Vehicle 59208
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
| 04/12/58 | New to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| 3w/e 01/04/72 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| 2w/e 03/07/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 10/08/80 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
| Feb-82 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 06/06/82 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50562 | 59208 | 59229 | 50583 | As delivered to 53B - 4th December 1958 | |||||
| 51811 | 59709 | 59208 | 51831 | Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria1 | |||||
| 51811 | 59709 | 59208 | 51831 | Noted 24/08/74 - at Sheffield Midland2 | |||||
| L196 | 51811 | 59709 | 59208 | 51831 | Noted 26/08/74 - at Sheffield Midland (set number on 51811)2 | ||||
| 51811 | 59709 | 59208 | 51831 | Noted 23/02/76 - at Leeds3 | |||||
| 51811 | 59709 | 59208 | 51831 | Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds3 | |||||
| 51811 | 59709 | 59208 | 51831 | Noted 10/09/76 - at Doncaster3 | |||||
| 50543 | 59224 | 59208 | 50586 | Noted 10/08/80 | |||||
| 50149 | 59082 | 59208 | 50150 | Noted 27th August 1981 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
3: Leonard Rogers
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 10th August 1980
On the final day of the British Rail service prior to conversion to Tyneside Metro system, cars E50543 E59224 E59208 E50586 await departure from North Shields to Newcastle. The station can be seen to be in a dilapidated condition. Information on the history of this station can be found at www.lner.info/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=4997. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 10th August 1980
On the final day of the British Rail service prior to conversion to Tyneside Metro system - 10/08/80 - cars E50543 E59224 E59208 E50586 depart North Shields for Newcastle. The station can be seen to be in a dilapidated condition. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 27th August 1981
Larpool Viaduct on the closed line from Whitby to Scarborough provides the vantage point for this mixed 4 car DMU (three 101s and a 104: E50149, E59082, E59208, E50150) approaching Whitby from Middlesbrough on August 27, 1981. John Carter.