Vehicle 59224
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
| 18/10/58 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 30/11/58 | Transferred to | 50A (York) | - (53C closed) |
| 4w/e 28/11/59 | Transferred to | 50B (Neville Hill) | |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 55H | |
| 4w/e 03/08/63 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| w/e 11/10/75 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| w/e 30/10/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 10/08/80 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
| Feb-81 | Withdrawn from | DN (Darlington) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50557 | 59203 | 59224 | 50578 | As delivered to 53C - 18th October 1958 | |||||
| 50557 | 59203 | 59224 | 50578 | Transfer to 50A - 30/11/58 | |||||
| 50557 | 59203 | 59224 | 50578 | Transfer to 50B - 4w/e 28/11/59 | |||||
| 50557 | 59203 | 59224 | 50578 | Transfer to 50C - 4w/e 03/08/63 | |||||
| 50550 | 59224 | 59207 | 50582 | Noted 29/08/70 - at York1 | |||||
| 50582 | 59190 | 59224 | 50590 | Noted 12/08/1971 - at York2 | |||||
| 50557 | 59224 | 50562 | Noted 29/08/74 - at Doncaster3 | ||||||
| 50557 | 59224 | 50562 | Noted 30/08/1974 - at Doncaster4 | ||||||
| 50544 | 59224 | 50557 | Noted 11/1974 - at Sheffield 4 | ||||||
| 51443 | 59224 | 50585 | Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster4 | ||||||
| 50550 | 59224 | 50581 | Noted 09/01/75 - at Doncaster3 | ||||||
| 50581 | 59224 | 50588 | Noted 17/04/1975 - at Sheffield4 | ||||||
| 50550 | 59224 | 50580 | Transfer to NL - w/e 11/10/75 | ||||||
| 50550 | 59224 | 50580 | Noted 19/11/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50550 | 59224 | 59192 | 50580 | Noted 21/08/76 - at Brough1 | |||||
| 50550 | 59224 | 59192 | 50580 | Noted Sep-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly with 50287/59525/515591 | |||||
| 50550 | 59224 | 59192 | 50580 | Noted 17/02/77 - on Cambridge depot3 | |||||
| 50555 | 59224 | 59207 | 50570 | Noted 24/05/80 | |||||
| 50543 | 59224 | 59208 | 50586 | Noted 10/08/80 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
No images of the vehicle available.
Do you have any you can add?
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 10th August 1980
On the final day of the British Rail service prior to conversion to Tyneside Metro system, cars E50543 E59224 E59208 E50586 await departure from North Shields to Newcastle. The station can be seen to be in a dilapidated condition. Information on the history of this station can be found at www.lner.info/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=4997. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 10th August 1980
On the final day of the British Rail service prior to conversion to Tyneside Metro system - 10/08/80 - cars E50543 E59224 E59208 E50586 depart North Shields for Newcastle. The station can be seen to be in a dilapidated condition. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 24th September 1980
E50543 + E59224 + E50548 at Darlington on 24/9/80. An ex-South Gosforth BRCW Class 104 during it's short life at Darlington. The 2 northern bay platforms at Darlington, by then just used by Darlington to Bishop Auckland trains, were done away with, one infilled for car parking and the other by the realignment of the down line out of Platform 4. The Bishop Auckland service was extended as through workings to and from Saltburn (or Whitby). The 08 in the background is 08004, the short little bay that the 08 often stood in between station pilot duties is long gone now too. John Carter.