Vehicle 50422 / 53422 / 977344
Class 104
Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30290
Diagram: 556
Allocations
| w/e 11/05/57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Jun-57 | Transferred to | 5A (Crewe North) | |
| Sep-57 | Transferred to | 9D (Buxton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9L | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BX | |
| 28/09/82 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| Oct-85 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50422 - original number
53422 - from Oct-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
977344 - from Nov-85 (departmental stock)
Department Use as ADB977344
RTC use - M&EE Test Unit From 11/85 to 11/86.
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50422 | 59134 | 50426 | As delivered to 9A - w/e 11/05/57 | ||||||
| 50422 | 59134 | 50426 | Noted 22/12/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly1 | ||||||
| 50422 | 59140 | 50487 | Noted 18/09/1971 - at Stockport2 | ||||||
| 50422 | 59136 | 50506 | Noted 03/12/78 - at Longsight3 | ||||||
| 50422 | 59136 | 50506 | Noted 21/08/79 - at Preston 4 | ||||||
| 50422 | 59136 | 50484 | Noted 23/09/79 - at Buxton3 | ||||||
| 50422 | 59136 | 50484 | Noted 28/12/79 - at Longsight3 | ||||||
| 50422 | 59163 | 50506 | Noted 24/05/80 | ||||||
| 50422 | 59160 | 50494 | Noted 27th March 1982 - part of 8-car Bury Bolton St - Rawtenstall 'East Lancashire Phoenix' services | ||||||
| 50422 | 59198 | 50506 | Noted 29/05/1982 - Stockport on 12.00 Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly5 | ||||||
| BX481 | 50422 | 59198 | 50506 | Noted 31/05/19826 | |||||
| BX481 | 50422 | 59198 | 50506 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc6 | |||||
| BX481 | 50422 | 59198 | 50506 | Noted 25/07/1982 - on Buxton depot3 | |||||
| 50422 | 50506 | Noted circa 10/19826 | |||||||
| 53422 | 53506 | Noted circa 05/19836 | |||||||
| 53422 | 53506 | Noted 15/12/1983 - at Manchester Victoria3 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Martin Lumley
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Alan N Walker
6: Eddie Knorn
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