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Vehicle 59152

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 50444 during the unknown period are:

Sep-57	New to	5B (Crewe South)
Jan-58	Transferred to	9A (Longsight)
4w/e 01/07/61	Transferred to	5D (Cockshute)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	2H (Monument Lane)
4w/e 05/11/66	Transferred to	16C (Derby Etches Park)

Then the allocations for 59152 are:

13/09/81	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
10/06/84	Transferred to	BX (Buxton)	- Noted there since Dec-83
11/05/86	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
08/06/86	Transferred to	BX (Buxton)
19/03/89	Transferred to	CH (Chester) PMSX
05/05/89	Withdrawn from	CH (Chester) PCHX

Notes

May 1988 - Listed as spare at Buxton
1st July 1989 - Listed as withdrawn
3rd September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Chester depot
7th September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Chester depot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19th October 1989 - Listed as withdrawn/out of use

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50444	59152	50496	As delivered to 5B - September 1957
	50447	59152	50503	Noted 22/02/1971 - at Crewe¹
	50449	59152	50503	Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street²
	50445	59152	50499	Noted 18/08/1972 - at Derby¹
	50445	59152	50499	Noted 16/12/72 - at Derby³
	50445	59152	50499	Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford⁴
EP481	50445	59152	50499	Noted 10/08/74 - at Norwich⁴
EP483	50447	59152	50503	Noted 03/07/1975 - at Derby¹
EP483	50447	59152	50503	Noted 27/07/75 - at Cambridge⁴
	50451	59152	50503	Noted 18/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street ¹
	50444	59152	50495	Noted 09/12/76 - on Cambridge depot, 50495 noted as damaged⁴
EP486	50444	59152	50496	Noted 09/04/77 - at Peterborough⁴
NH446	50461	59152	50510	Noted circa 05/1982⁵
NH446	50461	59152	50510	Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria⁵
NH446	50461	59152	50510	Noted circa 10/1982⁵
	53456	59152	53508	Noted circa 05/1983⁵
	53420	59152	53474	Noted 27/01/85
BX480	53420	59152	53474	Noted circa 06/1985⁵
BX480	53420	59152	53474	Listed at BX - circa Jul-85
BX480	53420	59152	53474	Listed at BX - circa Dec-85
BX480	53626	59152	53636	Listed at Buxton - Summer 1986
	53626	59152	53636	Noted 26/07/1986 - Llandudno-Man Vic (6-car)⁶
	53626	59152	53636	Listed at BX - Jun-87
BX480	53626	59152	53636	Noted 18/07/1987⁵
	51938	59152	52065	Listed at BX - mid Nov-87
BX371	53925	59152	52039	Formation change - BX - p/e 17/06/88 - 59152 added (ex-spare)
BX371	53925	59152	52039	Noted circa Jul-88

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Chris Moxon

Images:

23rd November 1963

A BRC&W DMU seen at Coventry on 23 November 1963. Closest is centre car M59152 and the DMSL is M50496, both vehicles allocated to Cockshute depot. Michael Mensing.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: April 1965

A BRC&W triple set seen at Ocker Hill (Tipton) in April 1965. Closest is DMBS M50444 allocated to Cockshute, the centre car is M59152. Michael Mensing.

Date: 22nd July 1983

Set number: BX480

Buxton based BRC&W class 104 3 car dmu BX480 (M53426, M59152, M53474), is seen under the 1500DC wires arriving at platform 3 at Dinting, whilst working a direct peak hours only Hadfield-Manchester Piccadilly service, 22nd July 1983. Andrew J Crowther.

Date: 27th January 1985

On a snowy winters day Buxton based BRC&W class 104 dmu headed by the first of the class, M53420 with M59152, M53474, stand in my home village of Furness Vale, with a Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service, 27th January 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

Date: 9th March 1985

Buxton based BRC&W class 104 dmu (M53420, M59152, M53474) breezes through Heaton Chapel with a Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service, overtaking 25kv class 304 emu 304013 as it slows for its station stop. 9th March 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

Date: 29th June 1985

Set number: BX496

Stratford-upon-Avon used to be the destination for many special trains although the number of such workings has lessened in recent years. This picture shows one of these, the Poynton Parish Puffa, standing in the long-gone "cold store" sidings on 29 June 1985. This train was formed of class 108+104 combination (closest being BX496, presumably 51947/59155/52062, the other was BX480, presumably 53420/59152/53474) and, obviously enough I suppose, ran from Poynton in Cheshire, which incidentally is a very attractively decorated station, adorned with many enamel advertisements. Peter Tandy.

Date: 29th June 1985

Set number: BX480

The passengers on the Poynton Parish Puffa were treated at Stratford-upon-Avon to a visit by the steam locomotive 46229 Duchess of Hamilton on 29 June 1985 although I don't recall taking any pictures of this. The return working of the steam special left a short while before the DMU (BX480, presumably 53474/59152/53420 and BX496, presumably 52062/59155/51947) went back to Cheshire and I photographed the latter from the window of the signal box. The industrial units in the background are the site of the erstwhile Stratford-upon-Avon shed and coaling stage. The entire backdrop is virtually unrecognisable nowadays and the signal box itself was demolished many years ago. Peter Tandy.

Date: 14th July 1985

Set number: BX484

Class 104 set BX484 at Llandudno on 14/7/85 with 'Stockport' on the destination blind. There is another set behind. From the left the vehicles are: M53431, M59137, M53496, M53420, M59152 and M53474. Kenneth Leiper.

Date: 26th July 1986

Set number: BX495

52058, 59388, 51943 and 53636, 59152, 53626 leaving Helsby at 11.31 with a Llandudno-Manchester Victoria service, 26/7/86. Anthony Griffiths.

Date: 20th February 1989

Set number: BX381

Class 108 / 104 3-car hybrid DMU 52062 + 59152 + 51950 set BX381 arriving at Manchester Piccadilly on 20-2-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

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