | 59230 | 53522 | Noted circa 08/19834 | ||||||
| BX488 | 53449 | 59260 | 53522 | Noted 23/12/1983 - at Manchester Picc4 | |||||
| 53455 | 53522 | Noted 15/10/84 | |||||||
| 53437 | 53522 | Noted 17/08/1985 - at Gospel Oak5 | |||||||
| 53522 | Noted 22/12/1986 - at Cricklewood5 | ||||||||
| 53541 | 53522 | Noted 12/12/19874 | |||||||
| 53541 | 53522 | Listed at NH - 1st January 1988 | |||||||
| N679 | 53541 | 53522 | Listed at NH - March 1988 | ||||||
| 53541 | 53522 | Noted 15th March 1988 | |||||||
| N679 | 53541 | 53522 | Noted circa 04/19884 | ||||||
| N679 | 53541 | 53522 | Noted 4th April 1988 | ||||||
| N679 | 53541 | 53522 | Listed at NH - May 1988 | ||||||
| N679 | 53541 | 53522 | Listed at NH - May-88 | ||||||
| N679 | 53541 | 53522 | Noted circa Jul-88 | ||||||
| N679 | 53541 | 53522 | Listed at NH - 16th July 1988 | ||||||
| N679 | 53541 | 53522 | Noted 6th September 1988 | ||||||
| N679 | 53541 | 53522 | Noted 18th September 1988 | ||||||
| N679 | 53541 | 53522 | Noted circa 11/19884 | ||||||
| N679 | 53541 | 53522 | Noted 12th April 1989 | ||||||
| N679 | 53541 | 53522 | Noted 10th May 1989 | ||||||
| CH616 | 53541 | 53522 | Listed at CH - 1st July 1989 | ||||||
| 53541 | 53522 | Noted 14/07/89 - at Penyffordd6 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Aaron Calder
Images:
June 1966
A BRC&W triple DMU at Perry Barr North Junction, Birmingham, in June 1966. M50522 leads, at the time allocated to Longsight depot. Michael Mensing.
June 1966
A three-car BRC&W DMU with M50522 closest is seen south east of Bescot in mid-June 1966. Michael Mensing.
Unknown date
A three-car Class 104 'white-stripper' arrives into Manchester Victoria with M50522 leading, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
3rd April 1978
Running at full speed, a BRCW Class 104 three-car 'Manchester-Blackpool White Liner' with Driving Motor Composite Lavatory (DMCL) M50522 leading, was passing the island platform of Salwick station whilst running between Kirkham and Preston with a Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service on April 3rd 1978. Allocated to Newton Heath depot, these well-worn 104's were a familiar sight along this busy route at the time. To the right of the DMU was the site of a pair of fast lines that once avoided the station platform at Salwick, a legacy from the days when the four track route from Preston to Kirkham North Junction handled huge amounts of excursion traffic. Martyn Hilbert.
26th December 1985
Class 104 53522 is seen on 26.12.1985 stabled at Tyseley carriage sidings amongst various other Class 104's. Note the Manchester symbol on the bodyside. Andy Cole.
24th October 1987
Complete with a Network South East logo on the bodyside, a Class 104 formed of cars 53522 & 53541 was stood at Lostock Hall with the 11.05 Blackpool South to Colne Service on October 24th 1987. The station here opened in 1984, replacing an earlier station situated on the other side of the bridge, which had closed in 1969. Martyn Hilbert.
April 1988
Set number: N679
Class 104 set N679 with 53522 (still carrying Network South East branding at the rear from a previous allocation) and presumably 53541 at Stalybridge in April 1988 on what is probably a Stockport service. The KDH Archive.
16th April 1988
Set number: N679
53522 (and presumably 53541) is seen as part of N679 at Manchester Oxford Road on the 16th April 1988. Gazza Prescott.
15th September 1988
Set number: N679
Class 104 N679 (53522 + 53541) with another set at Manchester Victoria on 15/9/88. Rex Holt.
16th May 1989
Set number: N679
Resplendent in 1970's BR blue Newton Heath allocated set N679 comprising vehicles 53522+53541 is seen at Lancaster waiting to form train 2P73 the 13.17 to Morecambe on May 16, 1989. The train appears well loaded as the driver sits reading the paper waiting for the ready to start bell from the guard. Adrian Nicholls.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 6th July 1986
Class 104 power twin 53479 + 53522 in Gospel Oak station on 6 July 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 24th October 1987
A two-car BRCW Class 104 DMU formed of cars 53541 & 53522 was awaiting departure from Bamber Bridge with a Colne to Preston service on October 24th 1987. The unit had been allocated to Bletchley in 1982 and had spells at Cricklewood and Old Oak Common, before being transferred back North to Newton Heath in June 1987 to cover for errant Class 142's. Just visible on the rear car (53522) is the Network South East branding. The set was finally withdrawn at Chester in July 1989. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 20th July 1988
A scene in the east end bays at Manchester Victoria, around 16.25 on 20/7/88. Three cl.104 power-twins are seen, at work on Oldham Loop services that afternoon. The numbers of the cars visible are uncertain but the sets are thought to be 53476/53425, 53522/53541 and 53439/53492. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 9th May 1989
Set number: N679
A two car Newton Heath allocated BRC&W class 104 dmu N679 (53541, 53522), approaches New Mills South Junction whilst working a Sheffield-Manchester Piccadilly stopping service, over the Hope Valley line on 9th May 1989. Andrew J Crowther.