Vehicle 59149
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 50441 during the unknown period are:
| Aug-57 | New to | 9D (Buxton) | |
| Sep-57 | Transferred to | 5A (Crewe North) | |
| Dec-57 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transferred to | 18A (Toton) | |
| 4w/e 29/12/62 | Transferred to | 17A (Derby Etches Park) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 16C | |
| 3w/e 02/10/65 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) |
Then the allocations for 59149 are:
| 10/06/84 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | - had apparently moved by Dec-83 |
| 19/03/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PMSX | |
| 05/05/89 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) PCHX |
Notes
1st January 1988 - In blue & grey livery
May 1988 - Listed as spare at Buxton
1st July 1989 - Listed as withdrawn at Chester depot
3rd September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Chester depot
7th September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Chester depot
October 1989 - Arrived at Vic Berry's yard for scrap
19th October 1989 - Listed as withdrawn/out of use
Modifications
Dec-71 - Friction Control Springs Removed
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50441 | 59149 | 50493 | As delivered to 9D - August 1957 | ||||||
| 50441 | 59149 | 50493 | Noted 08/07/66 - at Brough with 50437 + 59145 + 504891 | ||||||
| 50441 | 59149 | 50493 | Noted 05/08/66 - at Bradford Exchange with 52083 + 59815 + 520731 | ||||||
| 50441 | 59149 | 50493 | Noted 01/01/68 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50441 | 59149 | 50493 | Noted 20/07/68 - between Blackburn and Accrington1 | ||||||
| 50443 | 59149 | 50493 | Noted 02/01/70 - in Manchester Piccadilly2 | ||||||
| 50443 | 59149 | 50493 | Noted 15/08/70 - at Chester2 | ||||||
| 50443 | 59149 | 50493 | Noted 19/04/73 - on Newton Heath depot2 | ||||||
| 50443 | 59149 | 50493 | Noted 07/10/1973 - at Southport3 | ||||||
| 50758 | 59149 | 50791 | Noted 24/12/73 - in Birmingham New Street (unusual to see a Newton Heath set here)1 | ||||||
| 50443 | 59149 | 50493 | Noted 28/08/75 - on Newton Heath depot2 | ||||||
| 50443 | 59149 | 50493 | Noted 14/02/1976 - at Bolton4 | ||||||
| 50443 | 59149 | 50514 | Noted 09/09/76 - at Preston2 | ||||||
| 50470 | 59149 | 50522 | Noted circa 04/19805 | ||||||
| 50443 | 59149 | 50493 | Noted circa 08/19815 | ||||||
| NH453 | 50475 | 59149 | 50527 | Noted circa 05/19825 | |||||
| NH453 | 50475 | 59149 | 50527 | Noted circa 10/19825 | |||||
| 50527 | 59149 | 50475 | Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 06.55 Blackburn to Manchester Victoria5 | ||||||
| 53457 | 59149 | 53509 | Noted circa 04/19835 | ||||||
| 53547 | 59149 | 53509 | Noted 04/04/1983 - Unknown working observed at Holgate Junction, York. 53458-59166-53514+53547-59149-53509 | ||||||
| 53457 | 59149 | 50509 | Noted 08/09/1984 - 51938-59386-52039+53457-59149-50509 Noted at Skegness having worked from Manchester area | ||||||
| 53457 | 59149 | 53509 | Noted circa 11/1984 - listed at BX5 | ||||||
| BX497 | 51950 | 59149 | 52065 | Listed at BX - circa Jul-85 | |||||
| BX497 | 51950 | 59149 | 52065 | Listed at BX - circa Dec-85 | |||||
| 51945 | 59149 | 52060 | Listed at Buxton - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| 51945 | 59149 | 52060 | Noted 19th August 1986 | ||||||
| 51945 | 59149 | 52060 | Noted 23/11/19865 | ||||||
| 51945 | 59149 | 52060 | Noted 30th November 1986 | ||||||
| 51945 | 59149 | 52060 | Noted 18/01/87 - on 19:20 Stalybridge - Stockport6 | ||||||
| 51945 | 59149 | 52060 | Listed at BX - Jun-87 | ||||||
| 51945 | 59149 | 52060 | Listed at BX - mid Nov-87 | ||||||
| BX370 | 51945 | 59149 | 52060 | Noted 12/12/19875 | |||||
| BX378 | 51945 | 59149 | 52060 | Noted 04/06/88 - at Norwich with 51948 + 59389 + 52050 (BX379) on the Manchester – Gt. Yarmouth service2 | |||||
| BX378 | 51945 | 59149 | 52060 | Noted circa Jul-88 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: August 1982
Two Birmingham RC&W Co. 3-car Local Passenger dmu's (Class 104) with the trailing unit being Nos.M50523 (Class 104/1), M59149 (169), M50443 (104/2) of the 1957 batch in BR Rail Blue livery with all yellow front end and white stripe (which signified a set with modified suspension specifically allocated to Blackpool services) passing Manchester (Exchange) - with the much loved but now closed Boddington's Brewery in the background - on a Manchester (Victoria) - Bolton - Blackpool service, 08/82. The carriage numbers were hurriedly taken at the time so may not be accurate! Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: August 1982
Two very smokey Birmingham RC&W Co.3-car Local Passenger dmu's (Class 104) Nos.M50463 (Class 104/2), M59140 (169), M50515 (104/1) of the 1957 batch in BR Rail Blue livery with all yellow front end and another set Nos.M50443 (104/2), M59149 (169), M50523 (Class 104/1) of the 1957 batch with a Blackpool-service white stripe passing Manchester (Exchange) on a Manchester (Victoria) - Bolton - Blackpool service, 08/82. The carriage numbers were hurriedly taken at the time so may not be accurate. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 9th March 1985
Scuttling down the 1 in 60 decent between Disley and Hazel Grove with a Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service, is Buxton based BRC&W class 104 dmu (M53507, M59149, unknown DMBS) seen as it heads towards the short Middlewood Tunnel which takes the railway underneath the Macclesfield Canal. 9th March 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 26th August 1985
Set number: BX497
M51950 at the front of a Peak Rail Rambler special at Buxton on 26th August 1985. The other vehicles in set BX497 should be 59149 + 52065, the Class 104 to the right includes M59195. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 26th August 1985
Set number: BX497
A Class 108 DMU (BX497, presumably 52065 + 59149 + 51950) at New Mills Central, having arrived on a Peak Rail Rambler service from Buxton over the normally freight-only line. 26th August 1985. Jonathan Hazan.
Date: 26th August 1985
Set number: BX497
A Class 108 DMU (BX497, presumably 52065 + 59149 visible) at Buxton on a Peak Rail Rambler service to New Mills Central. Also shown - class 31 no. 31127. Taken on 26th August 1985. Jonathan Hazan.
Date: 6th June 1988
Set number: BX378
52060 59149 51945 formed as set BX378 leaving Levenshulme on a Manchester Piccadilly to Buxton service on 6th June 1988. Steve Montgomery.