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Vehicle 50514 / 53514


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

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)
May-73Depot code changeNH
May-80 Transferred to LO (Longsight)
circa Dec-83 Transferred to BX (Buxton)
27/04/86 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
02/11/86 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)
08/02/87 Reinstated BX (Buxton)
25/10/87 Withdrawn from BX (Buxton)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50514 - original number
53514 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50462 59170 50514 As delivered to 5D - 4w/e 28/12/57
50438 59138 50514 Noted 22/05/71 - at Stockport1
50461 59169 50514 Noted 16/04/73 - in Manchester Victoria2
50759 50514 Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria1
50443 59149 50514 Noted 09/09/76 - at Preston2
50458 59166 50514 Noted 05/01/77 - in Liverpool Lime Street1
50458 59166 50514 Noted 08/05/1982 - 50508-59164-50456 + 50458-59166-50514 Special train from Congleton to Spalding
50458 59166 50514 Noted 07/08/82
LO527 50458 59166 50514 Noted circa 10/19823
53458 59166 53514 Noted 04/04/1983 - Unknown working observed at Holgate Junction, York. 53458-59166-53514+53547-59149-53509
53458 59155 53514 Noted circa 06/19833
53594 59155 53514 Noted 16/04/84
53594 59155 53514 Noted circa 11/1984 - listed at BX3
BX487 53514 59228 53556 Listed at BX - circa Jul-85
53556 59228 53514 Noted 09/11/85 - on 15:08 Buxton - Manchester Piccadilly service4
BX487 53514 59228 53556 Noted 01/12/85
BX487 53514 59228 53556 Listed at BX - circa Dec-85
BX487 53514 59228 53556 Noted circa 03/19863
53456 53514 Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 - on loan BX
53456 53514 Noted 06/02/19873
53456 53514 Noted 21/03/87 - on 09:41 Stockport - Stalybridge4
53456 53514 Noted 21/03/87 - on 19:18 Stalybridge - Stockport4

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Newchapel and Goldenhill

28th September 1963

Two BRC&W triple sets approaching Newchapel and Goldenhill with the 4.18pm Macclesfield - Wolverhampton (High Level) service on 28 September 1963. M50514 leads, a Cockshute vehicle, the second set with the white cab roofs is led by Buxton allocated M50428. Michael Mensing.

Class 104 DMU at Beechwood Tunnel

November 1963

A three-car BRC&W DMU emerges from Beechwood Tunnel on the Coventry - Birmingham line in November 1963. The leading car appears to be M50514. Michael Mensing.

Class 104 DMU at Llandudno Junction

7th August 1982

Cars M50514 + M59166 + M50458 / M50511 + M59144 + M50459 call at Llandudno Junction with the 09"59 Stockport - Llandudno, 7th August 1982. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 104 DMU at Sheffield

1st April 1984

53514 is seen at Sheffield on the 1st April 1984. Dennis Taylor.

Class 104 DMU at Sheffield

1st April 1984

53514 is seen at Sheffield on the 1st April 1984. Dennis Taylor.

Class 104 DMU at Disley

9th April 1985

Set number: BX485

Buxton based BRC&W class 104 3 car dmu BX485 (M53514, M59228, M53556), climbs the 1-60 bank up towards Disley whilst working a Manchester Piccadilly-Buxton service. These units truly worked nationwide, but it was the Buxton route which they became synonymous with. 9th April 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 104 DMU at Disley

28th December 1985

Set number: BX487

Heading down the gradient with frost on the roof, between Disley and Middlewood is a BRC&W Buxton allocated 3 car set BX487 (53556,59228,53514), with the 15.08 Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service. 28th December 1985 Andrew J Crowther.

Class 104 DMU at Chapel-en-le-Frith

23rd February 1986

Set number: BX487

With Oxford Road showing on the blind, Buxton based BRC&W class 104 dmu BX487 (M53514, M59228, M53556) slows for the Chapel-en-le-Frith stop, with a Sunday working to Manchester Oxford Road on 23rd February 1986. This set was unique at Buxton for in it's formation was M59228 a TBSL one of only 14 built for the North Eastern Region 4 car sets it was the last of it's kind in service. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 104 DMU at Buxton

3rd September 1986

Class 104 M53514 and Class 108 M53636 at Buxton on the 3rd September 1986. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 28th September 1963

Two BRC&W triple sets in Newchapel and Goldenhill station with the 4.18pm Macclesfield - Wolverhampton (High Level) service on 28 September 1963. M50428 is closest, M50514 is at the far end. The station was on the Potteries Loop Line which closed in 1964. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 16th April 1984

The Class 104 on the right consists of M53594 M59155 M53514, seen at Buxton on 16/04/1984, with set BX485 on the left. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 6th July 1986

Class 108 and 104 (M53456 + M53514) vehicles at Buxton on the 6th July 1986. Vincent Haworth.