Vehicle 50487 / 53487
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: 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-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| 20/05/89 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) PNHX |
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 B & W cab
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50487 - original number
53487 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
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 | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 circa Jul-88 | ||||
| N676 | 53532 | 53487 | Listed at NH - 16th July 1988 |
Images:
Date: 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.
Date: 16th July 1988
Set number: N676
53487 sits in the company of 31223 and 45128 at Manchester Victoria, 16th July 1988. Gazza Prescott.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
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.
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.
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.
Date: 17th February 1991
Set number: N676
53487 is stacked on top of 53532 at Vic Berry's, 17/2/91. Kevin Dowd.