Vehicle 50546 / 53546
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: 30298
Diagram: 580
Allocations
| 11/07/58 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| 3w/e 30/08/58 | Transferred to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
| w/e 03/01/59 | Transferred to | 50B (Neville Hill) | |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 55H | |
| 4w/e 05/12/70 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | SF | |
| 2w/e 24/07/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 10/08/80 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
| w/e 15/02/81 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 18/02/83 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| 09/07/84 | Withdrawn from | BX (Buxton) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50546 - original number
53546 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50546 | 59192 | 59213 | 50567 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 11th July 1958 | |||||
| 50546 | 59220 | 50567 | Noted 05/04/71 - at Stratford depot1 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59215 | 50564 | 50553 | Noted 02/05/1971 - LCGB Westfalen & Weser Railtour | |||||
| 50543 | 59243 | 50546 | Noted 03/03/73 - on Stratford depot2 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59215 | 50568 | Noted 27/07/75 - on Colchester depot2 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59215 | 50577 | Noted 10/08/75 - at Bury St Edmunds strengthening two FP 105s (51260 + 56429, 51279 + 56458) on a Summer Sunday service2 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59212 | 50568 | Noted 23/08/75 - at Stratford2 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59215 | 50549 | Transfer to GF - 2w/e 24/07/77 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59215 | 59233 | 50591 | Noted 24/05/80 | |||||
| 50546 | 59240 | 59206 | 50593 | Noted 25/10/1980 - At Crewe Station3 | |||||
| 50546 | 59240 | 59206 | 50593 | Noted circa 11/1980 - On loan from DN to Chester4 | |||||
| NH467 | 50546 | 59240 | 50593 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| NH467 | 50546 | 59240 | 50593 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria4 | |||||
| 50546 | 59240 | 50593 | Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 07.53 Southport to Man Vic via Atherton with 50492-59230-504554 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59240 | 50593 | Noted circa 04/19834 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
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