Vehicle 59180
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 50472 during the unknown period are:
| w/e 31/01/58 | New to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
| Apr-63 | Transferred to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| 3w/e 31/10/64 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) |
Then the allocations for 59180 are:
| Dec-82 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50472 | 59180 | 50524 | As delivered to 5B - w/e 31/01/58 | ||||||
| 50472 | 59180 | 50524 | Transfer to 9D - 3w/e 31/10/64 | ||||||
| 50472 | 59180 | 50524 | Noted 05/01/66 - in Manchester Victoria station1 | ||||||
| 50472 | 59180 | 50524 | Noted 20/12/66 - at Leeds City with 50478 + 59186 + 505301 | ||||||
| 50472 | 59180 | 50510 | Noted 21/08/68 - at Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50472 | 59180 | 50524 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50472 | 59180 | 50524 | Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50472 | 59180 | 50524 | Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50472 | 59180 | 50524 | Noted 09/09/76 - at Preston2 | ||||||
| 50472 | 59180 | 50524 | Noted 09/04/1977 - at Preston 3 | ||||||
| 50472 | 59180 | 50524 | Noted 04/01/78 | ||||||
| 50474 | 59180 | 50526 | Noted 21/08/1979 - at Preston 3 | ||||||
| 50479 | 59180 | 50524 | Noted circa 10/19824 | ||||||
| 50524 | 59180 | 50479 | Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 06.53 Blackpool to Manchester Victoria4 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 19th May 1979
In the days when Blackpool South still had two operational platforms and when the former booking hall on Waterloo Road bridge had a large model railway shop and layout, a three-car Class 104 Manchester-Blackpool 'white-liner' DMU was operating the 12.1 Mile, Blackpool South to Kirkham & Wesham shuttle service on May 19th 1979. The set complete with its first class saloons in the leading car and the centre trailer, was formed of cars M50524, M59180 & M50472. Visible in the view are the remains of much redundant railway land, including the trackbed and platform that was once part of the direct line between Blackpool South and Kirkham in the days when this was a busy location with trains going to and from the terminus at Blackpool Central that closed in November 1964. All the land to the right of the DMU is now given over to car parking and a link road to the M55 motorway, and where the DMU was stood, the track has gone and large advertising hoardings facing the road, ar Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 23rd July 1985
A BRCW Class 104 two-car DMU formed of cars M53524 & M53451 was passing over Farington Curve Junction with a well-filled late afternoon Preston to Ormskirk service on July 23rd 1985. The Newton Heath allocated set was a reform, with M53524 still wearing its white bodyside stripe from the days when it was part of a Manchester-Blackpool 'White Line' three-car set that included cars M59180 & M50472. M53524 was the last Class 104 car to retain the white stripe in service. The Newton Heath fleet of 'White Line' three-car 104's were a common sight in the 1970's along the busy Manchester Victoria to Blackpool North route which carried heavy commuter and leisure traffic. Six-car formations were the norm for weekday peak-time services and weekend workings in the Spring, Summer and Autumn. Martyn Hilbert.