Vehicle 50442 / 53442
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: 30293
Diagram: 556
Allocations
| Aug-57 | New to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| Sep-57 | Transferred to | 5A (Crewe North) | |
| Jan-58 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transferred to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 2H (Monument Lane) | |
| w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
| 2w/e 18/03/67 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 2w/e 09/03/68 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
| 3w/e 27/09/75 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| w/e 24/04/76 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 14/05/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
| 21/05/90 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) PXXZ |
Notes
1988 - Orange cantrail stripe
1st January 1988 - Has window bars
20th August 1989 - Part of 7-car 1T16 Chester - Trawsfynydd excursion and return consisting of M53516 + M53442 + M53531 + M53447 + M53925 + M59155 + M52039
30th April 1990 - Seen stored out of use in Chester station sidings
22/04/91 - withdrawn vehicles noted at Chester: 53431, 53442, 53494, 53512, 53516, 53517, 53534, 53536, 59065, 59137, 59525; also soon to be W SC59049 and SC59074
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50442 - original number
53442 - from 1984 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Oct-86 - Window Bars Fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50442 | 59150 | 50494 | As delivered to 5D - August 1957 | ||||||
| 50442 | 59150 | 50492 | Noted 08/08/68 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50442 | 59150 | 50494 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50442 | 59150 | 50494 | Noted 19/04/74 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50442 | 59150 | 50494 | Noted 04/09/74 - in Manchester Victoria2 | ||||||
| 50442 | 59150 | 50494 | Noted 12/03/1976 - at Loughborough3 | ||||||
| 50442 | 59150 | 50494 | Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50442 | 59150 | 50494 | Noted circa 04/19804 | ||||||
| NH441 | 50442 | 59160 | 50494 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| NH441 | 50442 | 50494 | Noted circa 10/19824 | ||||||
| 50442 | 50506 | Noted circa 02/19834 | |||||||
| 53442 | 53516 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | |||||||
| 53442 | 53516 | Noted circa 10/19864 | |||||||
| 53442 | 53516 | Noted 13th September 1987 | |||||||
| 53442 | 53516 | Noted 11th October 1987 | |||||||
| 53442 | 53516 | Listed at NH - 1st January 1988 | |||||||
| N664 | 53442 | 53516 | Listed at NH - March 1988 | ||||||
| 53442 | 53516 | Noted 4th April 1988 | |||||||
| N664 | 53442 | 53516 | Noted 05/04/19884 | ||||||
| N664 | 53442 | 53516 | Listed at NH - May 1988 | ||||||
| N664 | 53442 | 53516 | Listed at NH - May-88 | ||||||
| N664 | 53442 | 53516 | Noted circa Jul-88 | ||||||
| 53442 | 53516 | Noted 13/07/88 - on 10:25 Retford-Sheffield | |||||||
| 53442 | 53516 | Noted 15/07/88 - on 22:22 Lincoln-Sheffield with 51175 + 53159 | |||||||
| N664 | 53442 | 53516 | Listed at NH - 16th July 1988 | ||||||
| N664 | 53442 | 53516 | Noted 7th September 1988 | ||||||
| N664 | 53442 | 53516 | Noted 3rd November 1988 | ||||||
| CH608 | 53442 | 53516 | Listed at CH - 1st July 1989 | ||||||
| 53442 | 53516 | Noted 10/07/89 - at Penyffordd5 | |||||||
| CH608 | 53442 | 53516 | Noted 22/07/89 | ||||||
| 53442 | 53516 | Noted 09/08/89 - on 12:02 Warrington Central - Chester6 | |||||||
| CH608 | 53442 | 53516 | Noted 20/08/1989 - Chester to Trawsfynydd and return section of Hertfordshire Railtours The Trawsfynydd Flyer CH608+CH610+CH371 | ||||||
| CH608 | 53516 | 53442 | Noted 20th August 1989 | ||||||
| CH608 | 53442 | 53516 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 | ||||||
| CH616 | 53442 | 53516 | Noted 30/10/89 | ||||||
| CH616 | 53516 | 53442 | Noted 30th October 1989 | ||||||
| CH616 | 53442 | 53516 | Noted 29th November 1989 - Express Parcels service hauling BG 84404 | ||||||
| CH616 | 53442 | 53516 | Listed at CH - 12th October 1990 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Aaron Calder
6: Graeme Phillips
Images:
8th May 1982
Newton Heath depot holding sidings, left to right are Class 104 DMC 50518, Class 108 DMBS 51939 and Class 104 DMBS 50442 8-5-82. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
September 1984
A Class 104 formation - most with roof vents removed - heading away from Southport at Chapel Street circa September 1984. DMBS 53442 is on the rear (closest). Stuart Mackay Collection.
