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Vehicle 50590 / 53590


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: 559

Allocations

29/12/58 New to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)
4w/e 28/11/59 On loan to 41A (Darnall)
4w/e 26/12/59 Ex-loan back to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
May-73Depot code changeBG
w/e 18/10/75 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
w/e 30/11/80 Transferred to LO (Longsight)
circa Sep-82 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
29/09/82 Transferred to BX (Buxton)
09/07/84 Withdrawn from BX (Buxton)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50590 - original number
53590 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50585 59231 59241 50590 As delivered to 53B - 29th December 1958
50585 59231 59241 50590 Transfer to 41A - 4w/e 28/11/59 - on loan
50585 59231 59241 50590 Transfer to 53B - 4w/e 26/12/59 - ex-loan
50551 59204 59217 50590 Noted 15/08/19701
50582 59190 59224 50590 Noted 12/08/1971 - at York2
50551 59229 50590 Noted 29/08/74 - on Hull Botanic Gardens depot3
50587 59226 50590 Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot3
86 50571 59223 50590 Noted 23/10/75 - at Bury St Edmunds, 50590 still had old Hull code H39 3
86 50571 59223 50590 Noted 30/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
84 50562 59228 50590 Noted 12/02/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3
85 50578 59218 50590 Noted 10/11/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3
50581 59221 50590 Noted 18/05/78 - at Norwich3
83 50590 59227 50551 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
82 50572 59228 50590 Noted 02/01/79 - at Norwich3
86 50583 59221 50590 Noted 28/03/80
50562 59227 50590 Transfer to LO - w/e 30/11/80
BX494 50562 59227 50590 Noted circa 02/19834
BX494 53562 59227 53590 Noted 30/04/84

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 104 DMU at March

28th March 1980

Set number: 86

This is set 86 comprising E50590, E59221 and at the rear out of frame E50583. The train is the 17.23 Peterborough - Norwich of Friday 28th March 1980 which was pretty much an all stations affair I seem to recall. It is seen arriving at a rather wet March station. Gerard Fletcher.

Class 104 DMU at Cambridge

July 1980

Set number: 86

Class 104 DMU set 86 arriving at Cambridge, July 1980, E50590 is presumably leading. Karel 1999.

Class 104 DMU at Buxton

30th April 1984

Set number: BX494

Class 104 3-car unit M53590 + M59227 + M53562 stands at Buxton on 30th April 1984. Kevin Law.