Vehicle 50557
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
| 18/10/58 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 30/11/58 | Transferred to | 50A (York) | |
| 4w/e 28/11/59 | Transferred to | 50B (Neville Hill) | |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 55H | |
| 4w/e 03/08/63 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| w/e 24/01/76 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| w/e 25/05/80 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 21/06/81 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50557 | 59203 | 59224 | 50578 | As delivered to 53C - 18th October 1958 | |||||
| 50557 | 59203 | 59224 | 50578 | Transfer to 50A - 30/11/58 | |||||
| 50557 | 59203 | 59224 | 50578 | Transfer to 50B - 4w/e 28/11/59 | |||||
| 50557 | 59203 | 59224 | 50578 | Transfer to 50C - 4w/e 03/08/63 | |||||
| 50554 | 59208 | 59221 | 50557 | Noted 12/07/1966 - York1 | |||||
| 50557 | 59218 | 59709 | 50590 | Noted 11/06/1969 - Leeds1 | |||||
| 50557 | 59223 | 59196 | 50572 | Noted 29/08/70 - at Selby2 | |||||
| 50557 | 59197 | 59217 | 50581 | Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster3 | |||||
| 50557 | 59199 | 59221 | 50561 | Noted 30/10/1971 - at York3 | |||||
| 50557 | 59227 | 50571 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster2 | ||||||
| 50557 | 59224 | 50562 | Noted 29/08/74 - at Doncaster4 | ||||||
| 50557 | 59224 | 50562 | Noted 30/08/1974 - at Doncaster5 | ||||||
| 50544 | 59224 | 50557 | Noted 11/1974 - at Sheffield 5 | ||||||
| 50557 | 59228 | 50588 | Noted 12/09/75 - at Brough2 | ||||||
| 50557 | 59228 | 50588 | Noted 16/09/75 - at Hull2 | ||||||
| 51482 | 50557 | Noted 20/11/75 - at Brough2 | |||||||
| 88 | 50557 | 59218 | 50585 | Noted 29/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds, old set numbers H32 on 50557 and H34 on 592184 | |||||
| 80 | 50557 | 59227 | 50561 | Noted 31/12/77 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | |||||
| 50557 | Noted 02/04/78 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle4 | ||||||||
| 50557 | 59223 | 50562 | Noted 20/07/78 - at Norwich6 | ||||||
| 89 | 50557 | 59225 | 50588 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | |||||
| 50557 | 59223 | 50560 | Noted 25/03/79 - at Norwich6 | ||||||
| 50557 | 59221 | 50583 | Transfer to NL - w/e 25/05/80 |
Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Martin Lumley
Images:
7th August 1960
E50557 at Neville Hill East 7th August 1960. The set has been serviced in the DMU Maintenance depot and is shunting across to the carriage siding to await it's next duty. Keith Long.
10th March 1979
Set number: 84
A three-car Class 104 (set 84) and a two-car Class 105 are seen at Norwich Thorpe Junction on March 10, 1979. DMCL E50557 is at the front, and has a smaller than usual 0 in the vehicle number. Michael Mensing.