50520
Delivered January 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn October 1989 from Chester.
M50520/M59176/M50468 at New Hey working 11:28 Manchester Victoria-Rochdale-Oldham-Manchester Victoria (P G Bennett)
M53520/M53479 at Gospel Oak with the 12:45 to Barking (Graham Walker)
M53520/M53479 at Upper Holloway with the 1215 Gospel Oak to Barking (Graham Walker)
M53520 (N678) rests at Manchester Victoria (R W Carroll)
M53520/M53477 pass Woodgrange Park, photo taken 13:47. They were working 2J39 13:15 Gospel Oak-Barking (53A Models of Hull Collection)
M53520/M53536 (N678) stand at Crewe with the 08:09 to Derby (Alan Wass)
50521
Delivered January 1958 to Crewe South.
M50521 Doncaster Works (Jerry Glover)
Preston (Vincent)
(Chris Lemon)
M78691/M78851 arrive at Mouldsworth working 1028 Chester to Manchester Oxford Road (Graham Walker)
EXP DM352 78601/78851 stands at Manchester Piccadilly (Graeme Phillips)
M78601/M78851 stand at Manchester Piccadilly (Keith Long)
50522
Delivered January 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn September 1989 from Chester.
M50522 at Salwick working a Blackpool North-Manchester Victoria service (Martyn Hilbert)
M50522 at manchester Victoria (Paul S A Redmond)
M53522/M59230/M53449 at Manchester Victoria, with a Class 120 formed of M5????/M59286/ M51572 shunting from platform 16. (David Ingram)
M53522 Tyseley (Andy Cole)
M53522 at Swindon Works, presumably about to enter for overhaul (Carl Watson)
M53522/M53455 Swindon Works, after overhaul (Carl Watson)
50523
Delivered January 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn March 1986 from Newton Heath.
Possibly M50523 on Newton Heath depot (John Law)
M50523 at Preston on a Blackpool-Manchester service (Roger Sutcliffe)
M50523/M59140/M50443 at Manchester Exchange on a Manchester Victoria-Blackpool service (Hugh Llewelyn)
M50523 at at unknown location, possibly Derby, undergoing repairs (Paul Redmond)
This unidentified set is thought to have M53523 nearest the camera. It was working Blackburn-Manchester Victoria (Richard Clayton)
M53523/M53471 at Burnden Junction, Bolton (David Ingram)
50524
Delivered January 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn February 1986 from Newton Heath.
M50524 mid formation at Preston with a Blackpool service (Dave Felton)
M50524 on a Blackpool North-Manchester Victoria service at Chorley (Steven Brindley)
M53524 stands at Bolton (Alistair Ness)
At Blackburn with a Preston service (53A Models of Hul Collection)
M53524 leaving Oldham Mumps (Michael Croxford)
M53524 calls at Miles Platting with the 13:28 Manchester Victoria-Rochdale-Oldham Mumps-Manchester Victoria (David Rostance)
50525
Delivered February 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn February 1987 from Ayr.
With 08475 at Newton Heath (Chris Lemon)
53525/53473 stand at Blackpool North (Chris Lemon)
Bringing up the rear of an 8-car formation at Blackrod (Roger Sutcliffe)
M53525, still in white stripe livery at Edinburgh Waverley. It was working eirther 2H57 10:40 Edinburgh Waverley-Dunblane or 2Y11 10:52 Edinburgh Waverley-Glasgow Central (Bruce Galloway)
SC53525 split off from its set at Ayr Depot (Jerry Glover)
This hybrid set including Class 101 and 120 vehicles possibly has 53525 leading, through Princess Street Gardens (C Bruce)
50526
Delivered February 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn November 1980 from Newton Heath.
M50526 passes Lytham St Annes with a Kirkham service (Martyn Hilbert)
50527
Delivered February 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn January 1986 from Newton Heath.
M50527 at Blackpool North (Jim Hardwick)
M53527 at Cocker Bar on a Preston-Ormskirk working (Martyn Hilbert)
M53527/M53475 waits at Manchester Victoria with the 12:00 to Shaw (Keith Long)
M53527/M53475 at Oldham Mumps with the 14:00 Manchester Victoria-Shaw (Stewart Jolly)
M53527 on depot (Mike Bunker)
M53527 on depot (Mike Bunker)
50528
Delivered February 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn July 1989 from Chester and later preserved by the BRCW Group.
M50528 stands at Birmingham New Street's platform 8, ready to work the 13:25 Birmingham New Street-Derby (Michael Mensing)
M50528 at Bolton with a Blackpool North-Manchester Victoria working (Martyn Hilbert)
M50528 Castleton East Junction (David Ingram)
"137" M50528/M50454 passes 25133 at Bamber Bridge whilst on a Preston-Colne service (Martyn Hilbert)
M50528 at Leyland (John Law)
53528/53454 Blackpool South (Martin Tasker)
50529
Delivered February 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn June 1990 from Newton Heath.
