Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30295
Diagram: 582
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 50470 during the unknown period are:
4w/e 25/01/58 | New to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
Apr-63 | Transferred to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
2w/e 09/10/65 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) |
Then the allocations for 59178 are:
15/11/81 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
50470 | 59178 | 50522 | As delivered to 5B - 4w/e 25/01/58 | ||||||
50470 | 59178 | 50522 | Noted 19/09/71 - on Chester depot1 | ||||||
50470 | 59178 | 50522 | Noted 16/04/73 - in Manchester Victoria2 | ||||||
50470 | 59178 | 50522 | Noted 07/10/1973 - at Southport3 | ||||||
50466 | 59178 | 50518 | Noted 22/06/74 - at Deganwy2 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
White stripe Class 104 TCL M59178 freshly painted at Newton Heath on 16 June 1974. David Mant.
This slide was annotated as 12:05 Heysham to York near Moss, 1980. The eight-car formation contains a Class 104 twin, a three car with Class 104 DMCL and TCL white stripers with a Class 108 DMBS, and another three-car which seems to be Class 105 power cars with a Class 104 centre car. Update: M50468 + 50499 / M50531 + 59178 + 50944 / M50761 + 59207 + 50794 with 1P90 12:15 Heysham Harbour-Accrington relief on 5 July 1981, see https://www.flickr.com/photos/psrp/50894325502/. For the incoming working see image 27291 on this website. Stuart Mackay Collection.
An eight-car DMU formation at Heysham Moss sometime in 1981, noted as an ex-Nelson to Heysham working (Rochdale is on the destination blind. Leading is a 105/104/105 - closest appears to be 50794 so its partners are presumably 59207 + 50761. The next three-car appears to be a 108 with two white-stripe 104s, then an unidentified two-car on the rear. Update: This is now thought to be 50794 + 59207 + M50761 / 50944 + 59178 + 50531 / 50499 + 50468 which would return with the 1P90 12:15 Heysham Harbour-Accrington relief on 5th July 1981, see https://www.flickr.com/photos/psrp/50894325502/. For that working see image 30023 on this website. Stuart Mackay Collection.