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Vehicle 50536 / 53536


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

3w/e 19/04/58 New to 5B (Crewe South)
Apr-63 Transferred to 5D (Cockshute)
4w/e 06/02/65 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 1973Depot code changeLO
May-80 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
circa Feb-82 Transferred to BY (Bletchley)
19/04/87 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
14/05/89 Transferred to CH (Chester) PCHX
08/12/89 Withdrawn from CH (Chester) PXXZ
p/e 24/02/90 Reinstated CH (Chester) PCHX
21/05/90 Withdrawn from CH (Chester) PXXZ

Notes

1st January 1988 - NSE symbol on sides
26th February 1990 - Final drive failure at Leicester, unit CH613 towed to Chester on wheel skates
30th April 1990 - Seen stored out of use in Chester station sidings
22/04/91 - withdrawn vehicles noted at Chester: 53431, 53442, 53494, 53512, 53516, 53517, 53534, 53536, 59065, 59137, 59525; also soon to be W SC59049 and SC59074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:

50536 - original number
53536 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50536 56179 As delivered to 5B - 3w/e 19/04/58
50536 56103 Noted 03/05/69 - in Manchester Central (last day)1
50536 56103 Noted 22/08/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly1
50536 56179 Noted 29/12/69 - in Manchester Piccadilly2
LT306 50536 56179 Listed at 9A - circa Jul-70
50536 56179 Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight1
50536 56179 Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1
50536 56179 Noted 10/09/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly2
50536 56179 Noted circa 11/19813
53536 54179 Noted circa 04/19833
53536 54184 Noted circa 05/19833
53536 54184 Noted circa 03/19853
53536 54179 Noted circa 02/19863
53536 54179 Noted 21/11/86 - at Bletchley2
53536 54179 Noted circa 02/19873
53536 54179 Noted 17/10/87 - at Miles Platting with M53971 + M54504
53536 54179 Noted 30th December 1987
53536 54179 Listed at NH - 1st January 1988
N678 53536 53520 Listed at NH - March 1988
N678 53536 53520 Noted circa 04/19883
N678 53536 53520 Listed at NH - May 1988
N678 53536 53520 Listed at NH - May-88
N678 53536 53520 Noted circa Jul-88
N678 53536 53520 Listed at NH - 16th July 1988
N678 53536 53520 Noted 15th May 1989
CH609 53536 53520 Listed at CH - 1st July 1989
CH609 53536 53520 Noted 12th July 1989
CH609 53536 53520 Noted 3rd September 1989
CH613 53536 53494 Noted 24th September 1989
CH613 53536 53494 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
CH613 53536 53494 Noted 22nd November 1989
CH613 53536 53494 Noted 26th February 1990

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Stockport

7th September 1975

Set number: LT306

DMU cars M50536 and M56179 wait to form the 16.41 to Stalybridge in a bay at Stockport on 7 September 1975. I seem to remember the service was occasional even in these days, but of course it was reduced to just one service a week as a means of avoiding the closure procedure. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 104 DMU at Leicester

6th April 1985

A Class 104 DMU stabled at Leicester on 6 June 1985 formed of M53536 and presumably M54184. Robert Thomas.

Class 104 DMU at Watford Junction

18th January 1986

Class 104 DMBS 53536 and DTCL 54179 wait to leave Watford Junction with the 10.54 to St Albans Abbey on 18 January 1986. Dave Warby.

Class 104 DMU at Croxley Green

24th February 1987

In Croxley Green station BRCW Class 104 DMBS 53536 and DTS 54179 wait to depart with The 16.18 to Watford Junction on 24 February 1987. Dave Warby.

Class 104 DMU at Croxley Green

24th February 1987

BRCW Class 104 DMBS 53536 and DTS 54179 wait to depart Croxley Green station with the 16.18 to Watford Junction on 24 February 1987. Dave Warby.

Class 104 DMU at Croxley Green

25th February 1987

From Croxley Green depot BRCW Class 104 DTS 54179 and DMBS 53536 are seen passing with the 15.40 Watford Junction-Croxley Green on 25 February 1987. Dave Warby.

Class 104 DMU at Watford

25th February 1987

Seen from Wiggenhall Road Bridge, Watford, BRCW Class 104 DMBS 53536 and DTS 54179 work the 15.56 Croxley Green-Watford Junction service on 25 February 1987. Dave Warby.

