Vehicle 59147
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 50439 during the unknown period are:
| Jul-57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Sep-57 | Transferred to | 5A (Crewe North) | |
| Jun-58 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transferred to | 9D (Buxton) | |
| Jul-61 | Transferred to | 5A (Crewe North) | |
| Apr-63 | Transferred to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 2H (Monument Lane) | |
| w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
| 2w/e 09/03/68 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) |
Then the allocations for 59147 are:
| Dec-72 | Transferred to | 9L (Buxton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BX | |
| 13/10/82 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 22/11/82 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50439 | 59147 | 50491 | As delivered to 9A - July 1957 | ||||||
| 50439 | 59147 | 50491 | Transfer to 9L - Dec-72 | ||||||
| 50439 | 59147 | 50491 | Noted 28/08/75 - on Longsight depot1 | ||||||
| 50425 | 59147 | 50432 | Noted Jun-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly2 | ||||||
| BX490 | 50437 | 59147 | 50490 | Noted 31/05/19823 | |||||
| BX490 | 50437 | 59147 | 50490 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc3 | |||||
| BX490 | 50437 | 59147 | 50490 | Noted circa 10/19823 | |||||
| BX490 | 50490 | 59147 | 50437 | Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 08.35 Shaw to Manchester Vic, then 09.15 Manchester Vic to Blackpool.3 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: April 1967
Set number: 418
A BRC&W three-car DMU (power cars M50491 and presumably M50439) enters Birmingham Snow Hill in April 1967. Tyseley set number 418 is in the cab window. The centre car is noted as M59148 which casts in doubt whether it or M59147 was transferred from Tyseley to Etches Park the previous month. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: August 1975
With the numbers recorded as M50487 + M59147 + M50439 a three-car Class 104 DMU arrives into Manchester Piccadilly station with a service from Whaley Bridge via Stockport in August 1975. Hugh Llewelyn.