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Vehicle 59195

Class 104

Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30299
Diagram: 583

Allocations

19/08/58	New to	53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58	Transferred to	53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)	- (53C closed)
w/e 03/01/59	Transferred to	50B (Neville Hill)
Jan-60	Depot code change	55H
3w/e 05/08/67	Transferred to	9L (Buxton)
06/05/73	Depot code change	BX
08/06/86	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
15/11/87	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
p/e 02/12/89	Sector Change to	ED (Eastfield) PXXZ
08/12/89	Withdrawn from	ED (Eastfield) PXXZ

Notes

1st July 1989 - Listed as withdrawn at Thornton Junction Yard
19th October 1989 - Listed as withdrawn/out of use
12th October 1990 - Listed as condemned at Thornton Junction Yard

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50549	59195	59216	50570	As delivered to 53C - 19th August 1958
	50434	59195	50486		Noted 04/11/68 - at Manchester Piccadilly¹
BN465	50434	59195	50486		Listed at Buxton - circa Dec-69
	50434	59195	50486		Noted 22/12/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly¹
	50421	59195	50486		Noted 18/09/1971 - at Stockport²
	50433	59195	50482		Noted 08/04/1976 - at Manchester Piccadilly ³
	50433	59195	50482		Noted Jun-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly¹
BX482	50429	59195	50542		Noted circa 08/1982⁴
BX482	50429	59195	50542		Noted circa 10/1982⁴
	50429	59195	50507		Noted circa 03/1983⁴
	53437	59230	59195	53507	Noted circa 04/1983⁴
BX484	53429	59195	53507		Noted circa 04/1983⁴
BX482	53429	59195	53507		Noted circa 01/1984⁴
BX482	53429	59195	53507		Noted circa 11/1984 - listed at BX⁴
BX482	53429	59195	53507		Listed at BX - circa Jul-85 - with white roof domes and black window surrounds
BX482	53429	59195	53507		Listed at BX - circa Dec-85
	53429	59195	53507		Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 - on loan Buxton
	53939	59195	52046		Listed at NH - 10/05/87
104459	53472	59195	52042		Listed at ED - Jan-88
104459	53472	59195	52042		Noted circa 07/1988 - listed at Eastfield⁴
104459	53472	59195	52042		Listed at ED - circa August 1988

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

circa late 1987 or 1988

Having recently received a fresh coat of Rail Blue paint, Class 104 TSL SC59195 sits in Corkerhill depot. Date unknown, it was transferred to the ScR in November 1987. To the left is classmate 59215. Andrew McConnell.

8th December 1990

Withdrawn Class 104 TSL SC59195 at Thornton Junction on 8 December 1990. Stuart Mackay.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: September 1984

Set number: BX482

Border City. BRCW Class 104 M53429 DMB at Carlisle. Having arrived empty from the north it is waiting for southbound passengers. The rear blind on BX482 shows 'Manchester' and an old notebook suggests this is actually a Footex for Carlisle Utd v Man City. Noted as BRCW Triple M53429 + M59195 + M53507 coupled to a Class 108 Derby Twin LW. Saturday 08 September 1984. alicia hartman.

Date: 7th July 1985

Set number: BX482

On 7th July 1985, coming out of the New Mills turn back tunnel, as we called it as it was used to turn back the 2 car dmus back to Manchester, is a Buxton "White Roofed" allocated BRC&W dmu BX482 (M53507, M59195, M53429), officially called Hayfield Tunnel it was the start of the 2.5 mile branch to Hayfield which closed to all traffic on 03/01/70, the tunnel is 197 yards long and was only half bricked up at the other end. Today the tunnel is trackless but the tunnel mouth is still there, at the other end of the tunnel is the start of the Sett Valley trail which is on the old track bed to Hayfield. 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 October 1985

Set number: BX482

Stratford-upon-Avon had several visitations by Buxton based DMUs in the mid-1980s and on the cold and damp 26 October 1985 there was a 1L04 from Manchester Piccadilly listed in the weekly STN. I spent a few minutes chatting to Mick, the signalman at Stratford East, only crossing to the other side when he pulled off the outer home signal. The train consisted of a six coach class 104 (plain blue) + 108 (blue & grey) combo with vehicles 53507, 59195, 53429 + 51943, 59388 & 52058 and it was pleasing that that the class 104 was leading as these were less often seen in the West Midlands than class 108. Peter Tandy.

Date: 26th October 1985

Set number: BX495

The warmth of the signalbox at Stratford-upon-Avon was welcome on Friday 26 October 1985 and this picture was taken from the window as 6 coach 108 (52058 + 59388 + 51943) + 104 DMU (53429 + 59195 + 53507) shunted from platform 1 to the Cold Store Siding alongside platform 3 where it spent the rest of the day before returning after dark to Manchester Piccadilly. Peter Tandy.

Date: 26th October 1985

Set number: BX482

A clear view of Stratford-upon-Avon station from the Alcester Road bridge on 26 October 1985. On the left BX482 (53507 + 59195 + 53429) + BX495 (51943 + 59388 + 52058) are stood in the Cold Store Siding while on the right a 6 coach class 116 formation (each set containing Met-Camm centre cars) is about to depart from platform 2 on its journey to Birmingham Moor Street. The 104/108 would later shunt into P2 before making the long journey back to Manchester Piccadilly after the passengers had spent a chilly day in Stratford in the days before all-day opening! Peter Tandy.

Date: 18th April 1986

Set number: BX482

A class 104 DMU (set BX482, presumably 53507 + 59195 + 53429)at Mancester Piccadilly on 18th April 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

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