The end is nigh !, Farewell 504 the cutter awaits you.
Photo Taken : 24.08.1991.
Made redundant by the Manchester Metrolink tramway project these class 504 EMU's await their certain fate in the scrapyard of M.C. Metals Ltd. Springburn, Glasgow. The 504 class EMU's were unique in the UK in being side contact third rail units used soley on the 1200v DC Manchester Victoria to Bury line. They were built in 1959 by BR workshops at Wolverton but general overhauls were done for many years at Horwich works and when that closed overhauls were carried out at their birthplace, Wolverton. Other than a few early withdrawls as surplus stock the bulk of the class survived until their line was converted to a tramway in the latter part of 1991. Most ended up scrapped here at Springburn but one 2-car set survived into preservation on the East Lancs Railway. The two car seen here is a mixed set with 77175 ex set 504 454 leading and 65453 from sister unit 504 453 trailing.
The end is nigh !, Farewell 504 the cutter awaits you.
Photo Taken : 24.08.1991.
Made redundant by the Manchester Metrolink tramway project these class 504 EMU's await their certain fate in the scrapyard of M.C. Metals Ltd. Springburn, Glasgow. The 504 class EMU's were unique in the UK in being side contact third rail units used soley on the 1200v DC Manchester Victoria to Bury line. They were built in 1959 by BR workshops at Wolverton but general overhauls were done for many years at Horwich works and when that closed overhauls were carried out at their birthplace, Wolverton. Other than a few early withdrawls as surplus stock the bulk of the class survived until their line was converted to a tramway in the latter part of 1991. Most ended up scrapped here at Springburn but one 2-car set survived into preservation on the East Lancs Railway. The two car seen here is a mixed set with 77175 ex set 504 454 leading and 65453 from sister unit 504 453 trailing.