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Vehicle 59244


Class 104

Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30303
Diagram: 584

Allocations

12/03/59 New to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)
3w/e 04/07/59 Transferred to South Gosforth
3w/e 04/06/60 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
4w/e 29/10/60 On loan to South Gosforth
4w/e 01/07/61 Ex-loan back to 51A (Darlington)
Jun-64 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
4w/e 05/12/70 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
2w/e 20/11/76 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 10/08/80 Transferred to DN (Darlington)
Mar-81 Withdrawn from DN (Darlington)

Notes

25/06/82 - Condemned vehicles 50591, 51970/7 and 59244 hauled from Doncaster Hexthorpe Yard (08:00) to Whittlesea (booked as 12:40) as 8X32. 51972 was also on the movement sheet but scored out.

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50588 59234 59244 50593 As delivered to 53B - 12th March 1959
50588 59234 59244 50593 Transfer to South Gosforth - 3w/e 04/07/59
50588 59234 59244 50593 Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 04/06/60
50588 59234 59244 50593 Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 29/10/60
50588 59234 59244 50593 Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 01/07/61
50588 59234 59244 50593 Transfer to South Gosforth - Jun-64
50636 59244 59385 50637 Noted 15/08/19701
50548 59234 59244 50593 Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 05/12/70
50548 59206 59244 50593 Noted 12/08/1971 - at York2
50548 59206 59244 50593 Noted 19/04/74 - at Leeds3
50548 59206 59244 50593 Noted 30/11/74 - on 1450 York-Leeds
50548 59206 59244 50593 Noted 02/01/75 - at York4
50548 59206 59244 50593 Noted 29/11/75 - at Brough3
50548 59206 59244 50593 Noted 10/04/76 - at Leeds3
50548 59206 59244 50593 Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds3
50548 59206 59244 50593 Transfer to GF - 2w/e 20/11/76
50568 59244 50574 Noted circa 03/19795
50574 59244 59231 50576 Noted 10/08/80

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 10th August 1980

Cars E50574 E59244 E59231 E50576 are seen arriving at Percy Main, North Tyneside, with the 11:20 from Newcastle on 10/08/80, the final day of British Rail services on this route prior to conversion to Tyneside Metro system. These cars were transferred from South Gosforth (GF) depot to Darlington (DN) depot on this date, immediately upon cessation of services on this Tyneside circuit. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 10th August 1980

Cars E50576 E59231 E59244 E50574 are seen awaiting departure from Tynemouth with the 10:42 to Newcastle on 10/8/80, the final day of British Rail services on this route prior to conversion to Tyneside Metro system. The platform to the left appears to have been newly reconstructed. These cars were transferred from South Gosforth (GF) depot to Darlington (DN) depot on this date, immediately upon cessation of services on this Tyneside circuit. Graeme Phillips Collection.