Vehicle 50548
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
| 25/07/58 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
| w/e 03/01/59 | Transferred to | 50B (Neville Hill) | |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 55H | |
| 4w/e 12/10/63 | On loan to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| w/e 07/12/63 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| w/e 07/03/64 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| w/e 04/03/67 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| 4w/e 05/12/70 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| 2w/e 20/11/76 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 10/08/80 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
| Feb-81 | Withdrawn from | DN (Darlington) |
Notes
8th June 1989 - Left Heaton depot en route to Mayer Newman
Modifications
Mar-79 - AWS fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50548 | 59194 | 59215 | 50569 | As delivered to 53C - 25th July 1958 | |||||
| 50548 | 59194 | 59215 | 50569 | Transfer to 16C - 4w/e 12/10/63 - on loan NER to LMR | |||||
| 50548 | 59194 | 59215 | 50569 | Transfer to 51A - w/e 07/12/63 - ex-loan | |||||
| 50548 | 59194 | 59215 | 50569 | Transfer to 55H - w/e 07/03/64 | |||||
| 50548 | 59166 | 50510 | Noted 14/08/70 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50548 | 59234 | 59244 | 50593 | Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 05/12/70 | |||||
| 50548 | 59206 | 59244 | 50593 | Noted 12/08/1971 - at York2 | |||||
| 50548 | 59206 | 59244 | 50593 | Noted 19/04/74 - at Leeds3 | |||||
| 50548 | 59206 | 59244 | 50593 | Noted 30/11/74 - on 1450 York-Leeds | |||||
| 50548 | 59206 | 59244 | 50593 | Noted 02/01/75 - at York1 | |||||
| 50548 | 59206 | 59244 | 50593 | Noted 29/11/75 - at Brough3 | |||||
| 50548 | 59206 | 59244 | 50593 | Noted 10/04/76 - at Leeds3 | |||||
| 50548 | 59206 | 59244 | 50593 | Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds3 | |||||
| 50548 | 59206 | 59244 | 50593 | Transfer to GF - 2w/e 20/11/76 | |||||
| 51207 | 50548 | Noted 29/11/80 - with E50238 + E50165 at Bishop Auckland |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Leonard Rogers
Images:
29th November 1980
E50548 + E51207 / E50238 + E50165 with the 13:49 to Darlington to Bishop Auckland on November 29, 1980. John Carter.
Unknown date
E50548 with all the underframe equipment stripped in Heaton depot, date unknown. It was withdrawn from Darlington in 1981 and was burnt at Snailwell in 1990. Mike Bunker.
21st January 1990
E50548, a Class 104 DMU which had been withdrawn from Darlington since February 1981 still with it's original number. At Snailwell on 21st January 1990. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 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.