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: 30294
Diagram: 558
Jul-57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
Sep-57 | Transferred to | 5A (Crewe North) | |
Oct-57 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
w/e 01/10/60 | 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) | |
20/05/89 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) PNHX |
50487 - original number
53487 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
50435 | 59143 | 50487 | As delivered to 9A - July 1957 | ||||
50435 | 59143 | 50487 | Noted 16th September 1957 | ||||
53421 | 59148 | 53487 | Noted 26/01/85 | ||||
BX481 | 53421 | 59148 | 53487 | Listed at BX - circa Jul-85 - with white roof domes | |||
BX481 | 53421 | 59148 | 53487 | Listed at BX - circa Dec-85 | |||
53421 | 53487 | Formation change - NH - Apr-86 | |||||
53421 | 53487 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | |||||
53421 | 59306 | 53487 | Formation change - NH - circa Oct-86 | ||||
53421 | 53487 | Noted 20/06/87 | |||||
N676 | 53532 | 53487 | Listed at NH - May-88 | ||||
N676 | 53532 | 53487 | Noted circa Jul-88 |
M53487 + M53421 are seen in Leyland station during their stop with the 06:20 Preston - Liverpool Lime Street service on June 20, 1987. Hamish Stevenson.
53487 sits in the company of 31223 and 45128 at Manchester Victoria, 16th July 1988. Gazza Prescott.
On the approach to Manchester Piccadilly is Buxton based BRC&W class 104 dmu M53421, M59148, M53487 arriving with a service from Buxton, 26th January 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
A six-car set, headed by set BX481 and M53421 (presumably with M59148 + M53487), enters Manchester Piccadilly on 17/8/85. Malcolm Clements.
A White roofed Buxton based BRC&W class 104 3 car dmu BX481 (M53421 + M59148 + M53487), climbs the 1-60 bank up towards Norbury Hollow level crossing whilst working a Manchester Piccadilly - Buxton service, 22nd December 1985. These units truly worked nationwide, but it was the Buxton route which they became synonymous with. Andrew J Crowther.
53487 is stacked on top of 53532 at Vic Berry's, 17/2/91. Kevin Dowd.