Vehicle 50413
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
| 4w/e 04/10/58 | New to | 3C (Ryecroft) | |
| 4w/e 29/11/58 | Transferred to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| 4w/e 27/12/58 | Transferred to | 18A (Toton) | |
| 4w/e 27/12/58 | Transferred to | 1C (Watford) | |
| 3w/e 31/01/65 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
| 11/09/65 | Transferred to | 2H (Monument Lane) | |
| 4w/e 01/01/66 | Transferred to | 2G (Ryecroft) | |
| 2w/e 10/09/66 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
| May-70 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 04/05/70 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| Jan-72 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| 11/12/72 | Withdrawn from | 84A (Laira) |
Notes
24/03/59 - M50413 failed before leaving Watford shed and so M79742/5 were rustled up for its duties on the Belmont line. By the time the pair reached Harrow M79746 had been added.
Disposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50413 | 56168 | As delivered to 3C - October 1958 | |||||||
| 50413 | 56168 | Transfer to 81D - 7w/e 18/07/70 | |||||||
| 50413 | 56169 | Noted 27/08/75 - at Taunton - withdrawn1 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
Images:
May 1972
Set number: P200
Park Royal DMU set P200 (presumably 50413 + 56168) at Kingswear with a Paignton service in May 1972. John Jarvis.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1972
A Park Royal Class 103 set formed of W56168 and W50413, stabled at Laira, date unknown. Maidenhead on the destination blind suggests this was soon after they were transferred from Reading in January 1972. They were withdrawn in December that year. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: May 1972
Set number: P200
Park Royal DMU set P200 (presumably 56168 + 50413) at Paignton ready to depart for Kingswear in May 1972. John Jarvis.