Vehicle 59142
Class 104
Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30295
Diagram: 582
Allocations
The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 50434 during the unknown period are:
| Jun-57 | New to | 5A (Crewe North) | |
| Oct-57 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| w/e 01/10/60 | Transferred to | 9D (Buxton) |
Then the allocations for 59142 are:
| by May-68 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 4w/e 31/05/70 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
| 13/09/81 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50434 | 59142 | 50486 | As delivered to 5A - June 1957 | ||||||
| 50449 | 59142 | 50787 | Noted 17/08/68 - at Peterborough1 | ||||||
| 50759 | 59142 | 50500 | Noted 14/04/69 - in Derby2 | ||||||
| 50760 | 59142 | 50807 | Noted 16/08/70 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50776 | 59142 | 50809 | Noted 19/04/74 - in Manchester Victoria2 | ||||||
| 50778 | 59142 | 50814 | Noted 10/09/76 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||||
| 50464 | 59142 | 50521 | Noted 04/04/1981 - David Isherwood's Knotty Railtour 50516-59177-50469 + 50464-59142-50521 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: July 1978
A mixed 3-car Local Passenger dmu consisting of Cravens Class 105/2 No.M50778 of the 1957 batch, BRC&W Co. Class 169 (104) No.M59142 of the 1957 batch and Cravens Class 105/1 No.M50814 of the 1958 batch in Rail Blue livery with all-yellow front end at Manchester (Victoria) on an ecs working, 07/78. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 4th April 1981
M50521 at one end of the David Isherwood 'Knotty Rambler' railtour at Cheddleton on 4 April 1981. The Six Bells Junction website notes the other vehicles as 59142 + 50464 / 50469 + 59177 + 50516. Stuart Mackay Collection.