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Vehicle 50349

Class 100

Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30278
Diagram: 536

Allocations

Sep-57	New to	5D (Cockshute)
Jan-58	On loan to	8E (Brunswick)
Apr-58	Depot code change	27F
Jun-58	Transferred to	3C (Ryecroft)
Jun-60	Depot code change	21F
Sep-63	Depot code change	2G
3w/e 31/01/65	Transferred to	2H (Monument Lane)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	2G (Ryecroft)
3w/e 30/06/66	Transferred to	6A (Chester)
3w/e 30/03/69	Transferred to	9A (Longsight)
May 1973	Depot code change	LO
03/07/83	Withdrawn from	LO (Longsight)

Modifications

circa Jul-72 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50349	56104	As delivered to 5D - September 1957
	50349	56104	Noted 16th September 1957
LT292	50349	56104	Listed at 9A - circa Jul-70
	50349	56104	Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight¹
	50349	56104	Noted 06/08/1974 - at Manchester Piccadilly²
	50349	56104	Noted 28/08/75 - on Longsight depot³
	50349	56104	Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly¹
	50349	56104	Noted Sep-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly¹
LO292	50349	56104	Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc⁴
LO292	50349	56104	Noted circa 02/1983⁴

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

Images:

1965

M50349 heads a train at Nuneaton (TV - Abley St. spur) in 1965. Michael Mensing.

Unknown date

A Class 100 DMU with DMBS M50349 closest in Guide Bridge station, date unknown. Rose Hill via Hyde is on the destination blind. Paul Redmond.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 27th August 1983

Condemned Class 100 Gloucester 2-car DMUs on Longsight, 56104 + 50349 closest, 27-8-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

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