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Vehicle 50598 / 53598


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: 30404
Diagram: 557

Allocations

30/05/58 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
3w/e 30/08/58 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
30/11/58 Transferred to South Gosforth
Jan-59 Transferred to 50B (Neville Hill)
Feb-59 Transferred to South Gosforth
3w/e 04/06/60 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
4w/e 01/10/60 On loan to 55H (Neville Hill)
3w/e 01/07/61 On loan to 31A (Cambridge)
4w/e 04/11/61 Ex-loan back to 51A (Darlington)
4w/e 25/05/68 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
w/e 30/01/77 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
25/04/82 Transferred to LO (Longsight)
circa Feb-84 Transferred to BX (Buxton)
27/04/86 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
11/05/86 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)
Jun-86 Reinstated NH (Newton Heath)
Jun-86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
3w/e 21/12/86 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr) - also noted as Feb-87 and officially as 02/06/88.

Notes

12th February 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard
24th April 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard
29th April 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard
6th July 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50598 - original number
53598 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50598 56189 As delivered to 56G - 30th May 1958
50598 56189 Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 30/08/58
50598 56189 Transfer to South Gosforth - 30/11/58
50598 56189 Transfer to 50B - Jan-59
50598 56187 Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 04/06/60
50598 56187 Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 01/10/60 - on loan
50598 56189 Transfer to 31A - 3w/e 01/07/61 - on loan
50598 56189 Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 04/11/61
50598 56086 Noted 11/09/65 - at Thornaby1
50598 56189 Noted 27/07/68 - in Leeds City1
L158 50598 56197 Noted circa 19712
50598 56197 Noted 19/04/71 - in Leeds City3
50598 56197 Noted 15/08/1971 - at Neville Hill4
50598 56197 Noted 01/09/72 - in Leeds City1
50598 56187 Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1
50598 56074 Noted 07/10/1973 - at Huddersfield4
50598 56074 Noted 07/10/1973 - at Huddersfield4
50598 56074 Noted 06/08/19745
50598 56074 Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster5
50598 56074 Noted 22/02/75 - on 17.15 Skipton to Leeds
50598 56074 Noted 10/09/76 - at Brough1
50598 56074 Noted 23/11/76 - at York1
50598 56189 Transfer to NR - w/e 30/01/77
76 50598 56189 Noted 08/02/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3
76 50598 56140 Noted 06/08/78 - at Norwich3
76 50598 56140 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
50598 56187 Noted circa 10/19822
53598 54187 Noted circa 04/19832
53598 59144 53542 Noted circa 03/19842
53598 59144 53542 Noted circa 11/1984 - listed at BX2
53598 59144 53542 Noted 20/01/85
BX488 53598 59144 53542 Noted circa 06/19852
BX488 53598 59144 53542 Listed at BX - circa Jul-85
BX488 53598 59144 53542 Listed at BX - circa Dec-85
455 51294 59796 53598 Noted 9th July 1986
53210 59090 53598 Noted 17th July 1986
53210 59090 53598 Noted 31st July 1986
455 53210 59090 53598 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
53210 59090 53598 Noted 6th September 1986
104455 53598 59796 53673 Formation change - AY - circa Oct-86
53380 59104 53598 Noted 15th November 1986
53380 59104 53598 Noted 19th November 1986
104455 53598 59796 53525 Formation change - circa Dec-86 - 53525 replaced 53673

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Gerald Brown
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Peter Wallwork

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Leeds

10th April 1974

A mixed formation DMU seen in Leeds station on 10th April 1974 with a BRCW Class 104 DMBS (E50598) an Metro-Cammell car as the second vehicle. Bob Belcher.

Class 104 DMU at Skipton

22nd February 1975

E50598 and E56074 at Skipton with the 17.15 to Leeds on 22nd Feb 75. With 25 minutes to go to departure time mixed twin set E50598 and E56074 wait for custom at Skipton. 54A South Dock.

Class 104 DMU at Shipley

19th April 1976

Class 104 DMBS E50598 and Class 101 DTC E56074 arrive into Shipley station with the 12:36pm Keighley - Leeds service on 19th April 1976. Michael Mensing.

Class 104 DMU at Shipley

19th April 1976

Class 104 DMBS 50598 with Class 101 DTC 56074 departs from Shipley with the 12:36pm Keighley - Leeds service on April 19th 1976. Michael Mensing.

Class 104 DMU at Cromer Beach

Unknown date

Set number: 76

Class 104 DMBS E50598 in Cromer Beach station, paired with a Class 105 as set 76. Date unknown, it was a Norwich vehicle from January 1977 to April 1982. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 104 DMU at Doncaster Works

25th July 1982

Class 104 DMBS 50598 has had it's cab replated during heavy repairs at Doncaster when seen on the 25th July 1982. Chris Lings.

