Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30303
Diagram: 584
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-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
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Mar-81 | Withdrawn from | DN (Darlington) |
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.
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
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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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.
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.