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Vehicle 59225

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

25/10/58	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 25/10/75	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
w/e 10/08/80	Transferred to	SF (Stratford)
27/06/82	Transferred to	BX (Buxton)
circa Sep-82	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
17/07/83	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)
circa Jan-84	Reinstated	ED (Eastfield)
circa Jan-84	Reinstated	AY (Ayr)	- from store (ED) cover for fire damaged vehicles
Feb-87	Withdrawn from	AY (Ayr)	- official date 18/01/88

Notes

23rd February 1984 - Seen in plain blue livery
14th May 1984 - Seen in blue/grey livery
12th February 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard
29th April 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard
6th July 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard
1st January 1988 - At Falkland Yard

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50558	59204	59225	50579	As delivered to 53C - 25th October 1958
	50572	59207	59225	50588	Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds¹
	50581	59225	50587		Noted 24/08/74 - at Sheffield Midland²
83	50551	59225	50588		Noted 24/10/75 - on Norwich depot²
	59225				Noted 03/06/76 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle ex-works²
	59225				Noted 10/07/76 - on Norwich depot, loose vehicle ex-works²
83	50551	59225	50571		Noted 24/03/77 - at Cambridge²
89	50557	59225	50588		Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
	50579	59225	50583		Noted 24/09/79
	50560	59225	50579		Transfer to SF - w/e 10/08/80
	50812	59225	50522		Noted circa 10/1982³
	50522	59225	50812		Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 08.01 Wigan to Man Vic via Atherton³
	50522	59225	50524		Noted circa 02/1983³
	52053	59225	52059		Noted circa 06/1983³
104450	53452	59225	53461		Noted 8th January 1984
	53452	59225	53461		Noted 9th January 1984
	53452	59225	53461		Noted 17th January 1984
104450	53452	59225	53525		Noted 31st January 1984
104450	53452	59225	52018		Noted 23rd February 1984
104450	53452	59225	53505		Noted 14th May 1984
107426	51986	59225	52030		Listed at AY - 17/06/84
104450	53452	59225	53505		Listed at AY - 25/03/85
104450	53452	59225	53505		Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
368	59225				Listed at Ayr - August 1986
101368	53491	59225	53695		Formed at AY circa Aug-86
104368	53491	59225	53525		Formed at AY circa Oct-86
101323	51251	59225	53176		Noted 10/10/1986 - at Glasgow Central³

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 24th September 1979

Ex-works Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. class 104 DMU unit Nos.E50583-E59225-E50579 forming the 10:10 service from Ely to Norwich getting underway from Brandon station, Suffolk, on 24th September 1979. Gordon Edgar.

Date: circa September 1980

Class 116 DMS E50898 leads a DMU formation into Ilford. The slide process date was November 1980, but the trees suggest this was a few months before. The next two vehicles are Class 104s, the TBLS being E59225 transferred from Norwich to Stratford in early August that year. On the rear is a Cravens set. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 13th September 1980

Three car class 104 set 50560 - 59225 - 50579 on the fuel road at Stratford depot on 13/Sep/1980. They had recently been transferred from Norwich and 50560 still has its Norwich destination blind as evidenced by showing 'King's Lynn', which was not present on the Stratford blind. Both power cars worked for a couple more years before being withdrawn from Stratford in early 1982. The trailer car fared better, being transferred a couple of times until ending its days at Ayr in 1987. Interestingly 59225 was delivered new in a 4-car set which included 50579. Robert Chilton.

Date: 16th July 1983

Class 104 trailer E59225 in all blue livery is sandwiched between class 108 power twins M52053 nearest and M52059 at Manchester Victoria on 16th July 1983 having arrived on a service from Blackpool North Kevin Law.

Date: January 1984

Ayr Variety. DMBS M53461 (104 452) + TBS E59225 + DMBS M53452 (104 450). Triple brake Class 104 lash up stabled at Kyle Street Sidings with two Set identities! Probably made up of vehicles scavenged from south of the border after the fire at Ayr Depot. January 1984. alicia hartman.

Date: January 1984

Set number: 104450

Ayr Variety. BRCW Class 104 triple at Glasgow Central High Level Platfrom 11, having arrived on a working from Ayr. This is probably DMBS M53452 (104 450) + TBS E59225 + DMBS M53461 (104 452) seen previously at Ayr Kyle Street. Most of the vehicles drafted in after the Ayr Depot fire had seen better days elsewhere. The station roof needs some attention. The good old days!? Tuesday 24 January 1984. alicia hartman.

Date: January 1984

Ayr Variety. BRCW Class 104 triple at Glasgow Central High Level Platfrom 11, having arrived on a working from Ayr. This is probably DMBS M53452 (104 450) + TBS E59225 + DMBS M53461 (104 452) seen previously at Ayr Kyle Street. Two Class 86 Electric Locomotives are stabled at the stops in the adjacent Platform 10 - not an unusual occurrence in this part of the station at that time. Tuesday 24 January 1984. alicia hartman.

Date: 12th July 1984

Set number: 107

Class 107 Derby 3-car DMUs at Ayr - right to left are DMS 52023 then 51986 + 59225 + 52030 (59225 was a Class 104 TBSL) 12-7-84 Class 104 TBSL was reinstated from Store to AY in 1984. It was withdrawn in July 1987. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: circa late 1986

Set number: 101323

101430 and 101323 at Largs, circa late 1986/early 1987. 101430 is a hybrid 101/107 set, 101323 is a 101/104 hybrid including 51251 and 59225. Andrew McConnell.

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