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Vehicle 50512 / 53512


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

4w/e 30/11/57 New to 5D (Cockshute)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
4w/e 04/02/67 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
May-73Depot code changeNH
14/05/89 Transferred to CH (Chester) PCHX
14/05/90 Sector Change to CH (Chester) PXXZ
11/06/90 Withdrawn from CH (Chester) PZQZ

Notes

1st January 1988 - Has window bars
30th April 1990 - Seen stored out of use at Chester depot
12th October 1990 - Listed as condemned at Chester depot
22/04/91 - withdrawn vehicles noted at Chester: 53431, 53442, 53494, 53512, 53516, 53517, 53534, 53536, 59065, 59137, 59525; also soon to be W SC59049 and SC59074

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50512 - original number
53512 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Dec-71 - Friction Control Springs Removed
circa early 1975 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50460 59168 50512 As delivered to 5D - 4w/e 30/11/57
50460 59167 50512 Noted 20/07/68 - at Preston and Manchester1
50460 59168 50512 Noted 28/08/75 - on Newton Heath depot2
50460 59168 50512 Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria1
NH466 50460 59168 50512 Noted circa 05/19823
50460 59168 50512 Noted circa 10/19823
50460 59168 50512 Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 07.59 Preston to Manchester Vic3
50460 59168 50512 Noted 08/04/19833
50460 50512 Noted 20/04/19833
53460 53512 Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986
53431 53512 Noted 01/11/19863
53431 53512 Formation change - NH - circa Dec-86
53431 53512 Noted 10/01/87 - on 11:40 Blackpool North - Leeds with 53466 / 535114
53431 53512 Listed at NH - 10/05/87
53431 53512 Noted 11th October 1987
53431 53512 Noted 18th November 1987
53431 53512 Listed at NH - 1st January 1988
53431 53512 Noted circa 01/19883
53431 53512 Noted 12th March 1988
N662 53431 53512 Listed at NH - May-88
N662 53431 53512 Noted 17th June 1988
N662 53431 53512 Noted circa Jul-88
N662 53431 53512 Listed at NH - 16th July 1988
N662 53431 53512 Noted 6th August 1988
N662 53431 53512 Noted 15/09/88 - at Manchester Victoria working with 53934 + 54268
N662 53431 53512 Noted 12th April 1989
N662 53431 53512 Noted 15th May 1989
CH606 53431 53512 Listed at CH - 1st July 1989
53431 53512 Noted 09/08/895
CH606 53431 53512 Noted 15th August 1989
CH606 53431 53512 Noted 4th September 1989
CH606 53431 53512 Noted 8th September 1989
CH606 53431 53512 Noted 16th September 1989
CH606 53431 53512 Noted 24th September 1989
CH606 53431 53512 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
CH618 53431 53512 Noted 18/10/89
CH635 53934 53512 Noted 4th December 1989
CH635 53934 53512 Noted 25th January 1990

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann
5: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Perry Barr North Junction, Birmingham

June 1966

A BRC&W triple DMU set led by M50512 is seen at Perry Barr North Junction, Birmingham, in June 1966. Michael Mensing.

Class 104 DMU at Newton Heath

March 1973

A Blackpool white-stripe set at Newton Heath in March 1973. DMC M50512 is closest. Mel Smith.

Class 104 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

27th October 1984

Class 104 DMU, 53512 thought to be leading, arriving Manchester Piccadilly on 27-10-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 104 DMU at Manchester Victoria

15th September 1988

Set number: N662

Class 104 53512 + 53431 with Class 108 54268 + 53934 at Manchester Victoria on 15/9/88. Rex Holt.

Class 104 DMU at New Mills Central

18th October 1989

Set number: CH618

CH618 (M53512 + M53431) on 2E46, the 14:40 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield at New Mills Central, 18-10-89. Kevin Dowd.

Class 104 DMU at Manchester Victoria

2nd December 1989

Set number: CH635

A rather tired looking Chester allocated set CH635 comprising of Class 104 53512 paired with what looks to be a Class 108 car, presumably 53934, at Manchester Victoria with a local service, 2nd December 1989. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 104 DMU at Snailwell

11th August 1991

Set number: CH635

Class 104 M53512 at Snailwell on 11th August 1991. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 3rd May 1987

Complete with a discoloured white cab roof, two-car BRCW Class 104 DMU, formed of Driving Motor Brake Second M53431 & Driving Motor Lavatory Second M53512 was stabled between duties in Croft Street Sidings adjacent to Preston Power Box on May 3rd 1987. The well-worn unit was having an extended period of operation due to the sidelining of the then ailing almost new Class 142 Pacer fleet. The unit would become a spare set at Chester Depot in November 1989 due its poor condition until it was officially withdrawn in June 1990, as new Class 150/2 Sprinters began to appear in quantity from BREL York. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: May 1988

Set number: N662

Class 104 2-car DMU Newton Heath set N662, 53431+53512, Chester depot May 1988. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 16th July 1988

Set number: N662

Class 104 2-car DMU Newton Heath set N662, 53431 + 53512 in platform 16 of Manchester Victoria on 16th July 1988. Photograph by Dave Rutter. Waddo Rail Archive.

DMU

Date: 1st October 1988

Set number: N662

Class 104 set N662 (presumably 53431 + 53512) sits in the sidings at Southport on October 1st 1988 as 47 557 departs with vintage VSOE Pullman stock heading for Folkestone and a four-day break in Paris. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 4th August 1989

Set number: CH606

Class 104 DMU set CH606 (presumably 53431 + 53512) arrives into Buxton station on 4 August 1989. Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: 24th September 1989

Set number: CH606

M53431 (left) + M53512 (right) at Chester depot on September 24, 1989. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 24th September 1989

Set number: CH606

CH606 M53431 + M53512 take fuel on Chester Depot, 24-9-89. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: 5th June 1990

Condemned Class 104 DMUs M53431, 53512 and M53517 at Chester on June 5th, 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 31st August 1990

Set number: CH259

The DTS from Class 108 set CH259 (54487) sits next to the DMS from Class 104 set CH635 (53512) and another Class 104 DMS at Chester depot at 16:35 on Friday August 31, 1990. Colin Brooks.