Vehicle 50516 / 53516
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
| 4w/e 28/12/57 | New to | 5D (Stoke) | |
| May-58 | Transferred to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
| w/e 01/10/60 | Transferred to | 5D (Stoke) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 4w/e 04/02/67 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 14/05/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
| 21/05/90 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) PXXZ |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50516 - original number
53516 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50464 | 59172 | 50516 | As delivered to 5D - 4w/e 28/12/57 | ||||
| 53442 | 53516 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | |||||
| N664 | 53442 | 53516 | Listed at NH - May-88 | ||||
| N664 | 53442 | 53516 | Noted circa Jul-88 | ||||
| CH608 | 53442 | 53516 | Noted 22/07/89 | ||||
| CH608 | 53442 | 53516 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 | ||||
| CH616 | 53442 | 53516 | Noted 30/10/89 |
Modifications
Oct-86 - Window Bars Fitted
Images:
Date: 17th June 1962
M50516 is at the front of two three-car Class 104s north of Hednesford on the 17th June 1962. The second vehicle still has a full complement of footsteps on the end. Michael Mensing.
Date: 17th October 1987
Class 104 M53516 with M53442 leading at Miles Platting on the 17th October 1987. Kevin Law.
Date: 9th April 1988
A BRC&W Class 104 DMU M53516 + M53442 arrives at Stockport with the shuttle from Stalybridge on the 9th April 1988, a service that ran hourly. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 22nd July 1989
Set number: CH608
Class 104 CH608 M53516 + M53442 on 2E34, 18:40 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield at Buxworth, 22-7-89. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 30th October 1989
Set number: CH616
CH616 M53516 + M53442 stand at Llandudno waiting to depart with the 13:28 to Holyhead, 30-10-89. Robert Simpson.
Date: 6th December 1989
Set number: CH616
CH616 M53516 + M53442 on Longsight TMD's 14X road after another hard days work! 6-12-89. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 12th November 1990
Set number: CH616
53516 in the scrapline at Chester, 12/11/90. Gazza Prescott.
Date: June 1991
Class 104 power car M53516 at Snailwell in June 1991. Surface Stock.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 15th September 1988
Set number: N664
Class 104 set N664 (53442 + 53516) in Manchester Piccadilly station on 15/9/88. Rex Holt.
Date: 5th June 1990
Class 104 DMUs M53442 53516 and 53536 at Chester on June 5th 1990. Surface Stock.