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<- 56184 | 56185 | 56186 ->

Vehicle 56185

Class 104

BR Diagram 581

Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30405
Diagram: 581

Allocations

15/05/58 New to 50A (York)
2w/e 31/05/58 Transferred to 56G (Hammerton Street)
3w/e 30/08/58 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
w/e 03/01/59 Transferred to 50A (York)
3w/e 19/03/60 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
w/e 04/03/67 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
3w/e 31/10/70 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73Depot code changeBG
w/e 18/10/75 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
31/05/81 Withdrawn from NR (Norwich)

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50594 56185 As delivered to 50A - 15th May 1958
50594 56185 Transfer to 56G - 2w/e 31/05/58
50594 56185 Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 30/08/58
50594 56185 Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60
50595 56185 Noted 12/08/1971 - at York1
50594 56185 Noted 24/03/73 - at Leeds2
50594 56185 Noted 26/08/74 - at York3
H10 50594 56185 Noted 02/01/75 - at Selby, set number on 505943
51225 56185 Noted 10/09/75 - at Brough4
51225 56185 Noted 11/09/75 - at Brough4
50594 56185 Noted 24/10/75 - at Norwich3
H10 50594 56185 Noted 01/11/75 - at Bury St Edmunds, 56185 had set number H113
50594 56185 Noted Jun-76 - at Sheffield4
50378 56185 Noted 02/10/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3
42 50366 56185 Noted 25/02/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3
51298 56185 Noted 05/03/78 - at March2
55 51265 56185 Noted 24/05/78 - on Norwich depot3
51260 56185 Noted 20/07/78 - at Norwich2
55 51265 56185 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
50595 56185 Noted 25/03/79 - at Cambridge2
49 51271 56185 Noted 15/07/79
50594 56185 Noted 24/05/80 - at Norwich3
51293 56185 Noted 11/05/1981 - at Cambridge with 09:50 to Ipswich5
51293 56185 Noted 23/05/1981 - at March2

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Martin Lumley
3: Gerald Brown
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Peter Wallwork

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Selby

2nd May 1959

E50594 was recorded for this image - a DMBS, the vehicle closest is presumably its partner for the first few years E56185. They are see stabled at Selby on 2nd May 1959. To the right of the marker light it has text painted on which should read "YK Set". Keith Long.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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