Vehicle 50462
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
| 4w/e 28/12/57 | New to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| May-58 | On loan to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| Jun-58 | Transferred to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
| w/e 01/10/60 | Transferred to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 4w/e 04/02/67 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| 3w/e 29/06/68 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | - LMR date, ER date was 14/07/68 |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| w/e 06/03/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| 08/01/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| Jan-78 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| Jan-81 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50462 | 59170 | 50514 | As delivered to 5D - 4w/e 28/12/57 | ||||||
| 50462 | 59571 | 50272 | Noted 07/03/1969 - Leeds1 | ||||||
| 50462 | 59087 | 50150 | Noted 09/05/1969 - Leeds.1 | ||||||
| 50462 | 59087 | 50150 | Noted 16/05/1969 - Leeds, 1 | ||||||
| 50462 | 56205 | Noted 07/06/1969 - Leeds1 | |||||||
| 50462 | 56193 | Noted 09/11/69 - at Doncaster2 | |||||||
| 50462 | 56197 | Noted 07/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3 | |||||||
| 50462 | 56197 | Noted 13/03/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3 | |||||||
| 50462 | 56197 | Noted 23/05/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3 | |||||||
| 50462 | 56197 | Noted 15/08/19704 | |||||||
| 50462 | 56197 | Noted 16/08/70 - at Leeds2 | |||||||
| 50462 | 56209 | Noted 06/11/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3 | |||||||
| 50462 | 56209 | Noted 11/12/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes, Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3 | |||||||
| 50462 | 56189 | Noted 03/09/1971 - at York5 | |||||||
| 50462 | 56189 | Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds2 | |||||||
| 50462 | 56189 | Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot6 | |||||||
| 50462 | 56189 | Noted 29/10/75 - at York2 | |||||||
| 50462 | 56189 | Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds2 | |||||||
| 50462 | 56189 | Noted 23/11/76 - at York2 | |||||||
| 50462 | 56189 | Noted 23/12/76 - on 13:54 Hull-Goole2 | |||||||
| 50462 | 59146 | 52057 | Noted 12/03/78 - at Newton Heath7 | ||||||
| 50462 | 59146 | Noted 09/07/78 - at Newton Heath, the normal other power car 52057 not noted in the North West that day7 | |||||||
| 50462 | 59146 | 52057 | Noted 28/10/78 - at Newton Heath7 | ||||||
| 50462 | 59146 | 52057 | Noted 11/03/79 - at Newton Heath7 | ||||||
| 50462 | 59146 | 52057 | Noted 19/08/79 - at Newton Heath7 | ||||||
| 50462 | 59146 | 52057 | Noted 23/09/79 - at Newton Heath7 |
Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Jeremy Goodyear
6: Gerald Brown
7: Martin Lumley
Images:
1964
A three-car BRC&W DMU (DMBS M50462 at the front) seen at Harecastle Tunnels in mid-1964. Michael Mensing.
circa February 1985
Class 104 DMBS M50462 stored at Swindon Works. The slide process date was February 1985. The vehicle was withdrawn from Newton Heath in January 1981 and spent some time at Swindon before going to Snailwell for disposal in February 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.