Vehicle 50572
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
| 05/09/58 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| w/e 24/01/76 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| w/e 15/06/80 | Transferred to | SF (Stratford) | |
| w/e 22/02/81 | Transferred to | KD (Carlisle Kingmoor) | |
| 13/09/81 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| circa Sep-82 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| 03/07/83 | Withdrawn from | BX (Buxton) |
Modifications
Oct-79 - AWS fitted
50572 was involved in the following incident:
October 1962 - Hessle Road, Hull
Derailment involving Class 104
Info from Ian Fleming and Mick Nicholson
In the final week of the old mechanical cabin trains were being hand signalled. The Class 104 (59226 closest) ‘split’ a set of wrongly clamped points. The photographer said: “Within hours the mess was cleaned up and normal working soon resumed, today it would be a ‘scene of crime’ and the job stopped for a week”! Mick Nicholson. Other vehicles in the train included E50572 + E50561 + E59228.
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50551 | 59218 | 59197 | 50572 | As delivered to 53C - 5th September 1958 | |||||
| 50572 | 59231 | 59229 | 50582 | Noted 12/12/1969 - Leeds1 | |||||
| 50572 | 59231 | 59229 | 50582 | Noted 02/01/70 - in Sheffield Midland2 | |||||
| 50572 | 59205 | 59225 | 50582 | Noted 11/05/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3 | |||||
| 50557 | 59223 | 59196 | 50572 | Noted 29/08/70 - at Selby4 | |||||
| 50572 | 59221 | 59200 | 50550 | Noted 06/11/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3 | |||||
| 50590 | 59221 | 59199 | 50572 | Noted 15/01/1972 - York1 | |||||
| 50572 | 59207 | 59225 | 50588 | Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds4 | |||||
| 50560 | 59221 | 50572 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster4 | ||||||
| H33 | 50560 | 59227 | 59205 | 50572 | Noted 24/08/74 - at Sheffield Midland, set number carried on solebar2 | ||||
| 50560 | 59227 | 59205 | 50572 | Noted 27/08/1974 - at Doncaster5 | |||||
| 50560 | 59221 | 50572 | Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot2 | ||||||
| 50572 | 59535 | 50167 | Noted 01/11/75 - at Brough4 | ||||||
| 87 | 50572 | 59228 | 50582 | Noted 10/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||
| 50572 | 59228 | 50582 | Noted 07/04/1976 - at Doncaster5 | ||||||
| 87 | 50572 | 59228 | 50582 | Noted 03/06/76 - at Cambridge2 | |||||
| 87 | 50572 | 59228 | 50582 | Noted 10/07/76 - on Norwich depot2 | |||||
| 50572 | 59228 | 50582 | Noted 28/08/76 - on 12.54 Doncaster – Cambridge6 | ||||||
| 50572 | 59221 | 50582 | Noted 13/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 85 | 50572 | 59226 | 50588 | Noted 09/04/77 - at Ely2 | |||||
| 50572 | 59228 | 50582 | Noted 18/05/76 - at Nottingham7 | ||||||
| 85 | 50572 | 59226 | 50588 | Noted 30/05/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||
| 50572 | 59226 | 50581 | Noted 05/03/78 - at Lowestoft7 | ||||||
| 85 | 50572 | 59226 | 50578 | Noted 03/08/78 - at Norwich2 | |||||
| 85 | 50572 | 59226 | 50578 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | |||||
| 82 | 50572 | 59228 | 50590 | Noted 02/01/79 - at Norwich2 | |||||
| 50551 | 59228 | 50572 | Noted 25/03/79 - at Peterborough7 | ||||||
| 50551 | 59226 | 50572 | Transfer to SF - w/e 15/06/80 | ||||||
| 50551 | 59226 | 50572 | Transfer to KD - w/e 22/02/81 | ||||||
| NH458 | 50551 | 59226 | 50572 | Noted circa 05/19823 | |||||
| BX491 | 50551 | 59226 | 50572 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc3 | |||||
| BX491 | 50551 | 59226 | 50572 | Noted 25/07/1982 - on Buxton depot7 | |||||
| BX491 | 50551 | 59226 | 50572 | Noted circa 09/19823 |
Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Phil Shatford
7: Martin Lumley
Images:
circa September 1958
An official image (Derby Works negative 58/729) of a new four-car BRC&W set (E50572 + E59197 + E59218 + E50551) at Cleobury Mortimer on the Tenbury Wells branch circa September 1958. British Railways.
circa September 1958
An official image (Derby Works negative 58/730) showing the cab front of BRC&W power car E50572 at Cleobury Mortimer on the Tenbury Wells branch circa September 1958. British Railways.
circa September 1958
An official image (Derby Works negative 58/732) taken at Cleobury Mortimer on the Tenbury Wells branch circa September 1958. It shows a driver posing in the cab of BRC&W power car E50572. British Railways.