Vehicle 50543
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: 30298
Diagram: 580
Allocations
| 16/06/58 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| 3w/e 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 11/09/65 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| Aug-69 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | SF | |
| w/e 10/07/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 10/08/80 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
| Feb-81 | Withdrawn from | DN (Darlington) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50543 | 59189 | 59210 | 50564 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 16th June 1958 | |||||
| 50543 | 59189 | 59210 | 50564 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||
| 50543 | 59189 | 59210 | 50564 | Transfer to 50C - 4w/e 11/09/65 | |||||
| 50543 | 59210 | 50577 | Transfer to 30A - 5w/e 30/08/69 | ||||||
| 50543 | 59220 | 50547 | Noted 02/09/71 - at Southminster1 | ||||||
| 50543 | 59243 | 50546 | Noted 03/03/73 - on Stratford depot2 | ||||||
| 50899 | 50543 | 59214 | 50553 | Noted 30/04/75 - in Liverpool St around 4am2 | |||||
| 50543 | 59243 | 50564 | Noted 12/09/76 - on Stratford depot1 | ||||||
| 50543 | 59210 | 50576 | Noted 19/03/1977 - at Stratford depot3 | ||||||
| 50570 | 59210 | 50543 | 50853 | Noted 18/06/77 - on Stratford depot2 | |||||
| 50543 | 59212 | 50576 | Transfer to GF - w/e 10/07/77 | ||||||
| 50543 | 59224 | 59208 | 50586 | Noted 10/08/80 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
Images:
10th August 1980
On the final day of the British Rail service prior to conversion to Tyneside Metro system, cars E50543 E59224 E59208 E50586 await departure from North Shields to Newcastle. The station can be seen to be in a dilapidated condition. Information on the history of this station can be found at www.lner.info/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=4997. Graeme Phillips Collection.
10th August 1980
On the final day of the British Rail service prior to conversion to Tyneside Metro system - 10/08/80 - cars E50543 E59224 E59208 E50586 depart North Shields for Newcastle. The station can be seen to be in a dilapidated condition. Graeme Phillips Collection.
24th September 1980
E50543 + E59224 + E50548 at Darlington on 24/9/80. An ex-South Gosforth BRCW Class 104 during it's short life at Darlington. The 2 northern bay platforms at Darlington, by then just used by Darlington to Bishop Auckland trains, were done away with, one infilled for car parking and the other by the realignment of the down line out of Platform 4. The Bishop Auckland service was extended as through workings to and from Saltburn (or Whitby). The 08 in the background is 08004, the short little bay that the 08 often stood in between station pilot duties is long gone now too. John Carter.