M50529 passing Broughton Astley (Michael Mensing)
M50529 arriving into Manchester Victoria (Rail Online)
"White Striper" M50529 passes Blackrod on a Manchester-Blackpool service (Steven Brindley)
M50529 at an unknown location (Jake Atkinson)
M50529 at Boltion Trinity Street working 14:52 Blackpool North-Manchester Victoria (Stewart Jolly)
This is believed to be M53529, at Gospel Oak ready to work another service to Barking (Johnathan Hazan)
M53529 arrives into Walthamstow with a Barking-Gospel oak service. The unsporting driver has his blinds pulled down preventing the passengers seeing ahead! (Michael Mensing)
M53529 at Gospel Oak with a Barking service (Colin Brooks)
M53529 at South Tottenham with a Gospel Oak-Barking service (Colin Brooks)
M53529/M53451 passing Pages Crossing, Ulnes Walton on a Preston-Ormskirk working (Martyn Hilbert)
M53529 crosses paths with 31200 at Manchester Victoria (Malcolm Clements)
M53529, Wigan Wallgate, leading the last blue liveried 116 set (M53867/53723) on a Southport - Manchester Victoria working (Colin Brooks)
50530
Delivered March 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn June 1989 from Chester.
M50530/?/M50478 at York with a Scarborough excursion (George Woods)
A head on view of M50530 standing in the generously sized island platform at Poulton-le-Fylde. It is at the head of a matching 6-car (2x 3-car) formation formed entirely of Class 104 "white striper" Blackpool sets, working a service from Blackpool North-Manchester Victoria (Martyn Hilbert)
M53530 is stood on the fuel point at Chester in multiple with a Class 101. Items of interest include the "Manchester-Blackpool" lettering on the corridor end which was applied to the "white striper" fleet, and also the rail blue exhaust silencer (On tour with the class 13 army)
M53530/M53478 at Midge Hall on the Preston-Ormskirk run (Martyn Hilbert)
M53530/M53478 at Cocker Bar on the Preston-Ormskirk run (Martyn Hilbert)
M53530 at Manchester Victoria with a Blackburn working (Dennis Taylor)
50531
Delivered March 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn March 1992 from Chester and later preserved by the BRCW Group.
As part of its Blackpool "white striper" 3-car set (Brian Williams)
M50531 in the snow at Sheffield (BRCW Collection)
M53531/M53465 at Manchester Victoria (John Horne)
M53531/M53465 at Croston with the 13:40 Preston-Ormskirk (Martyn Hilbert)
M53531 calls at Moses Gate with a Manchester Victoria-Blackburn service (Steve Robinson)
53531, showing its non standard numbers, at Manchester Victoria (Gazza Prescott)
50532
Delivered March 1958 to Stoke-on-Trent. Withdrawn May 1989 from Chester following fire damage.
M53532/M54181 stand in the platform at Bedford St Johns (Paul James)
M53532/M54181 stand at Bedford St Johns (Lewis Bevan)
M53532 at Alderley Edge (Andrew Sumner)
M53532, possibly at Barking (Albert Murray)
M53532 at Bedford (James Cannell)
M53532/M53487 at Farington with an Ormskirk-Preston service (Martyn Hilbert)
50533
Delivered March 1958 to Stoke-on-Trent. Withdrawn February 1986 from Newton Heath
Thought to be M50533 at Stetchford, leading two 2-car sets on the 13:40 Birmingham New Street-Rugby (Michael Mensing)
M53533/M54178 (left) crosses M53443/M53493 (right) at Bolton (Keith Long)
50534
Delivered April 1958 to Stoke-on-Trent. Withdrawn June 1990 from Chester.
M50534 departs Birmingham New Street (Michael Mensing)
M50534 (& probably M56177) at Stechford, working the 12:50 Birmingham New Street-Coventry, in multiple with a 2-car 101 led by M51181 (Michael Mensing)
M50534 leads a class 101 set west of Stechford (Michael Mensing)
Thought to be M50534 at Belle Vue (William Rapp Photo, Rapp Collection, Barriger Library at UMSL)
M50534/M50507 at Kirkham North Junction, on the 12.01 Blackpool South-Kirkham & Wesham (Martyn Hilbert)
M50534/M56177 at Bedford St Johns having arrived with a service from Bletchley (Jeremy Chapter)
M53534 sporting a white cab roof dome at Watford Junction (Machine QuinzeMille)
M53534 on its own at Tyseley (Andy Cole)
M53534 at Manchester Victoria (John Atkinson)
M53534/M53507 at Preston, recently transferred north from Cricklewood, on a service from Colne (Neil Harvey)
M53534/M53507 at Preston with a Manchester Victoria-Blackpool North working (Martyn Hilbert)
M53534 (Mike Bunker)
50535
Delivered April 1958 to Stoke-on-Trent. Withdrawn February 1986 from Newton Heath.
