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Vehicle 56179 / 54179

Class 104

Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30297
Diagram: 585

Allocations

The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 50536 during the unknown period are:

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)

Then the allocations for 56179 are:

May-80	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
circa Feb-82	Transferred to	BY (Bletchley)
19/04/87	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
20/07/88	Transferred to	RG (Reading)
02/11/89	Withdrawn from	RG (Reading) NXXZ

Notes

1st January 1988 - NSE symbol on sides
12th October 1990 - Listed as condemned and thought to be at Reading depot

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56179 - original number
54179 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50536	56179	As delivered to 5B - 3w/e 19/04/58
	50954	56179	Noted 04/08/68 - in Stalybridge¹
	50954	56179	Noted 10/08/68 - at Bangor¹
LT317	50941	56179	Listed at Longsight - circa Dec-69
	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
	53539	54179	Noted 28/05/1983 - on 06:15 Bletchley to Bedford⁴
	53539	54179	Noted circa 06/1983³
	53539	54179	Noted circa 01/1984³
	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
spare	54179		Listed at NH - May-88
spare	54179		Listed at OC - 15/05/89
spare	54179		Listed at RG - 1st July 1989

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

Images:

31st May 1983

Class 104 BRCW 2-car DMU 54179 + 53539 at Bedford St Johns with the 16:15 to Bletchley on 31-5-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

31st May 1983

Class 104 BRCW 2-car DMU 54179 + 53539 at Bedford St Johns with the 16:15 to Bletchley on 31-5-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

18th November 1984

M54179 at Leicester on the 18th November 1984. Dennis Taylor.

Unknown date

The interior of Class 104 DTSL 54179 seen at St Albans Abbey circa early/mid-1980s. Ian Docwra.

Unknown date

A two-car Class 104 DMU at St Albans Abbey circa early/mid-1980s, with DTS 54179 closest. Ian Docwra.

22nd April 1986

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

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.

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.

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.

30th January 1988

Class 104 driver trailer sits in front of several 101 vehicles in Newton Heath depot on January 30, 1988. Beside it sits withdrawn M53456, boarded up for its journey to Vic Berrys. Hamish Stevenson.

28th October 1990

M54179, Vic Berrys, Leicester 28-10-90 Kevin Dowd.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 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.

Date: 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.

Date: 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.

Date: 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.

Date: 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.

Date: 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.

Date: 17th October 1987

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

Date: 28th October 1990

Set number: N672

M53511, M54179 and W59282 at Vic Berrys, Leicester, 28-10-90. Kevin Dowd.

Date: 10th November 1990

Class 104s 53518 (left) and 54179 at Vic Berry's on 10 November 1990. Dave Warby.

Date: 25th November 1990

Set number: N668

M53518, M54179 at Vic Berrys, Leicester, 25-11-90. Kevin Dowd.

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