Vehicle 50576
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
| 02/10/58 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| 3w/e 16/05/59 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 31/10/59 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| 3w/e 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| Nov-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) | |
| circa Jan-82 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 06/06/82 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50555 | 59201 | 59222 | 50576 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 2nd October 1958 | |||||
| 50555 | 59201 | 59222 | 50576 | Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 16/05/59 | |||||
| 50555 | 59201 | 59222 | 50576 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 31/10/59 | |||||
| 50555 | 59201 | 59222 | 50576 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||
| 50555 | 59212 | 50576 | Transfer to 30A - Nov-69 | ||||||
| 50555 | 59212 | 50576 | Noted 17/06/72 - at Ipswich1 | ||||||
| 50549 | 59210 | 50576 | Noted 23/08/75 - on Stratford depot2 | ||||||
| 50568 | 59214 | 50576 | Noted 12/09/76 - on Stratford depot3 | ||||||
| 50543 | 59210 | 50576 | Noted 19/03/1977 - at Stratford depot4 | ||||||
| 50543 | 59212 | 50576 | Transfer to GF - w/e 10/07/77 | ||||||
| 50574 | 59244 | 59231 | 50576 | Noted 10/08/80 |
Formation Sources
1: Ipswich Transport Society
2: Gerald Brown
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Peter Wallwork
Images:
Unknown date
A Class 104 departs from Stratford with a Woolwich service. The power cars are 50576 and 50570, the centre car is probably 59212. Date unknown, the vehicles were allocated to Stratford 1969 - 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.
10th August 1980
Cars E50576 E59231 E59244 E50574 are seen awaiting departure from Tynemouth with the 10:42 to Newcastle on 10/8/80, the final day of British Rail services on this route prior to conversion to Tyneside Metro system. The platform to the left appears to have been newly reconstructed. These cars were transferred from South Gosforth (GF) depot to Darlington (DN) depot on this date, immediately upon cessation of services on this Tyneside circuit. Graeme Phillips Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
A Class 104 departs from Stratford with a Woolwich service. The power cars are 50570 and 50576, the centre car is probably 59212. Date unknown, the vehicles were allocated to Stratford 1969 - 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 10th August 1980
Cars E50574 E59244 E59231 E50576 are seen arriving at Percy Main, North Tyneside, with the 11:20 from Newcastle on 10/08/80, the final day of British Rail services on this route prior to conversion to Tyneside Metro system. These cars were transferred from South Gosforth (GF) depot to Darlington (DN) depot on this date, immediately upon cessation of services on this Tyneside circuit. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 3rd August 1981
Whitby station, photographed on 3 August 1981. The Class 101 MetroCamm set (50139/59070/50293) has just arrived as the 11.58 from Middlesbrough. On the left is a Class 104 set, the DMS seems to be 50576. Lewis Bevan.