Vehicle 50503 / 53503
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
| w/e 05/10/57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Jan-58 | 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 | |
| 13/09/81 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 07/08/85 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50503 - original number
53503 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50451 | 59159 | 50503 | As delivered to 9A - w/e 05/10/57 | ||||||
| EP483 | 50757 | 59320 | 50503 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| 50447 | 59153 | 50503 | Noted 18/09/70 - at Peterborough1 | ||||||
| 50447 | 59152 | 50503 | Noted 22/02/1971 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| 50449 | 59152 | 50503 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 50449 | 59155 | 50503 | Noted 19/05/72 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50449 | 59155 | 50503 | Noted 18/08/1972 - at Derby2 | ||||||
| 50449 | 59153 | 50503 | Noted 03/11/72 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50450 | 59153 | 50503 | Noted circa 05/1973 - listed at Bletchley on loan4 | ||||||
| EP483 | 50447 | 59152 | 50503 | Noted 03/07/1975 - at Derby2 | |||||
| EP483 | 50447 | 59152 | 50503 | Noted 27/07/75 - at Cambridge5 | |||||
| 50451 | 59152 | 50503 | Noted 18/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 2 | ||||||
| 50450 | 59156 | 50503 | Noted 18/06/77 - on 2E84 1320 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks with 50449 + 59155 + 50502 | ||||||
| 50449 | 59151 | 50503 | Noted 19/05/79 | ||||||
| NH135 | 50449 | 50503 | Noted circa 05/19824 | ||||||
| NH135 | 50449 | 50503 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria4 | ||||||
| 50449 | 50503 | Noted circa 12/19824 | |||||||
| 50448 | 50503 | Noted circa 03/19834 | |||||||
| 53448 | 53503 | Noted circa 05/19834 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Gerald Brown
Images:
1978
A three-car Class 104 DMU led by DMCL M50503 is seen at Five Ways with a Redditch service in the spring of 1978. Michael Mensing.
15th July 1978
M50503 has a 1 on the first passenger door denoting first class. Seen in Derby station on July 15th 1978. Rex Holt.
8th August 1984
A two-car DMU formed of 53503 + 53448 on the 11:10 Barrow - Crewe service arrives at Grange-over-Sands on 8 August 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.
6th December 1984
At Manchester Victoria on 6 December 1984 25 284 draggs a failed class 104 DMU formed of 53503 + 53448 into the station. Another class 104 unit and 2 class 120s can be seen in the suburban part of the station and another class 25 acting as station pilot is just about visible on the through lines in the darkness of the station. Peter Tandy.