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Vehicle 59218


Class 104

Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30300
Diagram: 584

Allocations

05/09/58 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
May-73Depot code changeBG
w/e 24/01/76 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
2w/e 12/10/80 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
circa Sep-82 Transferred to BX (Buxton)
09/07/84 Withdrawn from BX (Buxton)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50551 59218 59197 50572 As delivered to 53C - 5th September 1958
50585 59218 50588 Noted 16/04/73 - in Sheffield Midland1
50561 59218 50578 Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster2
50559 59218 50571 Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot1
88 50557 59218 50585 Noted 29/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds, old set numbers H32 on 50557 and H34 on 592181
50560 59218 50562 Noted 29/05/1976 - at Leicester3
50560 59218 50562 Noted 12/06/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1
88 50559 59218 50581 Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot1
88 50581 59218 50583 Noted 12/07/77 - at Bury St Edmunds1
85 50578 59218 50590 Noted 10/11/77 - at Bury St Edmunds1
80 50583 59218 50585 Noted 13/08/78 - on Norwich depot1
80 50561 59218 50585 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
80 50578 59218 50585 Noted 02/01/79 - at Norwich1
80 50578 59218 50585 Noted 08/04/79 - on Norwich depot1
50578 59218 50585 Noted 30/08/1979 - At Cambridge Station working to Peterborough4
NH459 50561 59218 50589 Noted circa 05/19825
BX492 50561 59218 50589 Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc5
BX492 50589 59218 50561 Noted circa 08/19825
BX492 53561 59218 53542 Noted circa 04/19835
53542 59218 53561 Noted circa 06/19835

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

Images:

Inside a Class 104 DMU

circa September 1958

An official image (Derby Works negative 58/733) showing the van area of BRC&W TBSL E59218 circa September 1958. British Railways.

Inside a Class 104 DMU

circa September 1958

An official image (Derby Works negative 58/734) showing the van area of BRC&W TBSL E59218 circa September 1958. British Railways.

Inside a Class 104 DMU

circa September 1958

An official image (Derby Works negative 58/736) showing the interior of BRC&W TBSL E59218 (looking towards the van) circa September 1958. British Railways.

Class 104 DMU at Cleobury Mortimer

circa September 1958

BRC&W TBSL E59218. This is a close of the vehicle from an official image (Derby Works negative 58/729) showing a full four-car set at Cleobury Mortimer on the Tenbury Wells branch circa September 1958. British Railways.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa September 1958

An official image (Derby Works negative 58/729) of a new four-car BRC&W set (E50572 + E59197 + E59218 + E50551) at Cleobury Mortimer on the Tenbury Wells branch circa September 1958. British Railways.

DMU

Date: circa September 1958

An official image (Derby Works negative 58/738) showing a luggage area in an Eastern Region four-car BRC&W DMU circa September 1958. Thought to be in DMCL E50551 looking through to E59218. British Railways.