Vehicle 59228
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
| 26/11/58 | New to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| w/e 24/01/76 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| w/e 24/02/80 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 15/06/80 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
| 17/08/80 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| Nov-80 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| circa Sep-82 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| circa Jan-84 | Stored U. | BX (Buxton) | |
| circa May-85 | Reinstated | BX (Buxton) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 04/02/87 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Mar-87 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 02/10/88 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 31/03/89 | Transferred to | CP PSPX | |
| p/e 21/07/90 | Sector Change to | CP PXXZ | |
| 11/01/91 | Withdrawn from | CP PXXZ |
Notes
16th July 1988 - Last Trailer Brake car in service
19th June 1989 - Stored serviceable at Crewe Brook Sidings
1st July 1989 - Listed as withdrawn
19th October 1989 - Listed as withdrawn/out of use
12th October 1990 - Listed as condemned at Crewe Brook Sidings
19/02/00 - 977191, 59228 and 54350 were dragged by two Class 20s from long term storage at Crewe South Carriage sidings to the Adtranz Works (drop off the 100) then Gresty Lane where the other two were due to be moved by road (104 to Telford/preservation and 101 to Shoeburyness).
Disposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50561 | 59207 | 59228 | 50582 | As delivered to 53B - 26th November 1958 | |||||
| 50561 | 59207 | 59228 | 50575 | Noted Summer 1964 - at Brough1 | |||||
| 50556 | 59205 | 59228 | 50561 | Noted 15/08/19702 | |||||
| 50560 | 59228 | 50588 | Noted 16/03/1974 - at Sheffield Midland 2 | ||||||
| 50544 | 59228 | 50551 | Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot3 | ||||||
| 50557 | 59228 | 50588 | Noted 12/09/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50557 | 59228 | 50588 | Noted 16/09/75 - at Hull1 | ||||||
| 50582 | 59228 | 51508 | Noted 29/10/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 87 | 50572 | 59228 | 50582 | Noted 10/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 50572 | 59228 | 50582 | Noted 07/04/1976 - at Doncaster2 | ||||||
| 87 | 50572 | 59228 | 50582 | Noted 03/06/76 - at Cambridge3 | |||||
| 87 | 50572 | 59228 | 50582 | Noted 10/07/76 - on Norwich depot3 | |||||
| 50572 | 59228 | 50582 | Noted 28/08/76 - on 12.54 Doncaster – Cambridge4 | ||||||
| 59228 | Noted 09/12/76 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle3 | ||||||||
| 84 | 50562 | 59228 | 50590 | Noted 12/02/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 84 | 50560 | 59228 | 50579 | Noted 13/08/78 - on Norwich depot3 | |||||
| 84 | 50579 | 59228 | 50560 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | |||||
| 82 | 50572 | 59228 | 50590 | Noted 02/01/79 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| 50571 | 59228 | 50581 | Transfer to GF - w/e 24/02/80 | ||||||
| 50565 | 59228 | 50577 | Noted 16/01/81 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 50470 | 59228 | 50502 | Noted circa 05/19825 | ||||||
| Spare | 59228 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||||
| NH457 | 50497 | 59228 | 50502 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria5 | |||||
| BX493 | 50497 | 59228 | 50502 | Noted circa 10/19825 | |||||
| BX493 | 50497 | 59228 | 50502 | Noted circa 10/19825 | |||||
| BX486 | 50497 | 59228 | 50502 | Noted circa 04/19835 | |||||
| 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted 03/03/19845 | ||||||
| 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted circa 11/1984 - listed at BX5 | ||||||
| BX487 | 53514 | 59228 | 53556 | Listed at BX - circa Jul-85 | |||||
| 53556 | 59228 | 53514 | Noted 09/11/85 - on 15:08 Buxton - Manchester Piccadilly service6 | ||||||
| BX487 | 53514 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted 01/12/85 | |||||
| BX487 | 53514 | 59228 | 53556 | Listed at BX - circa Dec-85 | |||||
| BX487 | 53514 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted circa 03/19865 | |||||
| 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| 457 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Formed at AY Feb-86 | |||||
| 457 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Listed at ED - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 457 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted 04/04/19875 | |||||
| 457 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted 04/05/19875 | |||||
| 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted 01/06/87 - on 07:07 Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh via Falkirk Grahamston6 | ||||||
| 457 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Listed at ED - Jan-88 | |||||
| 457 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Listed at ED - 1st January 1988 | |||||
| 457 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Listed at ED - 16th July 1988 | |||||
| 457 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Listed at ED - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 457 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted 16th August 1988 | |||||
| N682 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted circa 11/19885 | |||||
| 457 | 53504 | 59228 | 53556 | Noted March 1989 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
Images:
2nd March 1985
Class 104 BRCW TBS 59228 stabled by itself in Buxton station on 2-3-85. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
August 1987
Class 104 TBSL M59228 in North Queensferry station in August 1987. Alistair Ness.
7th May 1988
Class 104 centre car 59228 is seen in Edinburgh Waverley station on the 7th May 1988. Dennis Taylor.
19th February 2000
Class 104 TBS 59228 as it leaves storage at Crewe on the 19th February 2000. Frank Nicholas.
