Vehicle 50554
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
| 25/09/58 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| Nov-69 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| 06/06/82 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
50554 was involved in the following incident:
25/04/60 - Between Garforth and Micklefield
Collision involving Class 104 / Steam
Info from Bill Read
A 6-car DMU travelling from Leeds City to Hull collided at speed with the rear of an unfitted goods train running at about 25mph, and hauled by an 8F. 5 persons injured. The freight train divided and the DMU continued forward for 75 yards, with the leading bogie derailed, pushing in front of it a 20-ton brake van and two wagons. The front of the leading coach (thought to be E50554) was stove in and there was damage to the cab floor and fittings. The DMU passed a red signal.
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Norwich
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50554 | 59200 | 59221 | 50575 | As delivered to 53C - 25th September 1958 | |||||
| 50554 | 59203 | 59241 | 50575 | Transfer to 55H - Nov-69 | |||||
| 50554 | 59242 | 59199 | 50567 | Noted 19/08/70 - at Leeds1 | |||||
| 50554 | 59211 | 59234 | 50575 | Noted 18/09/1971 - at Leeds2 | |||||
| 50554 | 59211 | 59234 | 50575 | Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1 | |||||
| L254 | 50554 | 59211 | 59234 | 50575 | Noted 08/09/73 - at York3 | ||||
| 50554 | 59234 | 59211 | 50575 | Noted 05/08/1974 - at York4 | |||||
| 50554 | 59234 | 59211 | 50575 | Noted 30/08/1974 - at Doncaster4 | |||||
| 50575 | 59229 | 59234 | 50554 | Noted circa 19815 | |||||
| 50554 | 59229 | 59234 | 50575 | Noted 16/01/19825 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
28th October 1972
A four-car Class 104 - led by E50554 - with the Branch Line Society "The Master Collier" railtour on 28 October 1972. It is on the Oxcroft Branch near Staveley, looking east near Oxcroft Colliery Junction. Stuart Mackay Collection.
October 1978
E50554 At Doncaster Works in 10/78. Malcolm Clements.
13th April 1982
E50554, a DMCL type, is at the head of a four-car class 104 set arriving at Doncaster to terminate on the early evening of 13 April 1982. Jeremy Chapter.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 23rd December 1974
Seen on December 23rd 1974 is a Scarborough to Manchester Victoria service, consisting of E50554, E59234, E59211 & E50575 pausing at Stalybridge, whilst on the right, the connecting service to Stockport awaits departure in the form of M50348 & M56103 in the days when the 'Stalybridge shuttle' used to run every hour or so. Suthen Softy.