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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-63Depot code change16C
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05/05/89 Withdrawn from CH (Chester) PCHX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1st July 1989 - Listed as withdrawn at Chester depot
3rd September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Chester depot
7th September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Chester depot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19th October 1989 - Listed as withdrawn/out of use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:

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.