Vehicle 50506 / 53506 / 977343
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: 30294
Diagram: 558
Allocations
| w/e 05/10/57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Nov-57 | Transferred to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 4w/e 04/02/67 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
| w/e 05/11/76 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| 23/09/82 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| Oct-85 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50506 - original number
53506 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
977343 - from Nov-85 (departmental stock)
Department Use as ADB977343
M&EE Test Unit From 11/85 to 11/86.
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50454 | 59162 | 50506 | As delivered to 9A - w/e 05/10/57 | ||||||
| 50454 | 59162 | 50506 | Transfer to 5D - Nov-57 | ||||||
| 50461 | 59176 | 50506 | Noted 04/08/68 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50454 | 59162 | 50506 | Noted 28/08/75 - on Newton Heath depot2 | ||||||
| 50454 | 59162 | 50506 | Noted Jun-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1 | ||||||
| 50454 | 59162 | 50506 | Transfer to BX - w/e 05/11/76 | ||||||
| 50450 | 59156 | 50506 | Noted 03/09/77 - on 2E84 1447 Derby-Lincoln St Marks with 50652 + 59267 + 50743 | ||||||
| 50422 | 59136 | 50506 | Noted 03/12/78 - at Longsight3 | ||||||
| 50422 | 59136 | 50506 | Noted 21/08/79 - at Preston 4 | ||||||
| 50422 | 59163 | 50506 | Noted 24/05/80 | ||||||
| 50422 | 59198 | 50506 | Noted 29/05/1982 - Stockport on 12.00 Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly5 | ||||||
| BX481 | 50422 | 59198 | 50506 | Noted 31/05/19826 | |||||
| BX481 | 50422 | 59198 | 50506 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc6 | |||||
| BX481 | 50422 | 59198 | 50506 | Noted 25/07/1982 - on Buxton depot3 | |||||
| 50422 | 50506 | Noted circa 10/19826 | |||||||
| BX481 | 50421 | 59148 | 50506 | Noted circa 10/1982 - Previously BX4806 | |||||
| 50442 | 50506 | Noted circa 02/19836 | |||||||
| 53422 | 53506 | Noted circa 05/19836 | |||||||
| 53422 | 53506 | Noted 15/12/1983 - at Manchester Victoria3 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Martin Lumley
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Alan N Walker
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
29th May 1984
53506 heads a 2-car Class 104 heading out of Manchester Victoria on the 29th May 1984. Dennis Taylor.
29th May 1984
53506 heads out of Manchester Victoria for Blackburn on the 29th May 1984. Dennis Taylor.