Vehicle 59212
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
| 04/07/58 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| 3w/e 30/08/58 | Transferred to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
| Dec-58 | Transferred to | 50B (Neville Hill) | |
| Jan-59 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| 3w/e 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| Nov-69 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | SF | |
| w/e 10/07/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 10/08/80 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
| w/e 15/02/81 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 17/10/82 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| 07/11/84 | Withdrawn from | BX (Buxton) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50545 | 59191 | 59212 | 50566 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 4th July 1958 | |||||
| 50545 | 59191 | 59212 | 50566 | Transfer to South Gosforth - Jan-59 | |||||
| 50545 | 59191 | 59212 | 50566 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||
| 50555 | 59212 | 50576 | Transfer to 30A - Nov-69 | ||||||
| 50271 | 59212 | 51551 | Noted 24/12/69 - at Southminster | ||||||
| 50555 | 59212 | 50576 | Noted 17/06/72 - at Ipswich1 | ||||||
| 50553 | 59212 | 50570 | Noted 21/07/73 - at Ipswich1 | ||||||
| 50549 | 59212 | 50570 | Noted 30/04/75 - on Stratford depot2 | ||||||
| 50546 | 59212 | 50568 | Noted 23/08/75 - at Stratford2 | ||||||
| 50556 | 59212 | 50577 | Noted 12/09/76 - on Stratford depot3 | ||||||
| 50549 | 59212 | 50553 | Noted 19/03/1977 - at Stratford depot4 | ||||||
| 50543 | 59212 | 50576 | Transfer to GF - w/e 10/07/77 | ||||||
| 50556 | 59212 | 50589 | Noted 24/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury Station5 | ||||||
| 50496 | 59212 | 50571 | Noted circa 12/19826 | ||||||
| BX483 | 50481 | 59212 | 50571 | Noted circa 03/19836 | |||||
| 50496 | 59212 | 50571 | Noted circa 03/19836 | ||||||
| 53571 | 59212 | 53481 | Noted circa 06/19836 |
Formation Sources
1: Ipswich Transport Society
2: Gerald Brown
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
circa February 1986
M59212 at Vic Berrys yard, boarded up and stacked on a classmate, circa February 1986. Ian Francis.
circa February 1986
Class 104 TBS M59212 is the blue vehicle seen in Vic Berry's yard, circa February 1986. Ian Francis.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
A Class 104 departs from Stratford with a Woolwich service. The power cars are 50570 and 50576, the centre car is probably 59212. Date unknown, the vehicles were allocated to Stratford 1969 - 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: unknown
A Class 104 departs from Stratford with a Woolwich service. The power cars are 50576 and 50570, the centre car is probably 59212. Date unknown, the vehicles were allocated to Stratford 1969 - 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.