Vehicle 50587
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: 30301
Diagram: 580
Allocations
| 31/01/59 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| 3w/e 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 05/12/70 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| w/e 18/10/75 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| 2w/e 01/05/77 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 06/06/82 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50587 | 59233 | 59243 | 50592 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 31st January 1959 | |||||
| 50587 | 59233 | 59243 | 50592 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||
| 50163 | 59048 | 59092 | 50587 | Noted 15/08/1970 - at York1 | |||||
| 50163 | 59048 | 59092 | 50587 | Noted 15/08/19701 | |||||
| 50163 | 59048 | 59092 | 50587 | Noted 19/08/70 - at Leeds2 | |||||
| 50583 | 59226 | 59207 | 50587 | Noted 17/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street 1 | |||||
| 50581 | 59225 | 50587 | Noted 24/08/74 - at Sheffield Midland3 | ||||||
| 50587 | 59226 | 50590 | Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot3 | ||||||
| 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 19/09/75 - at Brough2 | ||||||
| 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 06/10/75 - at Brough2 | ||||||
| 81 | 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 24/10/75 - on Norwich depot3 | |||||
| 81 | 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 13/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 1 | |||||
| 81 | 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 06/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 81 | 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 08/03/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 83 | 50585 | 59227 | 50587 | Noted 15/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 86 | 50583 | 59221 | 50587 | Noted 02/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 84 | 50559 | 59221 | 50587 | Noted 11/09/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 81 | 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 09/12/76 - on Cambridge depot3 | |||||
| 81 | 50559 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 24/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 50544 | 59194 | 59211 | 50587 | Noted circa 04/19824 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
August 1976
Set number: 86
A three-car trailer-brake Class 104 set seen between Water Orton and Coleshill during August 1976. It is Norwich allocated set 86, led by E50587. Michael Mensing.
5th May 1979
A two-car Class 104 DMU formed of M50537 + M56180 is seen at Stalybridge while on Stockport duties on 5 May 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.