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| 03/07/83 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) |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: circa early 1980s
A Class 100 DMU heads away from Romiley - the station can be seen just past the junction. Date unknown, likely early 1980s. The DTSL looks like it could be M56104, and so the DMBS is presumably M50349. Stuart Mackay Collection.
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.