50460
Delivered November 1957 to Stoke-on-Trent. Withdrawn March 1989 from Newton Heath.
M50460 leading a 3-car set (likely to be M59168 & M50512 trailing) at Soho, Birmingham (Michael Mensing)
M50460 under the canopy at Rugby. The tail lamp and stood up driver suggests possibly a shunting move in progress? (Geoffrey Tribe)
(Paul S A Redmond)
M50460/M59168/M50512 departing Manchester Victoria on a Southport service (Hugh Llewelyn)
M50460 at Overdale, near Bolton, working the 10:43 Blackpool North Manchester Victoria (Stewart Jolly)
M53460/M53512 at Farington Moss working 09:08 Ormskirk-Preston (Tony Woof)
50461
Delivered November 1957 to Stoke-on-Trent. Withdrawn March 1987 from Ayr.
53461 (104453) Paisley Gilmour Street (John Carter)
53461 Paisley Gilmour Street (Paul Strathdee)
53461 Glasgow Central (John Horne)
104450, led by 53461, working the 2B60 22:15 Glasgow Central-Barrhead. Alongside 311 097 working 2L17 22:07 Glasgow Central-Glasgow Central via Maxwell Park Inner circle service (Adrian Nicholls)
53461 (104452) Ayr (Steve Hancock)
53461 (104452) Corkerhill (Andy Cole)
50462
Delivered December 1957 to Stoke-on-Trent. Withdrawn January 1981 from Newton Heath.
A relatively rare photo of M50462 actually in service, paired with M52057 at Miles Platting working 11:00 Manchester Victoria-Shaw
M50462 condemned at Swindon Works (Carl Watson)
M50462 stored at Swindon (John Cuckson)
Thought to be M50462 condemned at Swindon Works
50463
Delivered December 1957 to Stoke-on-Trent. Withdrawn May 1986 from Newton Heath.
M50463/M59171/M50515 Tyseley Carriage Sidings (M Best)
M50463 Bradford Exchange (53A Models of Hull Collection)
M50463/M59140/M50515 passes Manchester Exchange with a Manchester Victoria-Blackpool service (Hugh Llewelyn)
53463/52041 pass Chaffers Sidings Signalbox on the 08.31 Preston-Colne (Geoff Dowling)
M53463 in Doncaster Works' DMU shop (Keith Partlow)
53463/52041 at York. Class 108 54207 stands beside (Gordon Edgar)
50464
Delivered December 1957 to Stoke-on-Trent. Withdrawn September 1989 from Newton Heath.
M50464 Uttoxeter
(Paul S A Redmond)
M50464 at Bamber Bridge with the 14:30 Preston-Colne (Martyn Hilbert)
M53464 on a Preston-Ormskirk service at Narrow Lane Crossing, Midge Hall (Martyn Hilbert)
Thought to be M53464 (based on the shape of the chipped paint on the roof dome!) passing Poulton No3 signal box (John Law)
M53464 in the centre of an impressive line up at Newton Heath Depot (Duncan McEvoy)
50465
Delivered December 1957 to Crewe South. Withdrawn September 1989 from Chester.
Believed to be M50465, seen at Derby just three months after introduction. Note the well attired secondman, possibly a driver learning the new traction (TOPticl Digital Memories)
M50465 under the wires at Galton (Michael Mensing)
M50465/M50520 waits at Kirkham, whilst 47547 passes with the 17:05 London Euston-Blackpool North (Martyn Hilbert)
M50465/M50517 at Church & Oswaldtwistle (John Law Collection)
M53465 shunting at York, about to form the return portion of a special working to the city (John Turner)
M53465/M53531 at Brownedge sidings, Bamber Bridge. The set is in the engineers sidings, with one of the wheelsets located in a temporary skate, awaiting attention (Martyn Hilbert)
50466
Delivered December 1957 to Crewe South. Withdrawn January 1990 from Chester.
