Vehicle 59153
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 50445 during the unknown period are:
| Sep-57 | New to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
| Dec-57 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transferred to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 2H (Monument Lane) | |
| 2w/e 08/10/66 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) |
Then the allocations for 59153 are:
| w/e 01/05/77 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 4w/e 20/10/79 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| Mar-83 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| 08/11/83 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 10/05/87 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| circa Sep-87 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 11/07/88 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 23/10/89 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) PZQZ |
Notes
1st January 1988 - In blue & grey livery
3rd January 1989 - Seen in blue & grey livery
1st July 1989 - Listed as withdrawn
19th October 1989 - Listed as withdrawn/out of use
12th October 1990 - Listed as condemned at Thornton Junction Yard
Disposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50445 | 59153 | 50497 | As delivered to 5B - September 1957 | ||||||
| 50765 | 59153 | 50501 | Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50447 | 59153 | 50503 | Noted 18/09/70 - at Peterborough1 | ||||||
| 50451 | 59153 | 50501 | Noted 02/01/71 | ||||||
| 50451 | 59153 | 50501 | Noted 22/02/1971 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| 50451 | 59153 | 50501 | Noted 03/04/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50451 | 59153 | 50501 | Noted 18/09/1971 - at Crewe3 | ||||||
| 50451 | 59153 | 50501 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 50451 | 59153 | 50501 | Noted 24/12/1971 - at Chesterfield3 | ||||||
| 50449 | 59153 | 50503 | Noted 03/11/72 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50450 | 59153 | 50503 | Noted circa 05/1973 - listed at Bletchley on loan4 | ||||||
| EP484 | 50448 | 59153 | 50502 | Noted 03/08/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 2 | |||||
| 50449 | 59153 | 50502 | Noted 05/03/1976 - at Loughborough2 | ||||||
| 50445 | 59153 | 50497 | Transfer to DY - 4w/e 20/10/79 | ||||||
| NH447 | 50463 | 59153 | 50515 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| Spare | 59153 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||||
| 53470 | 59153 | 53499 | Noted circa 10/19834 | ||||||
| 51936 | 59153 | 52051 | Noted circa 11/19834 | ||||||
| 53701 | 59153 | 53681 | Noted circa 06/19854 | ||||||
| Spare | 59153 | Formation change - NH - Jan-86 | |||||||
| 51901 | 59153 | 52059 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| 101393 | 53216 | 59153 | 53294 | Listed at - March 1988 | |||||
| 101393 | 53216 | 59153 | 53632 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 24th May 1985
A Class 120 DMU - 53701 closest with Blackpool North on the destination blind - at Bolton when semaphore signalling was extant on 24 May 1985. The centre car is likely Class 104 59153, the rear car presumably 53681. Chris Thorp.
Date: 13th September 1986
Set number: L417
Class 117 set L417 (51354 and presumably 59506 + 51396) is seen at Tyseley on 13.09.1986 after overhaul and repainting into Network South East livery at Doncaster works. It was on it's way back to Reading. The set is next to blue grey Class 104 centre car M59153. Andy Cole.
Date: 11th October 1986
53355 Class 100 is seen stabled at Tyseley carriage sidings on 11/10/86. It is coupled to Class 104 centre car 59153 and Class 105 DMS 53812. Andy Cole.
Date: 18th July 1989
A trio of assorted DMU trailers lie out of use in the depot yard at Haymarket on 18/7/89. From left to right they are 59107(cl.101), 59809(cl.110) and 59153(cl.104). Leonard Rogers.
Date: 15th October 1989
Set number: 120532
A view of the DMU sidings at Haymarket on 15/10/89, with 53699 and 59571 of set 120 532 on the left and 59153 (withdrawn) and the end of 107 733 in the centre. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 29th August 1993
A scene in Millerhill yard on 29/8/93, showing a line-up of withdrawn coaching stock. On the left is Mk.1 BSK no. 35450 then, in the centre, cl.104 TBS no. 59215. Behind it is cl.104 former TC no. 59153 and then Mk.2a FK no. 13461. The DMU trailers had been long withdrawn - for five-and-a-half years in the case of 59215 and four years for 59153 - and were now awaiting removal to Springburn for scrap. Leonard Rogers.