Class 104 DMU at Sheffield

30th April 1988

Set number: N678

Two types of first generation DMUs in the East facing bays at Sheffield on the 30th April 1988, a Metro-Cammell built Class 111 with "Metro Train" branding which is off to Doncaster on the right, on the left is N678 (M53536 + out of view M53520), a Newton Heath allocated BRC&W built Class 104. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 104 DMU at Slaithwaite

3rd September 1988

Set number: N678

Class 104 DMU set N678 (53520 + 53536) at Slaithwaite on September 3, 1988. Walter Burt.

Class 104 DMU at Cocker Bar

5th May 1989

Set number: N678

Surrounded by open agricultural land which is a characteristic of the Preston to Ormskirk route, a two-car BRCW Class 104 DMU formed of cars M53536 & M53520 had left Midge Hall behind in the far-distance, and was passing the Cocker Bar at Ulnes Walton en-route to it's first intermediate station call at the village of Croston, whilst working a well-filled tea time Preston to Ormskirk service on May 5th 1989. The set was numbered as Newton Heath N678, the leading car M53536 still carrying Network South East branding on the bodyside, a legacy from when the car was allocated to Bletchley Depot between 1982 & 1987. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 104 DMU at Wrexham Central

24th June 1989

Set number: CH609

Class 104 Set CH609 (53536 closest, presumably with 53520) with a Wrexham Central - Bidston service departs Wrexham Exchange (at 1215) on Saturday 24th June 1989. Colin Brooks.

Class 104 DMU at Bidston

1989

Set number: CH613

Class 104 set CH613 (presumably 53536 + 53494) departing from Bidston in 1989. John Law.

Class 104 DMU at Leicester

3rd March 1990

Set number: CH613

M53536 + M53494 (set CH613) at Leicester on March 3, 1990. John Carter.

Class 104 DMU at Chester depot

12th November 1990

53536 in the scrapline at Chester depot, 12/11/90. Gazza Prescott.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 22nd April 1986

BRCW Class 104 DMU M54179 + 53536 at Bletchley on a Bedford working on 22 April 1986. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: 24th February 1987

With the tail lamp on the leading end, BRCW Class 104 DTS 54179 leads DMBS 53536 into Watford West with the 16.08 Watford Junction-Croxley Green service on 24 February 1987. Dave Warby.

DMU

Date: 24th February 1987

With an improvised destination in the cab window BRCW Class 104 DTS 54179 and DMBS 53536 wait in Watford Junction with the 16.29 to Croxley Green on 24 February 1987. Dave Warby.

DMU

Date: 24th February 1987

BRCW Class 104 DTS 54179 and DMBS 53536 wait in Watford Junction station with the 16.29 to Croxley Green on 24 February 1987. Dave Warby.

DMU

Date: 17th October 1987

Class 108+104 formed M53971+M54504 + M53536+M54179 at Miles Platting on the 17th October 1987. Kevin Law.

DMU

Date: 30th April 1988

Four types of DMU in the East facing bays at Sheffield on the 30th April 1988. Three are first generation sets, a Metro-Cammell Class 111 on the left, whilst behind are two BRC&W products, Class 104 M53520 (N678 with M53536 out of view) on the left coupled to a Class 110 "Calder Valley", the modern day DMU is represented by the Class 142 railbus on the right. Andrew J Crowther.

DMU

Date: 14th May 1988

Set number: N678

A BRCW Class 104 two-car DMU formed of cars M53520 & M53536 (N678) was awaiting departure from Parbold with a Southport to Manchester Victoria service on May 14th 1988. At the time the set was allocated to Newton Heath, but in May 1989 for its last stint of operation, the set was transferred to Chester from where it would eventually be withdrawn a few months later in October 1989. The Ayr Depot allocation sticker on the cab front was a souvenir of a brief period operating North of the Border in 1984, providing cover following a fire at Ayr Depot that destroyed a number of DMU sets beyond repair. Later in 1984, until reallocated back to familiar territory at Newton Heath in 1987, the set had been allocated to Cricklewood Depot. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 3rd September 1988

Set number: N678

Class 104 DMU set N678 (53520 + 53536) at Slaithwaite on September 3, 1988. Walter Burt.

DMU

Date: 5th February 1990

Set number: CH613

BRCW 2 car Class 104 DMU, Set CH613, DMC with 1st class downgraded to 2nd, M53494 nearest with DMBS 53536, stands in Manchester Victoria station, 5th February 1990. Paul James.

DMU

Date: 5th June 1990

Class 104 DMUs M53442 53516 and 53536 at Chester on June 5th 1990. Nicholas Youngman.