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Vehicle 50409

Class 103

Builder: Park Royal
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30286
Diagram: 635

Allocations

Aug-58	New to	5B (Crewe South)
4w/e 29/11/58	Transferred to	3C (Ryecroft)
4w/e 27/12/58	Transferred to	1C (Watford)
Jan-59	Transferred to	3C (Ryecroft)
Jun-60	Depot code change	21F
Sep-63	Depot code change	2G
w/e 10/10/64	Transferred to	6A (Chester)
w/e 16/12/64	Transferred to	2G (Ryecroft)
w/e 07/01/67	Transferred to	6A (Chester)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CH
p/e 19/02/83	Withdrawn from	CH (Chester)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50409	56164	As delivered to 5B - August 1958
	50409	56164	Noted 13th December 1958
	50409	56110	Noted 21/08/68 - at Chester¹
	50409	56166	Noted 22/08/69 - at Crewe¹
	50409	56156	Noted 05/08/1971²
	50409	56156	Noted 18/09/1971 - at Crewe³
	50409	56156	Noted 19/09/71 - in Chester station¹
	50409	56156	Noted 28/03/1972⁴
	50409	56156	Noted 26/05/1973 - at Crewe²
	50409	56165	Noted 08/09/73 - in Manchester Victoria⁵
	50409	56165	Noted 09/09/73 - on Birkenhead depot⁵
	50409	56164	Noted 30/05/1974 - at Wolverhampton³
CR218	50409	56164	Noted 04/09/74 - at Chester, 56164 displayed CR207⁵
	50409	56164	Noted 02/07/1975 - at Nuneaton²
	50409	56164	Noted 08/1975 - on either 16th or 23rd August 1975²
	50409	56150	Noted 14/08/76 - at Derby Litchurch Lane⁶
	50409	56150	Noted 06/02/77 - in North Wales⁶
	50409	56150	Noted 12/09/77 - at Machynlleth⁵
	50409	56150	Noted 16/10/77 - at Crewe¹
	50409	56152	Noted 09/12/78 - at Chester⁶
	50409	56152	Noted 11/02/1979 - on Chester depot⁶
	50409	56152	Noted 16/02/1979 - at Crewe⁷
	50409	56152	Noted 17/02/1980 - on Chester depot⁶
	50409	56152	Noted 10/07/1980 - at Crewe⁶
	50409	56152	Noted circa 05/1982⁸

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Chris Moxon
5: Gerald Brown
6: Martin Lumley
7: Shayne Lewis
8: Eddie Knorn

Images:

10th July 1966

A Park Royal set with DMBS M50409 at the front appearing to be recently repainted. Seen near Arley and Fillongley working a Birmingham New Street - Rugby local service on July 10, 1966, diverted for electrification works to Coventry via Nuneaton. Michael Mensing.

14th August 1976

Class 103 DMBS M50409 on accommodation bogies in Derby C&W on 14 August 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.

14th August 1976

Park Royal DMBS 50409 at Derby Litchurch Lane on accommodation bogies, 14/8/76. Anthony Griffiths.

14th August 1976

Park Royal DMBS 50409 on accommodation bogies at Derby Litchurch Lane on 14 August 1976. John Grey Turner.

12th April 1977

Class 103 50409 + 56150 at Crewe on April 12th, 1977. It carries a Chester set number in the cab window - possibly CR209. Rex Holt.

Unknown date

Set number: CR218

Park Royal set CR218 in Chester station, date unknown, with DMBS M50409 closest. Mel Smith.

Unknown date

A Class 103 and 108 at Machynlleth Depot. Date unknown, but likely late 1970s-early 1980s. Graeme Phillips Collection.

28th April 1979

The details supplied with this image note the vehicles as M50398 (leading)+ M50409. Did a Class 103 set run with two DMBSs (or were there also two DTCs?) Seen at Welshpool on the 28th April 1979. Robert Frise.

14th August 1982

Set number: CR218

A two-car Class 103 and a two-car Class 101 DMU arrives at RHyl on 14 August 1982. Set CR218 / M50409 leads. Brian Daniels.

12th January 1983

Class 103 Park Royal 2-car DMU 50409 + 56152 (DMBS + DTCL) stabled on Chester depot, Class 108 DMBS 50941 on the right, 12-1-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 28th March 1972

Park Royals meeting at Helsby (with Class 40 number 389 in the refuge siding). 50404 & 56158 (out of shot) are on the left passing 56156 & 50409 (also out of shot) on the right, 28/3/72. Anthony Griffiths.

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