Vehicle 50498 / 53498
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: 30294
Diagram: 558
Allocations
| Sep-57 | New to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
| Jun-58 | Transferred to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| Oct-58 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transferred to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 2H (Monument Lane) | |
| 4w/e 05/11/66 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| w/e 11/01/75 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| w/e 24/04/76 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| w/e 09/10/76 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| w/e 01/05/77 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 10/06/84 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | - unofficially since late 1983 |
| 09/07/84 | Withdrawn from | BX (Buxton) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50498 - original number
53498 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50446 | 59154 | 50498 | As delivered to 5B - September 1957 | ||||||
| 50449 | 59165 | 50498 | Noted 30/05/70 - at Peterborough1 | ||||||
| 50499 | 59165 | 50498 | Noted 15/08/70 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| 50446 | 59165 | 50498 | Noted 03/08/1971 - at Nottingham3 | ||||||
| 50446 | 59165 | 50498 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Derby4 | ||||||
| 50446 | 59165 | 50498 | Noted 31/10/71 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50446 | 59165 | 50498 | Noted 30/04/72 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50446 | 59165 | 50498 | Noted 18/08/1972 - at Derby3 | ||||||
| 50446 | 59165 | 50498 | Transfer to TS - w/e 11/01/75 | ||||||
| 50446 | 59165 | 50498 | Noted 23/08/75 - on Tyseley depot2 | ||||||
| 50446 | 59165 | 50498 | Noted 22/11/1975 - RCTS Reunion Railtour 50325-59118-50307 + 50498-59165-50446 | ||||||
| 50446 | 59165 | 50498 | Noted 13/03/1976 - at Solihull on 10:58 from Birmingham Moor Street3 | ||||||
| 50446 | 59165 | 50498 | Noted 27/03/1976 - at Solihull3 | ||||||
| 50446 | 59158 | 50498 | Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50446 | 59158 | 50498 | Noted 27/09/1976 - at Preston 3 | ||||||
| 50446 | 59158 | 50498 | Transfer to DY - w/e 09/10/76 | ||||||
| 50446 | 59158 | 50498 | Noted 19/03/77 - on 2F75 1236 Birmingham New Street-Leicester with 50067 + 59010 + 50093 | ||||||
| NH448 | 50464 | 59176 | 50498 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria5 | |||||
| 50498 | 59219 | 50515 | Noted circa 10/19825 | ||||||
| 50498 | 59219 | 50515 | Noted 30/11/1982 - Noted at Manchester Picc.5 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
29th June 1972
Set number: EP490
A rare visitor to South Wales, this Derby-based Class 104 unit (M50498 + M59165 + M50446) with what appeared to be an empty stock working though Newport on 29th June 1972. It had previously worked a Derby – Cardiff special. Note the EP490 (Etches Park) set number in the cab window. Jim Sparks.
17th December 1975
A blurry image, but added as a rare shot of a BRCW Class 104 (M50498 + M59165 + M50446) at Reading on 17/12/75. The vehicles were allocated to Tyseley at the time. Bob Gregory.
5th August 1979
A view looking East at a basic Colne station, terminus of the East Lancashire line from Preston on August 5th 1979. A two-car BRCW Class 104 DMU formed of cars M50498 & M50446 was preparing to return to Preston. Colne once had a three platform station, a large goods yard with a warehouse, coal sidings and a carriage shed. The fortunes of this once busy location declined when the route from Colne to Skipton was closed in 1970. Worse was to come when 'economies' saw the line towards Preston singled to Chaffers Siding just East of Nelson. Colne station became unstaffed in 1971 and the demolition of all the remaining railway structures followed swiftly, leaving the bus shelter mediocrity seen in this view. Over 40 years on, the line is still single track, the station has been tided-up, but is still unstaffed. As for the route to Skipton, which if reinstated would become a useful trans-pennine link, it remains just a 'maybe one day'. Martyn Hilbert.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 7th June 1981
A Class 104 DMU formed of M50446 + M50498 departs from Brierfield on 7 June 1981. John Carter.
Date: 26th April 1984
Set number: BX495
Set BX495 comprising 53515 59219 53498 approaches Buxton station on 26th April 1984. Steve Montgomery.