BIRMINGHAM RAILCAR WORKGROUP

50560

Delivered November 1958 to Hull, Springhead. Withdrawn April 1982 from Stratford.

28/5/1978

Set 84, 50560/59228/50559, calls at Thetford, on its way to Peterborough if the destination blind is to be believed (Alan Chilestone)

5/11/1979

E50560/E59221/E50561 (Set 86) calls at Brandon whilst working the 10:10 Ely-Norwich (Gordon Edgar)

25/8/1981

E50560 at the end of the branch at Southminster (Chris Lings)

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50561

Delivered November 1958 to Hull, Botanic Gardens. Withdrawn February 1984 from Buxton.

1983

The 15:24 from Peterborough to Cambridge is being worked by Set 85, the rear two coaches of which were 50561 & 59226, seen at Peterborough just before departure (Martin Tasker)

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50562

Delivered December 1958 to Hull, Botanic Gardens. Withdrawn July 1984 from Buxton.

20/8/1977

Set 84 (E50562) at Thetford (Alan Chilestone)

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50563

Delivered June 1958 to Darlington. Withdrawn June 1982 from Neville Hill.

13/10/1977

E50563 leads a 3-car set bound for Sheffield. Location is possibly Chinley: Eastern Region sets at this time worked New Mills-Sheffield services (Old Fentonian)

5/3/1979

E50563 separated from its set at Lancaster Up Yard, following a minor derailment whilst entering Lancaster with a Leeds to Morecambe service. It was inspected the following day and returned to home depot Leeds Neville Hill (Martyn Hilbert)

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50564

Delivered June 1958 to South Gosforth. Withdrawn February 1981 from Darlington.

27/11/1970

E50564 appears to have a black painted route indicator blind box cover whilst on a North Woolwich service (Tom Burnham)

27/11/1970

E51551, an unidentified trailer brake and E50564 at Stratford (Low Level) with a North Woolwich service (Tom Burnham)

29/8/1972

E50564/E59212/50546 at North Woolwich. It is working a North Woolwich-Tottenham Hale servic, photo taken at 17:11 (P G Bennett)

3/1976

E50564 at Tottenham Hale with a Stratford-North Woolwich working (Hugh Llewelyn)

1/3/1980

Less than a year before withdrawal, E50564/E59206/E59214/E50556 at Manors.1329 Newcastle (John Carter)

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50565

Delivered June 1958 to Darlington. Withdrawn June 1986 from Eastfield.

5/8/1972

E50565/E59210/E50568 in the sidings at Ipswich beside the station. The rear two cars have recently received works attention and really stand out against '565 (Jim Hardwick)

30/4/1985

53565 at Glasgow Queen Street as 104367 (John Horne)

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50566

Delivered July 1958 to South Gosforth. Withdrawn June 1982 from Neville Hill.

1969

A fresh E50566 at Doncaster, likely to have just received an overhaul at the works (John Turner)

1969

A fresh E50566 at Doncaster, likely to have just received an overhaul at the works (John Turner)

4/1973

E50566, still in original 4-car formation, has arrived at Morcambe with a service from Leeds (Alan Rintoul)

12/9/1981

E50566 tails an 8-car Leeds-Hull service at Selby (Martyn Hilbert)

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50567

Delivered July 1958 to South Gosforth. Withdrawn June 1982 from Neville Hill.

21/1/68

E50567 at Selby alongside an interesting track machine (M Best)

20/5/1972

E50567/E50369 at Cromer (Beach) with the East Anglian railtour (runtheredline)

20/5/1972

E50567 at Ipswich with the East Anglian railtour (runtheredline)

3/1976

E50567/E59223/E59199/E50550 at Leeds with a Liverpool Lime St-Manchester Victoria-Huddersfield-Hull service (Hugh Llewelyn)

Undated

An unusual corridor end view of E50567, showing to good effect the different silencers that were fitted usually (but not exclusively) to Eastern Region 104s (Paul S A Redmond)

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50568

Delivered July 1958 to Hull, Springhead. Withdrawn November 1980 from Darlington.

