Vehicle 59148
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 50440 during the unknown period are:
| Jul-57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Sep-57 | Transferred to | 5A (Crewe North) | |
| Nov-57 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transferred to | 5A (Crewe North) | |
| Apr-63 | Transferred to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 2H (Monument Lane) | |
| w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
| 2w/e 18/03/67 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 2w/e 09/03/68 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) |
Then the allocations for 59148 are:
| Dec-72 | Transferred to | 9L (Buxton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BX | |
| 19/03/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PMSX | |
| 23/10/89 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) PZQZ |
Notes
10/05/59 - Noted receiving attention in Horwich Works were M50440, 50495, 50772, 50805, 59148, 79078, 79080 and 79627.
19th October 1989 - Listed as withdrawn/out of use
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50440 | 59148 | 50492 | As delivered to 9A - July 1957 | ||||||
| 50440 | 59148 | 50492 | Transfer to 9A - Nov-57 | ||||||
| 50440 | 59148 | 50492 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50440 | 59148 | 50492 | Noted 01/09/72 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50440 | 59148 | 50492 | Transfer to 9L - 5w/e 06/01/73 | ||||||
| 50428 | 59148 | 50481 | Noted 27/08/1979 - at Cleethorpes2 | ||||||
| BX480 | 50421 | 59148 | 50487 | Noted circa 05/19823 | |||||
| BX481 | 50421 | 59148 | 50506 | Noted circa 10/1982 - Previously BX4803 | |||||
| BX481 | 50421 | 59148 | 50487 | Noted circa 12/19823 | |||||
| BX481 | 50421 | 59148 | 50487 | Noted circa 03/19833 | |||||
| BX481 | 53421 | 59148 | 53487 | Noted circa 02/1984 - in Manchester, C3 overhauled at 5458 1/843 | |||||
| BX481 | 53421 | 59148 | 53487 | Noted circa 07/19843 | |||||
| BX481 | 53421 | 59148 | 53487 | Noted circa 11/1984 - listed at BX3 | |||||
| 53421 | 59148 | 53487 | Noted 26/01/85 | ||||||
| BX481 | 53421 | 59148 | 53487 | Listed at BX - circa Jul-85 - with white roof domes | |||||
| BX481 | 53421 | 59148 | 53487 | Listed at BX - circa Dec-85 | |||||
| 53930 | 59148 | 51563 | Listed at Buxton - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| 53930 | 59148 | 52056 | Listed at BX - Jun-87 | ||||||
| 53930 | 59148 | 52056 | Noted circa 07/19873 | ||||||
| 53930 | 59148 | 52056 | Listed at BX - mid Nov-87 | ||||||
| 53930 | 59148 | 52056 | Noted 16th November 1987 | ||||||
| BX372 | 53930 | 59148 | 52056 | Listed at BX - May 1988 | |||||
| BX372 | 53930 | 59148 | 52056 | Noted circa Jul-88 | |||||
| 53930 | 59148 | 52056 | Noted 17/07/88 - on 15:41 Alderley-Manchester Piccadilly | ||||||
| CH372 | 53930 | 59148 | 52056 | Noted 13/05/89 - on 07:45 Manchester Piccadilly - Buxton | |||||
| 53930 | 59148 | 52056 | Noted 13/07/89 - at Penyffordd4 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Aaron Calder
Images:
3rd September 1986
Class 104 centre car M59148 at Buxton on the 3rd September 1986. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: April 1967
Set number: 418
A BRC&W three-car DMU (power cars M50491 and presumably M50439) enters Birmingham Snow Hill in April 1967. Tyseley set number 418 is in the cab window. The centre car is noted as M59148 which casts in doubt whether it or M59147 was transferred from Tyseley to Etches Park the previous month. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 9th June 1968
Cravens and Birmingham R.C.W. DMUs in Blackpool North excursion platforms on Sunday 09 June 1968. Vehicles are M50805 / 50439 / 59175 / 59148 / 50438 (order not known). Possibly M50805 + 59148 + 50439 (three recent arrivals at Newton Heath) then 50438 + 59175 forming the start of the set behind. Talbot Road Bus Station / Car Park is in the background. Ian 10B.
Date: 2nd September 1979
Buxton station on Saturday 2 September 1978 with a 6-car Class 104 formation about to depart. According to my notes these will be 50427/59138/50440, 50421/59148/50490 and 59198. There are 3 trailer cars listed here, but only 2 3-car units in my photo and I can only guess that the "extra" trailer was visible at the diesel depot. The Class 08 on the right will be 08611 and a Class 40 is also just visible; there were 4 Class 40s at Buxton on this day. Lewis Bevan.
Date: 16th May 1982
A Trans-Pennine DMU with E51952 closest on Longsight depot on 16 May 1982. Class 104 TCL M59148 is on the left. Brian Daniels.
Date: 18th September 1982
Set number: BX481
Several 104s at Buxton on September 18, 1982, 50421 closest 59148 + 50487 as set BX481. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 21st July 1984
Set number: BX481
Class 104 DMU set BX481 sits in Stalybridge station on 12 July 1984. DMBS 53421 is closest, the other two vehicles are presumably 59148 + 53487. Chris McKee.