Class 104 DMU at New Mills Central

18th September 1982

Class 104 BRCW 2-car DMU 50598 + 56187 arrived at New Mills Central on 18-9-82. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 104 DMU at Leamington Spa

8th October 1984

Set number: BX488

This was the first class 104 I photographed in the West Midlands but that doesn't really excuse the poor job I made of composing the picture. I'm not a fan of pictures without at least some background and the only bit of identity is a small part of Leamington Spa's signalbox. The train is an Accrington to Portsmouth footex on 8 October 1984 formed of BX 488 with cars M53598, M59144 and M53542 running through the station on the up main line. I should love to see any photographs taken of this working somewhere in the Basingstoke area as it would have been quite a rarity on the LSWR. Peter Tandy.

Class 104 DMU at New Mills Newtown

27th October 1984

Class 104 DMU with car 53598 leading at New Mills Newtown for Buxton on 27-10-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 104 DMU at Bankend

20th January 1985

Buxton based BRC&W class 104 3 car dmu M53598, M59144, M53542, is seen at Bankend between Furness Vale and New Mills Newtown, whilst working a Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service. 20th January 1985 Andrew J Crowther.

Class 104 DMU at Ayr depot

1986

Set number: 455

Class 104 (presumably 53598), 101 and 120 DMU vehicles await maintenance inside Ayr Shed in 1986. Andrew McConnell.

Class 104 DMU at Shotts

1986

Set number: 455

Hybrid DMU set 455 (53598 + 59090 + 53210) departs from Shotts station with the 09:32 Glasgow Central - Edinburgh service on an unknown date in 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 104 DMU at Prestwick

30th August 1986

Set number: 455

BRCW Class 104 DMBS 53598 is the trailing power car in mixed Set 455 seen here leaving Prestwick station in August 1986. The wires are in place for the Ayrshire electrification which would go live the following month. The centre car is a Metro-Cammel vehicle (59090). A typically mixed set in the final fling of the DMU in Scotland. Andrew McConnell.

Class 104 DMU at Ayr

September 1986

Set number: 455

Indian summer of the DMU in Ayrshire. Set 455 (presumably 53598 + 59090 + 53210) works with a Class 120 set at Ayr station in September 1986. Andrew McConnell.

Class 104 DMU at Kilwinning

15th September 1986

Kilwinning on the afternoon of 15/9/86 with a mixed cl.101/104 set (53210/59090/53598) leaving on the 16.09 to Glasgow (15.45 ex-Ayr). Note the mix of liveries on this Ayr set, which, typically for this time, is a real mish-mash of whatever the depot could cobble together. So, the leading DMBS in blue and grey is recently arrived from Hull, the class 101 trailer is in Strathclyde colours and the class 104 DMBS at the rear, a Newton Heath cast-off, is in plain blue. Leonard Rogers.

Class 104 DMU at March

14th November 1987

Set number: 455

Class 104 53598 with two Class 120 sets (one is 522) on their way to Snailwell. Seen at 09:05 on Saturday 14th November 1987 at March. Colin Brooks.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa early 1961

Night maintenance in Neville Hill depot. A fitter adjusts the tappets on a Leyland 680 engine. Note the lamp socket on the engine start/stop controls being used. The worksplate on the solebar tells us this is a BRC&W vehicle from lot 30404 - a DMBS from a batch of five driving trailer sets built for the North Eastern Region. Of the five DMBSs only two were allocated to the depot in this era: 50594 and 50598. This image appeared on the rear cover of the 17th edition of the British Transport Commission's Transport Age magazine dated April 1961. British Railways.

DMU

Date: 19th April 1976

Class 101/104 hybrid set 56074 / 50598 waiting to depart from Shipley with the 12:36pm Keighley - Leeds service on April 19th 1976. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 19th April 1976

Having departed from Shipley station with the 12:36pm Keighley - Leeds service on April 19th 1976 Class 101/104 hybrid set 56074 / 50598 has reversed and are heading around the other section of the triangle. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 9th March 1985

Having just left Middlewood station on the 1in60 climb to Disley, Buxton based BRC&W class 104 dmu (M53542, M59144, M53598) emerges from the short Middlewood Tunnel which takes the railway underneath the Macclesfield Canal. 9th March 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

DMU

Date: 6th May 1985

Set number: BX488

Buxton based BRC&W class 104 3 car dmu BX488 (M53598, M59144, M53542) in Buxton station on 6th May 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

DMU

Date: 30th November 1985

Set number: BX488

With the Buxton tracks having been temporary slewed, two Buxton allocated BRC&W class 104 dmu's are about to pass each other, working the Manchester Piccadilly - Buxton services on 30th November 1985. The cord track bed is now in place it wont be long before the track on the cord is in place as well, providing a link between the old Midland Rly that crosses the bridge and the L&NW Rly, an idea that was first proposed in 1902, the cord opened for traffic on the 12th May 1986. BX488 presumably contains 53542 59144 53598. Andrew J Crowther.

DMU

Date: 29th July 1986

Set number: 104455

Class101 DMBS 53210 is seen having just arrived on the Ayrshire side of Glasgow Central Station on the 29th July 1986. Formally allocated to Norwich MPD she still carries her 86 depot number at the top of her centre cab window. Class 101 TSL 59090 forms the centre car in Strathclyde red and black livery with Class 104 53598 bringing up the rear. Together they formed Scottish Region Set No. 104455. All had been scrapped by August 1989 Bob Woolnough.