Vehicle 50420 / 53420
Class 104
Builder: BRC&W
Type: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30290
Diagram: 556
Allocations
| Apr-57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Sep-57 | Transferred to | 9D (Buxton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9L (Buxton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BX (Buxton) | |
| 27/04/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 11/05/86 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50420 - original number
53420 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50420 | 59132 | 50424 | As delivered to - Apr-57 | ||||
| 50420 | 59132 | 50424 | Noted 20th April 1957 | ||||
| 50420 | 59132 | 50424 | Noted 24/05/80 | ||||
| 53420 | 59152 | 53474 | Noted 27/01/85 | ||||
| BX480 | 53420 | 59152 | 53474 | Listed at BX - circa Jul-85 | |||
| BX480 | 53420 | 59152 | 53474 | Listed at BX - circa Dec-85 | |||
| 53420 | 53427 | Formation change - NH - Mar-86 |
Images:
Date: circa April 57
An official image of M50420 + M59132 + M50424, probably at Wirksworth. British Railways.
Date: 27th January 1985
On a snowy winters day Buxton based BRC&W class 104 dmu headed by the first of the class, M53420 with M59152, M53474, stand in my home village of Furness Vale, with a Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service, 27th January 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 9th March 1985
Buxton based BRC&W class 104 dmu (M53420, M59152, M53474) breezes through Heaton Chapel with a Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service, overtaking 25kv class 304 emu 304013 as it slows for its station stop. 9th March 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 14th July 1985
Set number: BX484
Class 104 set BX484 at Llandudno on 14/7/85 with 'Stockport' on the destination blind. There is another set behind. From the left the vehicles are: M53431, M59137, M53496, M53420, M59152 and M53474. Kenneth Leiper.