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Vehicle 50487 / 53487


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: 30294
Diagram: 558

Allocations

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-63Depot code change9L
06/05/73Depot code changeBX
27/04/86 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
20/05/89 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath) PNHX

Notes

April 1988 - Seen with luggage racks missing
12th April 1988 - Seen with white cab roof dome and black cab window surround
16th July 1988 - Has white cab roof dome and black window surround
May 1989 - Seen with all luggage racks removed
11th June 1989 - Seen burnt out at Newton Heath depot
9th July 1989 - Seen out of service at Newton Heath depot
19th October 1989 - Listed as withdrawn/out of use
4th December 1989 - Seen stored out of service at Newton Heath depot
12th October 1990 - Listed as to be cut up on site at Newton Heath depot

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50487 - original number
53487 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50435 59143 50487 As delivered to 9A - July 1957
50435 59143 50487 Noted 16th September 1957
BN466 50435 59230 50487 Listed at Buxton - circa Dec-69
50422 59140 50487 Noted 18/09/1971 - at Stockport1
50435 59132 50487 Noted 03/09/73 - at Stockport2
BN466 50435 59132 50487 Noted 10/09/73 - in Manchester Piccadilly, set number only on 504352
50454 59141 50487 Noted 24/05/1980 - Photographed at Hazel Grove working 16:19 Whaley Brudge-Piccadilly3
BX480 50421 59148 50487 Noted circa 05/19824
BX481 50421 59148 50487 Noted circa 12/19824
BX481 50421 59148 50487 Noted circa 03/19834
BX481 53421 59148 53487 Noted circa 02/1984 - in Manchester, C3 overhauled at 5458 1/844
BX481 53421 59148 53487 Noted circa 07/19844
BX481 53421 59148 53487 Noted circa 11/1984 - listed at BX4
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 Listed at NH - 10/05/87
53421 53487 Noted 20/06/87
53532 53487 Noted circa 04/19884
53532 53487 Noted 12th April 1988
N676 53532 53487 Listed at NH - May 1988
N676 53532 53487 Listed at NH - May-88
N676 53532 53487 Noted June 1988
N676 53532 53487 Noted circa Jul-88
N676 53532 53487 Listed at NH - 16th July 1988
N676 53532 53487 Noted circa 11/19884

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Chris Moxon
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

August 1975

With the numbers recorded as M50487 + M59147 + M50439 a three-car Class 104 DMU arrives into Manchester Piccadilly station with a service from Whaley Bridge via Stockport in August 1975. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 104 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

5th February 1978

A Class 104 departs Manchester Piccadilly with a Buxton service on 5 February 1978. The leading car was noted as M50487. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 104 DMU at Middlewood

2nd March 1985

Set number: BX481

Class 104 BRCW 3-car DMU 53487+59148+53421 departing Middlewood with the 13-38 to Manchester Piccadilly on 2-3-85. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 104 DMU at Leyland

20th June 1987

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.

Class 104 DMU at Manchester Victoria

16th July 1988

Set number: N676

53487 sits in the company of 31223 and 45128 at Manchester Victoria, 16th July 1988. Gazza Prescott.

Class 104 DMU at Ashburys

16th July 1988

Set number: N676

Class 104 2-car DMU Newton Heath set N676 (M53487 and presumably M53532) at Ashburys on 16th July 1988. Photograph by Dave Rutter. Waddo Rail Archive.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 18th September 1982

Set number: BX481

Several 104s at Buxton on September 18, 1982, 50421 closest 59148 + 50487 as set BX481. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 21st July 1984

Set number: BX481

Class 104 DMU set BX481 sits in Stalybridge station on 12 July 1984. DMBS 53421 is closest, the other two vehicles are presumably 59148 + 53487. Chris McKee.

DMU

Date: 26th January 1985

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.

DMU

Date: 2nd March 1985

Set number: BX481

Class 104 BRCW 3-car DMU 53421 + 59148 + 53487 arriving New Mills Newtown with the 13-31 to Manchester Piccadilly on 2-3-85. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 18th June 1985

Set number: BX481

A view of he station platforms at Buxton finds a 6 car BRCW class 104 DMU rake, led by set BX481 (presumably 53421 + 59148 + 53487) sat in Platform 1. Behind it next to the depot fuel tanks is parked up 31289. 18th June 1985. John Crooks.

DMU

Date: 17th August 1985

Set number: BX481

A six-car set, headed by set BX481 and M53421 (presumably with M59148 + M53487), enters Manchester Piccadilly on 17/8/85. Malcolm Clements.

DMU

Date: 22nd December 1985

Set number: BX481

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.

DMU

Date: 6th May 1987

Complete with retro Buxton style white cab roof sections, a two-car Class 104 DMU formed of cars M53421 & M53487 was diverging from the Up Slow at Farington Curve Junction with the 18.00 Preston to Ormskirk service on May 6th 1987. Both cars were withdrawn from Newton Heath Depot in 1989 and scrapped by Berry's of Leicester. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 6th May 1987

As a Class 86 was heading for London Euston on the Up Fast, a two-car BRCW Class 104 DMU formed of cars M53421 & M53487 was joining the Down Slow at Farington Curve Junction with the 17.25 Ormskirk to Preston service on May 6th 1987. The unit was one of many first generation sets given an extended life due to the then ongoing issues with the Class 142 Pacer fleet. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 25th February 1988

With the part-dismantled Up Line in the foreground, a 2-Car Class 104 formed of cars 53532 & 53487 passes the site of Moss Lane Junction with an Ormskirk to Preston service on February 25th 1988. 53532 has a small Network South East logo on the bodyside, having returned North back to its old haunts on an extended life to cover for faulty Class 142 Pacers. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 11th February 1989

Set number: N676

A Class 304, a two-car Class 104 - N676 M53532 + M53487 - (and two two-car Class 108s) on the Great Central side at Manchester Piccadilly on 11-2-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 8th June 1990

Set number: N672

Withdrawn M53511 (N672) at Newton Heath on the 8th June 1990. In the background is Class 101 51227 and fire damaged Class 104 53487. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 15th September 1990

Withdrawn and damaged first generation DMU sets awaiting their fate, were stabled at the side of Newton Heath Depot on September 15th 1990. A pair of weary-looking Derby built Class 116 Suburban Driving Motor Brake Seconds 53842 & 53839 were keeping company with a fire-damaged BRCW Class 104 two-car set formed of cars 53532 & 53487. The adjacent sidings with diesel soaked trackwork have clearly been the resting place for other withdrawn units, the ground being strewn with various fittings and components including an wooden emergency evacuation ladder from a brake compartment. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 15th September 1990

A close-up of BRCW Class 104 Driving Motor Brake Second 53532, that along with its partner 53487, had been fire damaged, both cars awaiting their fate in the sidings alongside Newton Heath Depot on September 15th 1990. The Shell TTA tank wagons in the background indicate that the depot was then receiving its supplies of diesel fuel by rail. Martyn Hilbert.