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Vehicle 59144


Class 104

Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30295
Diagram: 582

Allocations

The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 50436 during the unknown period are:

Jul-57 New to 5B (Crewe South)
Oct-57 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
w/e 01/10/60 Transferred to 9D (Buxton)
Sep-63Depot code change9L
w/e 06/11/65 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
3w/e 30/04/66 On loan to 9A (Longsight)
3w/e 02/07/66 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
4w/e 04/02/67 Transferred to 9L (Buxton)

Then the allocations for 59144 are:

by May-68 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
May-73Depot code changeNH
May-80 Transferred to LO (Longsight)
circa 10/83 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
08/11/83 Transferred to BX (Buxton)
19/03/89 Transferred to CH (Chester) PMSX
14/05/89 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill) PNLX
p/e 07/10/89 Sector Change to NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ
23/10/89 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50436 59144 50488 As delivered to 5B - July 1957
50459 59144 50511 Noted 16/11/68
50459 59144 50511 Noted 26/10/71 - at Preston1
50459 59144 50511 Noted 01/09/72 - in Liverpool Exchange2
50459 59144 50511 Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria2
LO528 50459 59144 50511 Noted circa 08/19823
50459 59144 50511 Noted 07/08/82
50459 59144 50511 Noted circa 12/19823
53476 59144 53511 Noted circa 11/19833
53598 59144 53542 Noted circa 03/19843
53598 59144 53542 Noted circa 11/1984 - listed at BX3
53598 59144 53542 Noted 20/01/85
BX488 53598 59144 53542 Noted circa 06/19853
BX488 53598 59144 53542 Listed at BX - circa Jul-85
BX488 53598 59144 53542 Listed at BX - circa Dec-85
53925 59144 51565 Formation change - BX - 2w/e 14/05/86
53925 59144 51565 Listed at Buxton - Summer 1986
53925 59144 52065 Formation change - BX - circa Nov-86
53925 59144 52065 Noted 30th November 1986
53925 59144 52065 Noted circa 02/19873
53925 59144 52065 Listed at BX - Jun-87
51938 59144 52065 Noted circa 07/19873
53626 59144 53636 Listed at BX - mid Nov-87
BX370 53626 59144 53636 Noted 13/12/19873
BX370 53626 59144 53636 Listed at BX - May 1988
53626 59144 53636 Noted 18/06/88 - at Norwich with 51950 + 59155 + 52062 on the Manchester – Gt. Yarmouth service1
BX370 53626 59144 53636 Noted circa Jul-88

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 104 DMU at Newton Heath depot

1st December 1979

Class 104 TCL M59144 on Newton Heath depot on 1 December 1979. Brian Daniels.

Class 104 DMU at Buxton

6th May 1985

Set number: BX488

Buxton based BRC&W class 104 3 car dmu BX488 (M53598, M59144, M53542) in Buxton station on 6th May 1985. Andrew J Crowther.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: late April 1966

A BRC&W triple DMU formed of M50436 + M59144 + M50488 is seen at Swan Village - on the Great Western Birmingham - Wolverhampton line - in late April 1966. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: late April 1966

A BRC&W triple DMU still in its original formation of M50488 + M59144 + M50436 is seen at Swan Village, on the Great Western Birmingham - Wolverhampton line, in late April 1966. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 7th August 1982

Cars M50514 + M59166 + M50458 / M50511 + M59144 + M50459 call at Llandudno Junction with the 09"59 Stockport - Llandudno, 7th August 1982. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 8th October 1984

Set number: BX488

This was the first class 104 I photographed in the West Midlands but that doesn't really excuse the poor job I made of composing the picture. I'm not a fan of pictures without at least some background and the only bit of identity is a small part of Leamington Spa's signalbox. The train is an Accrington to Portsmouth footex on 8 October 1984 formed of BX 488 with cars M53598, M59144 and M53542 running through the station on the up main line. I should love to see any photographs taken of this working somewhere in the Basingstoke area as it would have been quite a rarity on the LSWR. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 20th January 1985

Buxton based BRC&W class 104 3 car dmu M53598, M59144, M53542, is seen at Bankend between Furness Vale and New Mills Newtown, whilst working a Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service. 20th January 1985 Andrew J Crowther.

DMU

Date: 9th March 1985

Having just left Middlewood station on the 1in60 climb to Disley, Buxton based BRC&W class 104 dmu (M53542, M59144, M53598) emerges from the short Middlewood Tunnel which takes the railway underneath the Macclesfield Canal. 9th March 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

DMU

Date: 30th November 1985

Set number: BX488

With the Buxton tracks having been temporary slewed, two Buxton allocated BRC&W class 104 dmu's are about to pass each other, working the Manchester Piccadilly - Buxton services on 30th November 1985. The cord track bed is now in place it wont be long before the track on the cord is in place as well, providing a link between the old Midland Rly that crosses the bridge and the L&NW Rly, an idea that was first proposed in 1902, the cord opened for traffic on the 12th May 1986. BX488 presumably contains 53542 59144 53598. Andrew J Crowther.

DMU

Date: 19th June 1987

With Class 142 142045 stood at Leyland with a Liverpool Lime Street to Preston service, a Class 108/104 three-car hybrid DMU was passing on the Up Fast with a Heysham Harbour to Stockport 'limited stop' service on June 19th 1987. The Buxton allocated DMU had been a long way from its home depot and was formed of cars M53925, M59144 & M52065. Following withdrawal by Northern in 2019, 142045 eventually found a new home at Kirk Merrington Primary School in County Durham in 2020. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 30th August 1987

Set number: BX497

Set BX497 at Scarborough on August 30, 1987. Between the two Class 108 power cars (M52065 closest, the other is probably 53925) is a Class 104 centre car, probably 59144. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 18th June 1988

Set number: BX370

M53626 (presumably with 59144 + 53636) leads a special from Buxton with class 108 and 104 stock seen near Ely West Junction, 18.06.88. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 11th July 1989

51194 leads a hybrid set as it enters Carlisle station at 16.10 on 11/7/89, forming the 13.03 from Leeds via Settle. The set formation was 51194(cl.101)/59144(cl.104)/51175(cl.101). Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: 11th May 1990

E78971, 78719, 59144, 51458, 51812 and 51520 are seen outside Vic Berrys on May 11, 1990. Nicholas Youngman.