Vehicle 50459 / 53459
Class 104
Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30293
Diagram: 556
Allocations
| Nov-57 | New to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 4w/e 04/02/67 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
| May-80 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) | |
| circa Dec-83 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| 26/03/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 11/05/86 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50459 - original number
53459 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50459 | 59167 | 50511 | As delivered to - November 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 | ||||||
| 50459 | 59144 | 50511 | Noted 03/06/78 - at Blackpool North3 | ||||||
| 50459 | 59144 | 50511 | Noted 01/07/78 - at Tyseley3 | ||||||
| 50459 | 59144 | 50511 | Noted 09/07/78 - at Bolton3 | ||||||
| 50459 | 59144 | 50511 | Noted 19/08/79 - at Newton Heath3 | ||||||
| 50459 | 59144 | 50511 | Noted 23/09/79 - at Red Bank CS3 | ||||||
| 50459 | 59144 | 50511 | Noted 29/12/1981 - at Manchester Piccadilly3 | ||||||
| LO528 | 50459 | 59144 | 50511 | Noted circa 08/19824 | |||||
| 50459 | 59144 | 50511 | Noted 07/08/82 | ||||||
| 50459 | 59144 | 50511 | Noted circa 12/19824 | ||||||
| 50459 | 59144 | 50511 | Noted 22/01/1983 - on Longsight depot3 | ||||||
| 53459 | 59144 | 53511 | Noted 17/04/1983 - on Longsight depot3 | ||||||
| 53459 | 59183 | 53427 | Noted circa 10/19834 | ||||||
| BX492 | 53459 | 59183 | 53427 | Noted circa 11/1984 - listed at BX4 | |||||
| BX486 | 53459 | 59183 | 53427 | Listed at BX - circa Jul-85 | |||||
| BX486 | 53459 | 59183 | 53427 | Listed at BX - circa Dec-85 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Martin Lumley
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
11th May 1974
Class 104 DMBS M50459 at Southport on 11 May 1974. Alistair Ness.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
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.
Date: 22nd June 1986
Class 104s 53523 (left) and 53459 await their fate at Vic Berry's, 22/6/86. Ian Francis.