M50535 leads a trailer car past Llafairfechan in the early 1960's. The working was not noted, but the destination blind states Holyhead (Simon Fozard)
M50535, east of Aldridge. It's as-built trailer car, M56178, is likely to be the vehicle behind (Michael Mensing)
M53535 at York Clifton Depot, still towing a BRCW trailer (Andrew Wylde)
50536
Delivered April 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn May 1990 from Chester.
M50536/M56179 at Stockport, 16:41 Stockport-Stalybridge (Jeremy Chapter)
M53536 at Doncaster (Carl Watson)
M53536/M54179 at Watford Junction, working 1054 Watford-St Albans Abbey (Machine QuinzeMille)
M53536/M54179 at Croxley Green, working 16:18 Croxley Green-Watford (Machine QuinzeMille)
M53536/M54179 pass Croxley Green Depot, working 1540 Watford-Croxley Green (Machine QuinzeMille)
M53536 Stalybridge (Johannes Smit)
50537
Delivered April 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn November 1983 from Newton Heath.
M50537 leads a pair of BRCW 2-car sets at Pinfold Crossing on the 18:07 Derby-Crewe service (Michael Mensing)
M50537/M56180 stand at Llandudno waiting to depart with a service to Manchester Victoria. A Class 101 lurks in the background (Alan Wass)
M50537 looking rather sorry for itself (Paul Redmond)
50538
Delivered April 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn March 1986 from Newton Heath.
M50538 under repair, possibly at Derby? (Paul Redmond)
M53538/M54176 at Manchester Victoria, Platform 14 (Kevin Cooke)
50539
Delivered April 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn December 1992 from Old Oak Common.
M50539 at Soho, probably with M56182 on the rear (Michael Mensing)
Original pairing M50539/M56182 departs Manchester Piccadilly on a Buxton service, which would have been a challenge for the set having only 300hp available for the climb into the High Peak (Hugh Llewelyn)
M53539/M54184 pass Bedford St Johns with a Bedford-Bletchley service (TOPticl Digital- Memories)
M53539 Bletchley (Ian Docwra)
53539/54181 at Bedford St Johns, departing with the 1410 to Bletchley. This was the last day of services at St Johns station (Mick Barstow)
M53539/M54181 at Bedford on Bletchley shuttles (Paul James)
Believed to be M53539, rounding the curve whilst departing Wellingborough station with a Class 104 trailer car (possibly M54181) in tow, working the 15:40 Bletchley-Market Harborough service (6089Gardener)
M53539/M54181 at Bedford Midland with the 07:40 to Bletchley (Alan Wass)
M53539/M54181 at Bletchley with the 08:58 to Kettering via Bedford (Alan Wass)
M53539 at Tyseley (Andy Cole)
Although no details were available at all for this photograph, based on other photos and notes, this is likely to be M53539 in 1987, just before being allocated "set 703", at Gospel Oak. Having recently received some works attention, the yellow paint even includes the window rubbers!
M53539 (set 703) at London St Pancras (Les Pett)
50540
Delivered April 1958 to Crewe South. Became the last Class 104 vehicle in passenger service before finally being withdrawn in October 1993 from Old Oak Common.
M53540 at Chester General (EdgeHillSignalman)
53540/54182 stand at Derby (Keith Partlow)
M53540/M54184 at Watford Junction working the 1716 to Croxley Green (Machine QuinzeMille)
53540 with class 117 vehicles at Radipole in Dorset (Graeme Phillips)
53540 Oxford (Keith Holt) - original image from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/96859208@N07/
53540 at Barking (Dave Rowland)
53540/53477 (L704) at Barking (John Carter)
53540 (L704) inside Doncaster Works (Dennis Taylor)
53540 freshly outshopped into NSE livery at Doncaster Works. Date unknown but likely to be December 1989 or early 1990 (Malcolm Clements)
53540 freshly outshopped into NSE livery at Doncaster Works. Date unknown but likely to be December 1989 or early 1990 (Malcolm Clements)
53540 at London Paddington (Johannes Smit)
53540 arrives into London Paddington (Andy Cole)
50541
Delivered May 1958 to Crewe South. Withdrawn October 1989 from Chester.
M53541 at Doncaster Works awaiting attention. Other vehicles, including a Class 101 behind, are also visible (Stephen Rueth)
M53541/M54183 at Bedford St Johns with the 12:02 from Bletchley (Keith Long)
M53541 stabled at Leicester (Dennis Taylor)
53541/59206/53444 at Watford Junction (Machine QuinzeMille)
53541/59206/53444 at Watford Junction (Machine QuinzeMille)
M53541 at Manchester Victoria (Alan Wass)