19th February 2000
Class 101 DTCL 54350, Class 104 TBSL 59228 and Class 100 DTCL 977191 are dragged though Crewe on 19/2/00 after a long period of storage at the South Carriage Sidings. The 100 would be dropped off at the Adtranz Works, the other two were moved to Gresty Lane ready for road movement, the 101 to Shroeburyness and the 104 to preservation at Telford. Frank Nicholas.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa April 1985
A Class 104 TBSL set (53504 + 59228 + 53556) thought to be at Barmoor Clough on the Buxton line, looking north west towards Eaves Tunnel and Chapel-en-le-Frith. The slide process date was April 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 9th April 1985
Set number: BX485
Buxton based BRC&W class 104 3 car dmu BX485 (M53514, M59228, M53556), climbs the 1-60 bank up towards Disley whilst working a Manchester Piccadilly-Buxton service. These units truly worked nationwide, but it was the Buxton route which they became synonymous with. 9th April 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 28th December 1985
Set number: BX487
Heading down the gradient with frost on the roof, between Disley and Middlewood is a BRC&W Buxton allocated 3 car set BX487 (53556,59228,53514), with the 15.08 Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service. 28th December 1985 Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 23rd February 1986
Set number: BX487
With Oxford Road showing on the blind, Buxton based BRC&W class 104 dmu BX487 (M53514, M59228, M53556) slows for the Chapel-en-le-Frith stop, with a Sunday working to Manchester Oxford Road on 23rd February 1986. This set was unique at Buxton for in it's formation was M59228 a TBSL one of only 14 built for the North Eastern Region 4 car sets it was the last of it's kind in service. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 28th July 1986
53504 with 59228 and 53556 at Blackpool North station on the 28th July 1986. Dennis Taylor.
Date: circa 1987
Set number: 457
Class 104 DMU set 457 (53504 and presumably 59228 + 53556) departs from Haymarket station circa late Autumn 1987. Brian Ward.
Date: 25th May 1987
Set number: 457
Class 104 set 457 enters Falkirk Grahamston station on May 25th 1987. Formed M53556 + M59228 + M53504, it is working the 20:31 to Glasgow Queen Street. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 457
Late afternoon in August 1987 and we see a 6 car DMU leaving platform 16 with a rush hour service to Fife. The BRCW DMUs were a rarity in Waverley until later reallocations, this set led by 53556 came north in 1986 for a couple of years before moving south again shortly before its withdrawal. It is presumably with 59228 + 53504 and there is a Class 101 on the rear. Murray Liston.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 457
Class 104 (53504 + 59228 + 53556) at North Queensferry in August 1987. This BRCW class was unheard of north of the border when we cut our spotters teeth but by the mid 80s it was a case of "anything goes". Here we see a former Buxton based driving motor bringing up the rear of a Fife Circle train which is heading towards Inverkeithing. Alistair Ness.
Date: 1st October 1987
Set number: 457
Croy wood veneer 104457. During four years living in Ayrshire 1986-90, photography of first generation DMUs was a must. Two were right at the top and both were BRCW Class 104 sets. One was the Mexican Bean and the other was 104457 which I called the wood veneer set, took photos to prove it. In this instance on 1st October 1987. This is at Croy. I was travelling Stirling Glasgow and had just been decanted from a failed 101. Closest is 53504, the other two vehicles are presumably 59228 + 53556. Robert Forsythe.
Date: circa late Autumn 1987
Set number: 457
Class 104 DMU set 457 (53504 and presumably 59228 + 53556) departs from Haymarket station circa late Autumn 1987. Brian Ward.
Date: 31st October 1987
Set number: 104457
Waverley station, Edinburgh, on the evening of 31/10/87, with set 104 457 ready to depart on the 17.17 to North Berwick. 53556 is nearest the camera, with 59228 and 53504 behind. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 7th May 1988
Set number: 457
Set 457 heads out of Edinburgh Waverley on the 7th May 1988 formed 53504, 59228 and 53556 on the rear (closest). Dennis Taylor.
Date: 7th May 1988
Set number: 457
53504, 59228 and 53556 in Edinburgh Waverley on the 7th May 1988. Dennis Taylor.
Date: 7th May 1988
Set number: 457
Class 104 set 457 (53556 + 59228 + 53504) emerges from the tunnel into Glasgow Queen Street station on the 7th May 1988. Dennis Taylor.
Date: 7th May 1988
Set number: 457
Class 104 set 457 (53556 + 59228 + 53504) emerges from the tunnel into Glasgow Queen Street station on the 7th May 1988. Dennis Taylor.
Date: 11th June 1988
Set number: 104457
The scene in the high level platforms at Queen St station in Glasgow, around about 17.25 on 11/6/88. Set 104 457 (53556/59228/53504) waits to form the 17.37 to Dunblane. 53504, still with its Buxton white cab roof, is nearest the camera. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 7th September 1988
Set number: 104457
Pictured just starting away from Edinburgh Waverley Station on the 7th September 1988 is Glasgow Eastfield TMD based 3 car Class 104 set number 104457. Formed of DMCL M53504 (leading), followed by TBSL M59228, with DMCL M53556 at the rear they are coupled to another unidentified unit. Bob Woolnough.
Date: April 1997
Seen at Crewe in April 1997, on the far right, are derelict Class 101 DTCL no. 54350, with Class 104 TBSL no. 59228 and Class 100 DTCL no. 977191 behind. In the middle is Class 304 unit no. 008 and on the left some graffiti-covered Class 308 vehicles. Robert Chilton.
Date: 19th February 2000
Three vehicles that had been stored at Crewe South Carriage sidings for several years (101 DTCL 54350, 104 TBSL 59228 and 100 DTCL 977191) pass through Crewe station on their way to the Adtranz Works. The 101 which had fluorescent light fittings and original first class seat frames. Saturday 19 February 2000. Frank Nicholas.
Date: 19th February 2000
Two Class 20s drag 100 DTCL 977191, 104 TBSL 59228, 101 DTCL 54350 and three Riviera Trains Mk Is (for brake force) at Crewe on 19/02/00. They were being moved from storage at the South Sidings to the Adtranz Works (drop off the 100) then Gresty Lane. Frank Nicholas.