Vehicle 59217
Class 104
Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30300
Diagram: 584
Allocations
| 28/08/58 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| w/e 18/10/75 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| 2w/e 01/05/77 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 08/11/81 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50550 | 59217 | 59196 | 50571 | As delivered to 53C - 28th August 1958 | |||||
| 50558 | 59204 | 59217 | 50559 | Noted Summer 1964 - at Brough1 | |||||
| 50583 | 59204 | 59217 | 50550 | Noted 07/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | |||||
| 50551 | 59204 | 59217 | 50590 | Noted 15/08/19703 | |||||
| 50582 | 59204 | 59217 | 50585 | Noted Aug-70 - at Leeds4 | |||||
| 50557 | 59197 | 59217 | 50581 | Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster5 | |||||
| 50585 | 59217 | 50588 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster with 50370 + 561341 | ||||||
| 50551 | 59217 | 50580 | Noted 02/11/1974 - at Sheffield3 | ||||||
| 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 19/09/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 06/10/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 81 | 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 24/10/75 - on Norwich depot6 | |||||
| 81 | 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 13/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 3 | |||||
| 81 | 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 06/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds6 | |||||
| 81 | 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 08/03/76 - at Bury St Edmunds6 | |||||
| 81 | 50578 | 59217 | 50579 | Noted 10/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds6 | |||||
| 81 | 50579 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 09/12/76 - on Cambridge depot6 | |||||
| 81 | 50559 | 59217 | 50587 | Noted 24/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds6 | |||||
| 50563 | 59189 | 59217 | 50582 | Noted 21/08/77 - at Doncaster4 | |||||
| 50563 | 59189 | 59217 | 50582 | Noted 19/08/78 - at Leeds4 | |||||
| 50563 | 59189 | 59217 | 50582 | Noted 21/04/79 - at Doncaster Loco (first three vehicles), 50582 in Works4 | |||||
| 50563 | 59217 | 59189 | 50582 | Noted 13/05/79 - at Doncaster, first two in station sidings, 59189 + 50582 in Works4 | |||||
| 50563 | 59189 | 59217 | 50582 | Noted 05/05/1980 - at Leeds City4 | |||||
| 50582 | 59217 | 59189 | 50563 | Noted circa 19812 | |||||
| 50549 | 59189 | 59217 | 50555 | Noted 20/09/1981 - on Botanic Gardens depot4 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Martin Lumley
5: Jeremy Goodyear
6: Gerald Brown
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: September 1958
Recently new BRC&W DMUs, E50571 is closest as part of a four-car set, its partners should be 59196 + 59217 + 50550 - they were delivered to Hull Springhead at the end of August 1958, where they are seen in this image. Stuart Mackay Collection.