Set BX487
These formations have been noted:
| 50434 | 59132 | 50424 | Noted 31/05/19821 | |||||
| 50434 | 59132 | 50424 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc. Blue/Grey livery1 | |||||
| 50434 | 59132 | 50424 | Noted circa 09/19821 | |||||
| 50434 | 59132 | 50424 | Noted circa 12/19821 | |||||
| 50434 | 59207 | 50424 | Noted 19/02/19831 | |||||
| 53514 | 59228 | 53556 | Listed at BX - circa Jul-85 | |||||
| 53514 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted 01/12/85 | |||||
| 53514 | 59228 | 53556 | Listed at BX - circa Dec-85 | |||||
| 53514 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted circa 03/19861 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
1983
A Manchester - Buxton evening peak train passes Ardwick in 1983. The Class 104 set is formed 50434 + 59207 + 50424. Tony Walmsley.
23rd July 1983
A peek at Peak 45 038 between two Class 104s at Scarborough on 23 July 1983. They are thought to be on 1Z11, a Merrymaker from Buxton (see image 25725), if so M53424 is on the right and M53496 on the left. Taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
20th November 1983
Class 104 DMU set BX487 (DMBS M53434 nearest camera, presumably with 59207 + 53424) waits at Manchester Piccadilly with a train for Buxton - 20/11/1983. 53A Models of Hull Collection.
28th December 1985
Heading down the gradient with frost on the roof, between Disley and Middlewood is a BRC&W Buxton allocated 3 car set BX487 (53556,59228,53514), with the 15.08 Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service. 28th December 1985 Andrew J Crowther.
23rd February 1986
With Oxford Road showing on the blind, Buxton based BRC&W class 104 dmu BX487 (M53514, M59228, M53556) slows for the Chapel-en-le-Frith stop, with a Sunday working to Manchester Oxford Road on 23rd February 1986. This set was unique at Buxton for in it's formation was M59228 a TBSL one of only 14 built for the North Eastern Region 4 car sets it was the last of it's kind in service. Andrew J Crowther.
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