M53466 Irwell Bridge, working the 12:23 Manchester Victoria-Southport (BRCW Collection)
M53466 at Croston, working Ormskirk-Preston (Martyn Hilbert)
M53466 on display at the Doncaster Works open day (John Armistead)
M53466 looking fresh inside Doncaster Works (Andy Cole)
M53466 arrives into New Pudsey (John Carter)
M53466 at Croft Street Sidings, Preston. The 108 in the centre is M54256, with 105 M53812 to the right (Martyn Hilbert)
50467
Delivered January 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn April 1985 from Newton Heath following fire damage at Glazebrook.
M50467/M53519 at Bamber Bridge on a Colne-Preston working (Martyn Hilbert)
M53467 at Preston with the 19:05 Blackpool North-Manchester Victoria (Bruce Galloway)
50468
Delivered January 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn September 1989 from Chester following collision damage at Penyffordd.
M50468 passes Heaton Lodge Junction, Mirfield (Martin Gibson)
M50468 at the head of a long 10-car excursion from East Lancashire to Llandudno and Blaenau Ffestiniog - stabled in the remains of the former Goods Yard at what was then the terminus for services from Llandudno Junction (Martyn Hilbert)
M50468 clutters up Blaenau Ffestiniog leading a 10-car excursion from East Lancashire to Llandudno and Blaenau Ffestiniog. It is stabled in the remains of the former goods yard at what was then the terminus for services from Llandudno Junction (Martyn Hilbert)
M53468/M53516 at Bolton with the 12:33 Blackburn-Manchester (Geoff Dowling)
M53468/M53494 Allerton Shed
M53468 at Rishton on a Preston-Colne service (Martyn Hilbert)
M53468 stands at Blackburn (Jon Piesing)
53468/53494 at Manchester Victoria. Class 108 54266 lurks behind (Gary Thornton)
M53468 alongside 150245 at Manchester Victoria (John Carter)
M53468/M53494 at Kirkham & Wesham with a Blackpool South-Colne service (Martyn Hilbert)
M53468/M53494 Sheffield (Johannes Smit)
M53468 waits at Preston with the 11:45 to Colne (John Armistead)
50469
Delivered January 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn March 1986 from Newton Heath.
M50469 at Kirkham North Junction working a Manchester Victoria-Blackpool North service (Martyn Hilbert)
M50469 (Paul S A Redmond)
M53469 Manchester Piccadilly (Chris Tolley)
A joint open day was held at Southport between British Rail and the Steamport Museum, situated in the former Southport MPD. A shuttle service was operated between the station and the museum using M53469/M54175 (Martyn Hilbert)
M53469/M54175 at a damp looking Moses Gate (Andrew Crowther)
M53469/M54175 arrives into Blackpool North with the 15:15 from Manchester Victoria (Martin Tasker)
50470
Delivered January 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn December 1991 from Old Oak Common.
M50470 stands at Blackpool North (Rail Online)
M50470/M52064 Moses Gate (David Ingram)
M50470 Manchester Victoria
This unidentified vehicle at Blackpool North is thought to be M50470 (Steve Blackman)
This unidentified vehicle at Blackpool North is thought to be M50470 (Steve Blackman)
M53470/M53499 Manchester Victoria East Junction (David Ingram)
M53470 Leeds (Andy Cole)
M53470/M53499 Swindon Works (Carl Watson)
M53470 at Hebden Bridge, working 1E10 10:45 Blackpool North-Leeds (Michael McNicholas)
53470 at South Tottenham with a Barking-Gospel oak train (Colin Brooks)
L703 M53470/M53429 arriving into West Drayton (Malcolm Clements)
M53470/M53429 (L703) Barking (John Horne)
50471
Delivered January 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn March 1986 from Newton Heath.
M50471 shortly after arriving into Manchester Victoria from Blackpool (Paul Haywood)
M50471 leads a "white stripe" 3-car set into Manchester Victoria, with 47522 waiting in the foreground to depart.
M50471 undergoing attention in a yard somewhere. Visible on the corridor end is the "Manchester-Blackpool" stenciling whuich was added to the "white stripe" sets (Paul Redmond)
In its days after losing its white stripe, M53471 is seen stabled at York
50472
Delivered January 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn April 1989 from Chester.
