Vehicle 50580
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: 559
Allocations
| 04/11/58 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| w/e 11/10/75 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 14/06/81 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
Notes
23/04/82 - withdrawn vehicles 50573 and 50580 noted on Norwich depot, presumably for parts removal
15/06/83 - 50573, 50580, 50588 departed Norwich on the Norwich - Whitemoor Speedlink service
Modifications
04/02/78 - AWS fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50559 | 59205 | 59226 | 50580 | As delivered to 53C - 4th November 1958 | |||||
| 50580 | 59202 | 59223 | 50583 | Noted 03/09/1971 - at York1 | |||||
| H36 | 50579 | 59226 | 50580 | Noted 29/08/74 - at York, set number on solebar of centre car2 | |||||
| 50551 | 59217 | 50580 | Noted 02/11/1974 - at Sheffield3 | ||||||
| 50550 | 59224 | 50580 | Transfer to NL - w/e 11/10/75 | ||||||
| 50550 | 59224 | 50580 | Noted 19/11/75 - at Brough4 | ||||||
| 50550 | 59224 | 59192 | 50580 | Noted 21/08/76 - at Brough4 | |||||
| 50550 | 59224 | 59192 | 50580 | Noted Sep-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly with 50287/59525/515594 | |||||
| 50550 | 59224 | 59192 | 50580 | Noted 17/02/77 - on Cambridge depot2 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Leonard Rogers
Images:
circa late 1960s
A four-car BRC&W DMU departing from Hull Paragon. With one of the visible vehicles in blue this is likely late 1960s. DMCL E50580 is closest, it was a Hull vehicle from new until 1975, after which it moved to Neville Hill where it remained until withdrawal in 1981. Graham Clark.
6th September 1974
A three-car trailer brake Class 104 DMU set heads away from Filey station with the 5.50am Hull - Scarborough service on 6 September 1974. DMCL E50580 leads, with an abbreviated 'Scarbro' on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 4th February 1981
E50550 + E59241 + E59199 + E50580 at Wakefield Kirkgate on February 4, 1981. John Carter.