Vehicle 50494 / 53494
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
| Aug-57 | New to | 5D (Stoke) | |
| Sep-57 | Transferred to | 5A (Crewe North) | |
| Jan-58 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transferred to | 5D (Stoke) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 2H (Monument Lane) | |
| w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
| 2w/e 18/03/67 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 2w/e 09/03/68 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 3w/e 27/09/75 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| w/e 24/04/76 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 14/05/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
| 11/06/90 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) PZQZ |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50494 - original number
53494 - from Jun-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50442 | 59150 | 50494 | As delivered to 5D - August 1957 | ||||
| 53468 | 53494 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | |||||
| N666 | 53444 | 53494 | Noted 15/05/88 | ||||
| N673 | 53468 | 53494 | Listed at NH - May-88 | ||||
| N673 | 53468 | 53494 | Noted circa Jul-88 | ||||
| CH613 | 53468 | 53494 | Noted 23/07/89 | ||||
| 53494 | 53468 | Noted 09/08/89 | |||||
| CH613 | 53536 | 53494 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 |
Modifications
Oct-86 - Window Bars Fitted
Images:
Date: 23rd June 1988
Set number: N673
53494 with DMBS 53468 as set N673, at Bolton 23/6/88. Gazza Prescott.
Date: 6th May 1989
Set number: N673
N673 (M53494+M53468), CH379 (M51948), N669 (M53528) on X shed Longsight TMD 6-5-89. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 23rd July 1989
Set number: CH613
CH613 M53494 + M53468 inside Llandudno Junction depot, 23-7-89. Kevin Dowd.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 15th May 1988
Set number: N666
Its 21.50 and BRC&W Class 104 Newton Heath allocated DMU set N666, comprising of 53444 + 53494, sits at the buffers on platform 3A at a very quite Sheffield on the 15th May 1988. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 15th August 1988
Set number: N666
53444 with 53494 in the gloom of Manchester Victoria on 15/8/88. Robert Chilton.