Vehicle 50538 / 53538
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
| 3w/e 19/04/58 | New to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
| Apr-63 | Transferred to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| 4w/e 06/02/65 | 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) | |
| 09/03/86 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50538 - original number
53538 - from Feb-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50538 | 56181 | As delivered to 5B - 3w/e 19/04/58 | |||||||
| 50538 | 56222 | Noted 01/01/68 - in Manchester Piccadilly1 | |||||||
| 50538 | 56222 | Noted 04/11/68 - at Stalybridge1 | |||||||
| LT308 | 50538 | 56111 | Listed at Longsight - circa Dec-69 | ||||||
| 50538 | 56111 | Noted 22/12/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly1 | |||||||
| LT308 | 50538 | 56181 | Listed at 9A - circa Jul-70 | ||||||
| 50538 | 56181 | Noted 12/08/70 - in Manchester Piccadilly2 | |||||||
| 50538 | 56181 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight1 | |||||||
| 50538 | 56181 | Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester3 | |||||||
| 50538 | 56181 | Noted 04/09/74 - at Reddish North2 | |||||||
| 50538 | 56181 | Noted 28/08/75 - on Longsight depot2 | |||||||
| 50538 | 56181 | Noted Jun-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1 | |||||||
| 50538 | 56181 | Noted 01/10/77 - in Manchester Piccadilly4 | |||||||
| 50538 | 56181 | Noted 06/06/1981 - working 1D38 09.59 Stockport - Llandudno and 1H29 14.40 Llandudno - Stockport5 | |||||||
| NH343 | 50538 | 56175 | Noted circa 10/19825 | ||||||
| 50538 | 56175 | Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 07.10 Kirkby to Manchester Victoria via Bolton5 | |||||||
| 53538 | 50524 | Noted circa 04/19835 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
12th October 1978
M50538 is seen on the back of a set leaving Stockport, 12/10/78. Malcolm Clements.
circa 1983
Class 104 DMBS M50538 part way through an overhaul at Doncaster Works circa 1983. Paul Redmond.
27th April 1984
53538 50524 at Miles Platting with the 10.30 Manchester Victoria-Oldham-Shaw-Manchester on 27th April 1984. Steve Montgomery.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: August 1981
Class 104 DMU at Southport, M56181 closest, I believe the rear car is 50538. Taken in August 1981. Curly42.