A simple 3/4 study of M50472 at Hull Paragon (John Turner)
A night study of M50472 at Manchester Victoria (Hugh Searle)
A night study of M50472 at Manchester Victoria (Hugh Searle)
M50472 leads a white stripe set through Wigan Wallgate on a Manchester Victoria-Southport working (Martyn Hilbert)
M50472 at Blackpool North during an English summer so foul you can't see the top of Blackpool Tower! (Jeremy Chapter)
M50472 nearing the end of a works overhaul inside Swindon Works (Brian Daniels)
M50472 on the rear of a 3-car "white stripe" set at Chorley on a Blackpool North-Manchester Victoria service (Martyn Hilbert)
M50472 at Layton working a Blackpool North-Manchester Victoria service(Martyn Hilbert)
M50472 at Bury Bolton Street on the outward "East Lancashire Phoenix" tour (Brian Jones)
M50472 is the rear vehicle of a long formation in Bury Bolton Street's platform 2, prior to working a special to Rawtenstall (David Ingram)
M50472 at Rawtenstall on the outward "East Lancashire Phoenix" tour (Brian Jones)
M50472 is the rear vehicle of a long formation working a special into Rawtenstall from Bury Bolton Street (David Ingram)
50473
Delivered February 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn March 1987 from Ayr.
M50473 at Birmingham Snow Hill
Set NH446, which is thought to be M50473. With only two more weeks remaining for this scene, two school trains race from their stop at Leyland, the loser is the 16.25 Preston to Wigan NW whose intermediate stops at Balshaw Lane & Euxton and at Coppull would end on 4th October (Anthony Williams)
M50473 arrives into Preston leading a 3-car white stripe set on a Manchester-Blackpool working (John Turner)
M50473 at Sheffield. It is thought that M50531 was the other powercar in this 3-car set (BRCW Collection)
M50473/M59181/M50525 call at Hollinwood on a Rochdale-Manchester train (Ken Walker)
M50473 is inside Swindon Works complex having cab corrosion repairs, something which plagued the 104 class! (Brian Daniels)
50474
Delivered February 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn March 1989 from Newton Heath.
M50474, presumably in original 3-car formation, arrives into Deganwy, likely to be around the early to mid 1960's (Simon Fozard)
M50474/M59182/M50526 stand at Blackpool North at 10:40 (Derek Walmsley)
M50474 at Agecroft with a Manchester Victoria-Blackpool service(Richard Clayton)
M50474 at Blackpool North having arrived on the back of a 6-car set (Martyn Hilbert)
M50474 at St-Annes-On-The-Sea operating the Kirkham to Blackpool South shuttle (Martyn Hilbert)
M50474 at Kirkham North Junction, a 6-car 104 formation takes the station avoiding line, Blackpool North-Manchester Victoria (Martyn Hilbert)
M53474 stabled at Chester TMD (Chris Lemon)
M53474 paired with Class 108 M52059 at Irwell Bridge Sidings (David Ingram)
M53474 & 51260 undergoing attention at Doncaster Works (John Field)
M53474 brings up the rear of a Buxton-Manchester service through a snowy Furness Vale (ee20213)
M53474 on Newton Heath depot. The original photographer had the image as 27/4/86 but it is thought to be earlier (Ian Charles)
M53474 on the top of several sets in Platform 1 at Buxton (Chris Lemon)
50475
Delivered February 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn September 1985 from Newton Heath, then in departmental use until 1988.
M50475 on the rear of a formation at Salwick running the 16.45 Blackpool North-Manchester Victoria (Martyn Hilbert)
M50475 undergoing cab corrosion repairs at an unknown location, possibly Swindon Works? (Paul Redmond)
M53475 on a Preston-Ormskirk working at Cocker Bar (Martyn Hilbert)
M53475 in service at Preston (David Russon)
M53475 Chorley leads a mixed livery 5-car formation near Chorley with a Manchester-Blackpool service (Steven Brindley)
M53475 condemned at Hither Green Depot (Gary Thornton)
50476
Delivered February 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn October 1989 from Chester.
