Vehicle 50533 / 53533
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: 30296
Diagram: 556
Allocations
| 2w/e 05/04/58 | New to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| 4w/e 30/12/61 | Transferred to | 18A (Toton) | |
| 4w/e 27/01/62 | Transferred to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| Feb-62 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| 4w/e 02/06/62 | Transferred to | 5C (Stafford) | |
| 4w/e 30/06/62 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| 3w/e 02/10/65 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| 4w/e 06/11/65 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | LO | |
| May-80 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 09/02/86 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50533 - original number
53533 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50533 | 56176 | As delivered to 5D - 2w/e 05/04/58 | |||||||
| LT303 | 50533 | 56228 | Listed at Longsight - circa Jul-70 | ||||||
| 50533 | 56176 | Noted 15/08/70 - in Manchester Piccadilly1 | |||||||
| LT303 | 50533 | 56176 | Listed at Longsight - circa Jan-71 | ||||||
| 50533 | 56176 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight2 | |||||||
| 50533 | 56176 | Noted 19/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street 3 | |||||||
| LT311 | 50533 | 56176 | Noted 10/09/73 - in Manchester Piccadilly, set number only on 561761 | ||||||
| 50533 | 56176 | Noted 06/08/1974 - at Manchester Piccadilly3 | |||||||
| 50533 | 56176 | Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly2 | |||||||
| 50533 | 56178 | Noted circa 03/19834 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
1st June 1985
Two Class 104 DMUs in Bolton station on 1 June 1985. The set on the left is 53533 + 54178, on the right is 53443 + 53493. Keith Long.