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Vehicle 50459 / 53459

Class 104

Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30293
Diagram: 556

Allocations

Nov-57	New to	5D (Cockshute)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	9A (Longsight)
4w/e 04/02/67	Transferred to	9D (Newton Heath)
May-73	Depot code change	NH
May-80	Transferred to	LO (Longsight)
circa Dec-83	Transferred to	BX (Buxton)
26/03/86	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
11/05/86	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50459 - original number
53459 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50459	59167	50511	As delivered to - November 1957
	50459	59144	50511	Noted 16/11/68
	50459	59144	50511	Noted 26/10/71 - at Preston¹
	50459	59144	50511	Noted 01/09/72 - in Liverpool Exchange²
	50459	59144	50511	Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria²
LO528	50459	59144	50511	Noted circa 08/1982³
	50459	59144	50511	Noted 07/08/82
	50459	59144	50511	Noted circa 12/1982³
	53459	59183	53427	Noted circa 10/1983³
BX492	53459	59183	53427	Noted circa 11/1984 - listed at BX³
BX486	53459	59183	53427	Listed at BX - circa Jul-85
BX486	53459	59183	53427	Listed at BX - circa Dec-85

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

11th May 1974

Class 104 DMBS M50459 at Southport on 11 May 1974. Alistair Ness.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 7th August 1982

Cars M50514 + M59166 + M50458 / M50511 + M59144 + M50459 call at Llandudno Junction with the 09"59 Stockport - Llandudno, 7th August 1982. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 22nd June 1986

Class 104s 53523 (left) and 53459 await their fate at Vic Berry's, 22/6/86. Ian Francis.

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