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Vehicle 50532 / 53532

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: 30296
Diagram: 556

Allocations

2w/e 05/04/58	New to	5D (Cockshute)
4w/e 01/07/61	Transferred to	6G (Llandudno Junction)
4w/e 30/12/61	Transferred to	18A (Toton)
4w/e 27/01/62	Transferred to	5D (Cockshute)
Feb-62	Transferred to	6G (Llandudno Junction)
4w/e 02/06/62	Transferred to	5C (Stafford)
4w/e 30/06/62	Transferred to	6G (Llandudno Junction)
3w/e 02/10/65	Transferred to	9D (Newton Heath)
4w/e 06/11/65	Transferred to	9A (Longsight)
May 1973	Depot code change	LO
May-80	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
circa Feb-82	Transferred to	BY (Bletchley)
24/05/87	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
20/05/89	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath) PNHX

Notes

1st January 1988 - Has NSE symbol on one side
16th July 1988 - Has NSE symbols on sides
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19th October 1989 - Listed as withdrawn/out of use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

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50532 - original number
53532 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50532	56175		As delivered to 5D - 2w/e 05/04/58
LT302	50532	56489		Listed at Longsight - circa Dec-69
	50532	56489		Noted 22/12/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly¹
LT302	50532	56175		Listed at 9A - circa Jul-70
	50532	56175		Noted 01/1971 - at Manchester Piccadilly²
	50532	56175		Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight¹
	50532	56175		Noted 28/08/75 - on Longsight depot³
	50532	56175		Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly¹
	50532	56181		Noted circa 12/1981⁴
	50532	56181		Noted circa 10/1982⁴
	53532	54181		Noted circa 04/1983⁴
	53439	59163	53532	Noted circa 06/1986⁴
	53439	59163	53532	Noted 14/02/1987⁴
	53532	54184		Listed at NH - 1st January 1988
	53532	54184		Noted 23rd January 1988
	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: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

July 1983

A BRCW class 104 DMU comprising DMBS M53532 + DTSL M54181, standing in the platform at Bedford St Johns station. Unsure of exact date, but sometime in the week 4th-8th July 1983. John Crooks.

1st September 1983

Bedford St Johns station on 1 September 1983, with a 2-car Class 104 DMU (53532 + 54181) waiting to leave for Bletchley. This station closed on 14 May 1984, when services were diverted into Bedford Midland station. A small halt, also called Bedford St Johns, was provided on the new chord line that trains now use to access Bedford Midland. Lewis Bevan.

13th June 1986

Running through the haze of an early Summer morning, the 0924 Kettering - Bedford service is just about to arrive at Wellingborough station formed of an all blue 3 Car Class 104 BY allocated DMU set M53532+M59163+M53439 .... 13th June 1986. Nigel Mack.

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.

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.

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.

17th February 1991

Set number: N676

53487 is stacked on top of 53532 at Vic Berry's, 17/2/91. Kevin Dowd.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: July 1983

A BRCW class 104 DMU comprising DTSL M54181 + DMBS M53532, stand in the platform at Bedford St Johns station, sometime in the week 4th-8th July 1983. John Crooks.

Date: 1st September 1983

Bedford St Johns station on 1 September 1983, with a 2-car Class 104 DMU (54181/53532) just arrived as the 18.10 ex-Bletchley. This station closed on 14 May 1984, when services were diverted into Bedford Midland station. A small halt, also called Bedford St Johns, was provided on the new chord line that trains now use to access Bedford Midland. Lewis Bevan.

Date: 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.

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.

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