Date: 26th January 1985
On the approach to Manchester Piccadilly is Buxton based BRC&W class 104 dmu M53421, M59148, M53487 arriving with a service from Buxton, 26th January 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 2nd March 1985
Set number: BX481
Class 104 BRCW 3-car DMU 53421 + 59148 + 53487 arriving New Mills Newtown with the 13-31 to Manchester Piccadilly on 2-3-85. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 2nd March 1985
Set number: BX481
Class 104 BRCW 3-car DMU 53487+59148+53421 departing Middlewood with the 13-38 to Manchester Piccadilly on 2-3-85. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 18th June 1985
Set number: BX481
A view of he station platforms at Buxton finds a 6 car BRCW class 104 DMU rake, led by set BX481 (presumably 53421 + 59148 + 53487) sat in Platform 1. Behind it next to the depot fuel tanks is parked up 31289. 18th June 1985. John Crooks.
Date: 17th August 1985
Set number: BX481
A six-car set, headed by set BX481 and M53421 (presumably with M59148 + M53487), enters Manchester Piccadilly on 17/8/85. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 22nd December 1985
Set number: BX481
A White roofed Buxton based BRC&W class 104 3 car dmu BX481 (M53421 + M59148 + M53487), climbs the 1-60 bank up towards Norbury Hollow level crossing whilst working a Manchester Piccadilly - Buxton service, 22nd December 1985. These units truly worked nationwide, but it was the Buxton route which they became synonymous with. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 3rd June 1987
53930 stabled at Buxton on June 3rd, 1987, presumably with 59148 behind. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 19th April 1988
Set number: BX372
On 19 April 1988 hybrid (108/104/108) DMU set BX372 (52056 + 59148 + 53930) heads towards Manchester at Bamford. Dave Warby.
Date: 19th April 1988
Set number: BX372
53930 + 59148 + 52058 (set BX372) departs from Bamford station heading for Manchester on 19 April 1988. Dave Warby.
Date: 2nd June 1988
Set number: BX372
This must have been the furthest north a Buxton allocated DMU set worked at the time being synonymous generally with services South of Manchester. 3-car set BX 372 (53930+59148+52056) formed with two class 108 motor coaches and a class 104 intermediate trailer is seen shortly after arrival at Heysham Harbour on 2 June 1988. Set BX 372 having worked "Boat Train" 1P13 the 12.05 Stockport to Heysham Harbour with connection to Douglas on the Isle of Man by way of the IOM Steam Packet Co. Ferry. Adrian Nicholls.
Date: 2nd June 1988
Set number: BX372
Buxton allocated DMU set BX372 (52056 + 59148 + 53930), a class 108/104 hybrid, stands at the old Morecambe station on the promenade with train 1H51 the 14.55 to Stockport on 02/06/88. This station closed on 07/02/94 when a smaller two platform station opened closer to the town centre but in doing so reduced the length of the branch by 17ch (nearly ¼ mile). Adrian Nicholls.
Date: 15th September 1988
Set number: BX372
Class 108/104 hybrid set BX372 (presumably M53930 + M59148 + M52056) departs from Manchester Piccadilly on September 15, 1988. Rex Holt.
Date: 13th May 1989
Set number: CH372
CH372 (M53930 + M59148 + M52056) arrives at New Mills Newtown on the 07:45 Manchester Piccadilly to Buxton on 13-5-89. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 14th May 1989
Set number: CH376
CH376 (M52064 + M59183 + M51941) with CH372 (M52056 + M59148 + M53930) at Buxton on 14-5-89, the day before Sprinterisation of The Spa Line. 37 411 is on the TMD. Kevin Dowd.
Date: July 1989
Set number: CH372
A five-car DMU formation is seen in Llandudno Junction station in July 1989. Closest is set CH372 formed a Class 108 DMBS (53930), a Class 104 TSL (59148) and a Class 108 DMSL (52056). On the rear is a Class 101 DMSL / Class 108 DMBS (51420) hybrid. George Woods.
Date: July 1989
Set number: N616
A five-car DMU formation in Llandudno Junction station in July 1989. On the rear, closest, is a Class 108 DMBS (51420) / Class 101 DMSL hybrid, the far set is also a hybrid with a Class 104 centre car (59148) between two Class 108 power cars (52056 + 53930). George Woods.
Date: 17th October 1989
Withdrawn Class 104 and 101 DMU vehicles alongside Chester station, Class 104 DMBS 53468 second from right 17-10-89ish. The line on 9/12/89 was: 53520, 53468, 53306, 53472, 53195, 59207, 53466, 53263, 53425, 59155, 59183, 59148 and 53541. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 9th December 1989
Set number: CH609
M53520, M53468, M53306, 53472, E53195, M59207, M53466, E53263, M53425, M59155, M59183, M59148, 53541 withdrawn at Chester station sidings, 9/12/89. Kevin Dowd.