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Vehicle 50587

Class 104

BR Diagram 580

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: 30301
Diagram: 580

Allocations

31/01/59 New to South Gosforth
3w/e 19/03/60 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
4w/e 05/12/70 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73Depot code changeBG
w/e 18/10/75 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
2w/e 01/05/77 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06/06/82 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill)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:


50587 59233 59243 50592 As delivered to South Gosforth - 31st January 1959
50587 59233 59243 50592 Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60
50587 59101 59213 50234 Noted 12/07/1966 - York1
50150 59212 50587 Noted 07/03/1969 - Leeds1
50570 59211 59199 50587 Noted 31/05/1969 - Leeds on 16.55 York service1
50618 59106 59209 50587 Noted 17/10/1969 - Leeds, on 16.35 to Bradford Exchange1
50587 59086 59073 50237 Noted 21/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2
50545 59201 59092 50587 Noted 29/04/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2
50587 59201 59092 50190 Noted 23/05/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2
50587 59201 59092 50284 Noted 09/06/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2
50163 59048 59092 50587 Noted 15/08/1970 - at York3
50163 59048 59092 50587 Noted 15/08/19703
50163 59048 59092 50587 Noted 19/08/70 - at Leeds4
50587 59218 59208 50559 Noted 11/12/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2
50583 59226 59207 50587 Noted 17/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street 3
50581 59225 50587 Noted 24/08/74 - at Sheffield Midland5
50587 59226 50590 Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot5
50579 59217 50587 Noted 19/09/75 - at Brough4
50579 59217 50587 Noted 06/10/75 - at Brough4
81 50579 59217 50587 Noted 24/10/75 - on Norwich depot5
81 50579 59217 50587 Noted 13/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 3
81 50579 59217 50587 Noted 06/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds5
81 50579 59217 50587 Noted 08/03/76 - at Bury St Edmunds5
83 50585 59227 50587 Noted 15/05/76 - at Bury St Edmunds5
86 50583 59221 50587 Noted 02/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds5
84 50559 59221 50587 Noted 11/09/76 - at Bury St Edmunds5
81 50579 59217 50587 Noted 09/12/76 - on Cambridge depot5
81 50559 59217 50587 Noted 24/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds5
50544 59211 50587 Noted 04/11/78 - in Sheffield Midland6
50544 59211 50587 Noted 19/08/79 - at Newton Heath6
50544 59211 50587 Noted 09/02/1980 - at Leeds City6
50544 59211 50587 Noted 06/09/1980 - at Leeds City6
50544 59194 59211 50587 Noted circa 04/19822

Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Gerald Brown
6: Martin Lumley

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Water Orton

August 1976

Set number: 86

A three-car trailer-brake Class 104 set seen between Water Orton and Coleshill during August 1976. It is Norwich allocated set 86, led by E50587. Michael Mensing.

Class 104 DMU at Clayton West

10th October 1981

E50587 + E59211 + E50544 on 16:37 to Huddersfield at Clayton West on 10 October 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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