Vehicle 59157
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 50449 during the unknown period are:
| w/e 05/10/57 | New to | 9D (Buxton) | |
| Feb-58 | 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 59157 are:
| 13/09/81 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 15/11/81 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50449 | 59157 | 50501 | As delivered to 9D - w/e 05/10/57 | ||||||
| 50449 | 59157 | 50501 | Noted 3rd November 1957 | ||||||
| 50449 | 59157 | 50501 | Noted 4th April 1958 | ||||||
| EP476 | 50449 | 59157 | 50788 | Noted Apr-69 | |||||
| 50449 | 59157 | 50801 | Noted 14/04/69 - in Derby1 | ||||||
| 50446 | 59157 | 50499 | Noted 02/01/71 | ||||||
| 50444 | 59157 | 50495 | Noted 22/10/71 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50444 | 59157 | 50502 | Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| EP474 | 50444 | 59157 | 50495 | Noted 24/08/74 - at Lincoln St Marks3 | |||||
| 50444 | 59157 | 50495 | Noted 19/04/1975 - at Peterborough4 | ||||||
| EP474 | 50444 | 59157 | 50495 | Noted 02/07/1975 - at Derby4 | |||||
| 50444 | 59157 | 50495 | Noted circa 11/1975 - at Loughborough with 51191 and 563504 | ||||||
| EP483 | 50447 | 59157 | 50500 | Noted 10/07/76 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| EP483 | 50447 | 59157 | 50500 | Noted 09/04/77 - at Peterborough3 | |||||
| 50447 | 59157 | 50500 | Noted 02/07/77 - on 2E84 0555 Crewe-Lincoln St Marks with 50677 + 59255 + 50730 | ||||||
| 50447 | 59157 | 50500 | Noted 14/09/1977 - at Birmingham New Street on service to Leicester 4 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: November 1972
Set number: EP475
Etches Park Class BRC&W triple set EP475, noted as M50502 + M59157 + M50444, at Attenborough in November 1972. Mel Smith.