30/7/1958

A little fuzzy, but a very rare photo showing E50568, E59214, E59193 & E50547 at Bridlington with a Hull-Scarborough working. This was taken the same month the set was delivered to Hull (Ray Walkington)

Undated

This unidentified vehicle may be NE50568 (the number is very grainy in the photo). The very distinctive non standard front end lining may one day confirm which vehicle this is (R W Carroll)

1/2/1981

E50568 at Thornaby after withdrawal from service. Closer inspection shows the vehicle has lost bodyside window glass, its heater and various underframe equipment box lids (John Carter)

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50569

Delivered July 1958 to Hull, Springhead. Withdrawn August 1969 from Neville Hill following fire damage.

12/1967

NE50569 terminated at York with a working from Scarborough (Bill Ford)

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50570

Delivered August 1958 to Hull, Springhead. Withdrawn June 1982 from Neville Hill.

19/7/1981

50570 arrives into Stockton leading a Class 101 formation (Jerry Glover)

30/8/1981

Journey's end for 50570 at Whitby (Jerry Glover)

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50571

Delivered August 1958 to Hull, Springhead. Withdrawn February 1984 from Buxton.

1958?

Undated, but likely to be 1958 as E50571 is clearly not long out of the factory, seen at an unknown location (Hull area?) (Mike Boakes Collection)

Undated

E50571 at Botanic Gardens (Hull) with much surrounding evidence of the trolleybus system (Les Storry)

3/1976

E50571/E59220/E50555 at Romford on the Upminster shuttle (Hugh Llewelyn)

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50572

Delivered September 1958 to Hull, Springhead. Withdrawn July 1983 from Buxton.

31/7/1977

E50572 at Thetford tailling set 85 (Alan Chilestone)

3/4/1983

E50572/M59226/M50551 at Buxton with the1302 ex Manchester Piccadilly (Graham Walker)

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50573

Delivered September 1958 to Hull, Springhead. Withdrawn February 1982 from Neville Hill.

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50574

Delivered September 1958 to Hull, Springhead. Withdrawn October 1981 from Darlington.

10/8/1980

E50574/E59244/E59231/E50576 at Tynemouth, working the 10:42 Tynemouth-Newcastle. This was the final day before the Metro conversion (Grahame Phillips)

10/8/1980

E50574/E59244/E59231/E50576 at Percy Main, working 11:20 from Newcastle. This was the final day before the Metro conversion (Grahame Phillips)

20/7/1981

E50574/E59100/E50295 at Nunthorpe, with the 11:58 Middlesbrough-Nunthorpe (John Carter)

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50575

Delivered September 1958 to Hull, Springhead. Withdrawn June 1982 from Neville Hill.

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50576

Delivered October 1958 to South Gosforth. Withdrawn June 1982 from Neville Hill.

30/6/1976

A crisp view of E50576/E59220/E50549 at Custom House on a North Woolwich-Stratford service. Photo taken at 18:34 (P G Bennett)

11/3/1983

E50576 at March Whitemoor Junction, being moved post withdrawal (WD 6/6/82) It would eventually end up at Snailwell for scrapping (Neil Cannon)

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50577

Delivered November 1958 to South Gosforth. Withdrawn September 1986 from Ayr.

10/10/1964

E50577/?/?/E50589 at Alexander Dock, Hull, during the RCTS' Hull Docks railtour (John Turner)

6/1978

E50577 at Edinburgh Waverley working a Glasgow Queen St-Whitley Bay excursion (Graeme Phillips)

9/9/1981

50577/59210/50565 stands at Matlock having arrived with the 14.17 from Derby (Martin Tasker)

25/2/1984

M53577/M59210/M53565 at Longsight inside the North shed with M53427/M59183/M53459 alongside (David Ingram)

Undated

53577/59210/53565, possibly in Scotland (Neil Harrison)

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50578

Delivered October 1958 to Hull, Springhead. Withdrawn June 1982 from Stratford.

9/1978

An unidentified vehicle (thought to be E50578) forms Norwich set 85 at Sheringham, with a service to Norwich (Alan Rintoul)

1979

A real treat of a view: a fresh looking E50578 passing Orgreave sidings with a Sheffield-Worksop service (Les Nixon)

25/4/1980

E50578 (set 80) at March with a Peterborough-Cambridge working (Gerrard Fletcher)

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50579

Delivered October 1958 to Hull, Springhead. Withdrawn January 1982 from Stratford.

Undated

E50579 in its 4-car configuration, at an unknown location (David Woodward)

20/7/1981

A great summer evening image of E50579 at Ruswarp with the 19:28 Whitby-Darlington (W Sharman)

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