Vehicle 59233
Class 104
Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30302
Diagram: 583
Allocations
| 31/01/59 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| 3w/e 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| w/e 19/06/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 10/08/80 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
| Feb-82 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 2w/e 09/05/82 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50587 | 59233 | 59243 | 50592 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 31st January 1959 | |||||
| 50587 | 59233 | 59243 | 50592 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||
| 50608 | 59233 | 59712 | 51825 | Noted 12/08/1971 - at York1 | |||||
| 51825 | 59712 | 59233 | 51848 | Noted 01/09/72 - in Leeds City2 | |||||
| 51825 | 59712 | 59233 | 51848 | Noted 17/11/73 - on BLS "The Tyke Railtour" | |||||
| 51825 | 59712 | 59233 | 51848 | Noted 07/01/75 - at York3 | |||||
| 51825 | 59712 | 59233 | 51848 | Noted 16/04/1975 - at Manchester Victoria4 | |||||
| 51825 | 59233 | 59712 | 51848 | Noted 05/01/76 - at Brough2 | |||||
| 50609 | 59233 | 50589 | Noted circa 12/1978 - On loan from GF Depot to Chester.5 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59215 | 59233 | 50591 | Noted 24/05/80 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
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Date: 18th October 1980
E50591 + E59233 + E59215 + E50564 working the 1721 Darlington-Saltburn at Thornaby on 18/10/80. Darlington DMU depot gained some of these BRCW 104 class units displaced from South Gosforth by the first phase of the Tyne and Wear Metro. Most were withdrawn from Darlington in 1981. John Carter.