Vehicle 50564
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: 559
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) | |
| 3w/e 03/10/70 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | SF | |
| w/e 06/02/77 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 2w/e 03/07/77 | 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| Feb-81 | Withdrawn from | DN (Darlington) |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
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 | |||||
| 50546 | 59215 | 50564 | 50553 | Noted 02/05/1971 - LCGB Westfalen & Weser Railtour | |||||
| 50568 | 59210 | 50564 | Noted 13/11/1971 - Rail Tours Syndicate Boomerang No.1 Railtour | ||||||
| 50564 | 59243 | 50574 | Noted 04/03/1972 - Railtours Syndicate Boomerang No.2 Railtour | ||||||
| 50564 | 59243 | 50574 | Noted 20/04/75 - on Stratford depot1 | ||||||
| 50543 | 59243 | 50564 | Noted 12/09/76 - on Stratford depot1 | ||||||
| 50555 | 59214 | 50564 | Transfer to NL - w/e 06/02/77 | ||||||
| 50458 | 50564 | Noted 8th June 1989 - Left Heaton depot en route to Mayer Newman |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
Images:
27th November 1970
On a rather dull autumn Saturday (27 November 1970), a 3-car dmu (Class 104 DMSL E50564 leading with a Class 104 TBLS and a Class 111 DMCL) leaves the turnback siding just north of Tottenham Hale station to form the 12.26 to North Woolwich via Stratford (Low Level). There still seems to be some activity in the goods yard on the left, where a coal wagon has been emptied. Tom Burnham.
23rd April 1974
A class 104 (closest appears to be E50564) sits at platform 11 of Stratford with a service to Tottenham Hale, 23 March 1974. Kevin Lane.
10th April 1977
E50564 at the end of a Class 104 set in Leeds Neville Hill depot on April 10, 1977. Rex Holt.
1st March 1980
E50564 + E59206 + E59214 + E50556 with the 13:29 to Newcastle at Manors on March 1st, 1980. John Carter.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 13th November 1971
This railtour at Kensington Olympia circa 1971 seems to be the 'Boomerang No.1' on 13/11/71 which is listed on Six Bells Junction as E50568 + E59210 + E50564. John Law.
Date: 13th November 1971
The 'Boomerang' railtour awaiting departure from London Liverpool Street on November 13, 1971. The vehicles are listed on Six Bells Junction as E50564 + E59210 + E50568. John Law.
Date: 18th October 1980
E50591 + E59233 + E59215 + E50564 working the 1721 Darlington-Saltburn at Thornaby on 18/10/80. Darlington DMU depot gained some of these BRCW 104 class units displaced from South Gosforth by the first phase of the Tyne and Wear Metro. Most were withdrawn from Darlington in 1981. John Carter.