A gorgeous view of a brand new M50476 at Saltney, near Chester. This is one of the earliest views we have of a Class 104 carrying "speed whiskers" (J Pedan)
A very tatty M50476 as a "white stripe" 3-car at Manchester Victoria with a service to Blackpool North (Grahame Phillips)
M50476 arrives into a damp Preston, passing a row of BRUTE trolleys (Jerry Glover)
M50476/M52053 at Manchester Victoria. 13:30 Manchester Victoria-Rochdale via Oldham (Ron Stubley)
M53476, recently repainted out of "shite stripe" livery, leads a 4-car powered formation past Pepper Hill signal box bound for Blackpool (Richard Clayton)
M53476 at Bescar Lane bound for Southport (Roger Sutcliffe)
M53476/M54274 stabled at Leicester (Dennis Taylor)
M53476 crosses its BRCW big brother E51823 at Manchester Victoria. Note that the Class 110 alongside is the unique example which was fitted with a Class 104 cab roof dome (Steven Brindley)
M53476/M54274 & M53965/M54268 stabled in Blackpool North carriage sidings (Alan Wass)
M53476/M53425 awaiting departure from Manchester Victoria. For some reason, M53476 has lost its destination blind (Alan Wass)
53476/53425 stand at Blackpool North (Chris Brown)
(Paul Bickerdyke)
50477
Delivered February 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn February 1993 from Reading.
A corridor end view of M53477/M53529 at Chester. 10:30 Manchester Victoria-Chester (Anthony Griffiths)
A tatty M53477 outside Doncaster Works (Chris Lings)
An unknown vehicle, thought to be possibly 53477, at South Tottenham (Keith Valla)
53477, with NSE Class 117 vehicles behind, curves round MGR wagons into Didcot (Andy M)
L704 53477/53540 arrive into London Paddington, taken from Royal Oak underground station just before the introduction of Turbos (Clive Smith)
53477/59508/51344 at West Drayton (Malcolm Clements)
L704 53477/59488/51408 at London Paddington (Malcolm Clements)
L704 53477/53540 stabled at Old Oak Common Depot (Jeff Bell)
L704 53477/53540 stabled inside Old Oak Common HST depot (Mark Sampson)
L704 53477/53479 at Gospel Oak with the 15:38 to Barking (Lewis Bevan)
L701 M53479/M53437 & L704 M53477/M53540 Leytonstone High Road, working 2J33 11:45 Gospel Oak to Barking & 2J32 12:00 Barking to Gospel Oak (John Turner)
53477/53540 (L704) stand at Gospel Oak (John Carter)
50478
Delivered March 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn June 1989 from Chester.
A crisp view of M50478, at Birmingham New Street just one month old. It stands in Platform 8 on the 18:15 New Street-Leicester local stopping service (Warwickshire Railways)
Complete with "A1" route indication, M50478 at Blackpool North (Graham Clark)
M50478 & M50530 (with an unidentified TCL in between) at York with an excursion to Scarborough (George Woods)
M50478, in white stripe livery, at Southport (Chris Tolley)
M50478 heads a 3-car set at Manchester Victoria (Nigel Menzies)
M53478/M53530 pause at Manchester Victoria (Chris Lemon)
50479
Delivered March 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn January 1992 from Old Oak Common and later preserved by the BRCW Group.
An early view of M50479 in as-built condition at Trent, working a service to Derby from either Lincoln or Nottingham (BRCW Collection)
M50479 at Leyland, tail lamp aglow, with a Manchester Victoria-Blackpool North train (Martyn Hilbert)
M50479 at Manchester Victoria with a service to Blackpool North (Bruce Galloway)
A fascinating view of M53479 inside Swindon Works approaching the end of a C3 overhaul (Carl Watson)
M53501 (left) & M53479 (right) at Leytonstone High Road working 13:30 Barking-Gospel Oak & 13:15 Gospel Oak-Barking respectively (Michael Mensing)
M53479 on the GOLIN line (Steve Guess)
701 53479 stands in Reading's platform 6 (Robert Ellis)
701 53479/53522 stabled at London St Pancras (Andy Jones)
701 M53479/M53522 in platform 7 at London St Pancras (Nic Joynson)
53479 & 53522 at London Paddington sandwiching an unidentified centre car (Hugh Searle)
An early view of "set 701" formed of 53479/53437 at Gospel Oak (Ken Squire)
M53479 & M53437 at South Tottenham with a Gospel Oak-Barking service (Colin Brooks)