1987
Set number: N664
A Class 104 DMU (set N664 53442 and presumably 53516) at Newton Heath depot in 1987. Spannerman37025.
31st January 1987
A two-car BRCW Class 104 DMU formed of cars M53442 & M53516 was awaiting departure from Bamber Bridge with a Preston to Colne service on January 31st 1987. The set was withdrawn in 1990 and scrapped by Mayer Newman at Snailwell in Cambridgeshire in 1991. Martyn Hilbert.
15th September 1988
Set number: N664
Class 104 set N664 (53442 + 53516) in Manchester Piccadilly station on 15/9/88. Rex Holt.
29th March 1989
Set number: N664
Newton Heath TMD allocated Class 104 set No. N664 formed of Class 104 DMBS M53442 and DMCL M53516 along with Class 108 set No. N608 formed of DMBS M50978 and DTCL M54261 await departure time from Manchester Victoria Station with an afternoon service to Southport on the 29th March 1989. All four vehicles would be scrapped within two and a half years. Bob Woolnough.
8th April 1989
DMU's old and new occupy Platforms 13 (Class 150/2 150229 'Sprinter'), and 14 (Class 104 '53442') at the west end of Manchester Victoria on 8th April 1989. This view has totally changed beyond recognition, all these platforms are now gone with a 21,000 seat arena built on top of where they used to be. Andrew J Crowther.
17th October 1989
Set number: CH616
Class 104 2-car DMU CH616(53442 + 53516) departs Hathersage for Sheffield, possibly 17-10-89. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
5th June 1990
Class 104 DMUs M53442 53516 and 53536 at Chester on June 5th 1990. Nicholas Youngman.
22nd May 1991
Set number: CH616
M53442, M53431, Sc59074, Sc59525, Sc59049 at Chester await being sent for scrap, 22-5-91. Kevin Dowd.
15th June 1991
Set number: CH616
Class 104 M53442 at Snailwell on 15th June 1991. Nicholas Youngman.
8th July 1991
Set number: CH616
Class 104 DMBS M53442 at Snailwell on 8th July 1991. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 17th October 1987
Class 104 M53516 with M53442 leading at Miles Platting on the 17th October 1987. Kevin Law.
Date: 9th April 1988
A BRC&W Class 104 DMU M53516 + M53442 arrives at Stockport with the shuttle from Stalybridge on the 9th April 1988, a service that ran hourly. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 20th February 1989
Set number: N664
Class 104 BRC&W 2-car DMU 53516+53442 set N664 on the blocks at Manchester Victoria, 20-2-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
Date: 22nd July 1989
Set number: CH608
Class 104 CH608 M53516 + M53442 on 2E34, 18:40 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield at Buxworth, 22-7-89. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 17th October 1989
Set number: CH616
Class 104 BRC&W 2-car DMU set CH616 (53516 + 53442) Manchester Piccadilly, possibly 17-10-89. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 30th October 1989
Set number: CH616
CH616 M53516 + M53442 stand at Llandudno waiting to depart with the 13:28 to Holyhead, 30-10-89. Robert Simpson.
Date: 6th December 1989
Set number: CH616
CH616 M53516 + M53442 on Longsight TMD's 14X road after another hard days work! 6-12-89. Kevin Dowd.