Vehicle 59243
Class 104
Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30303
Diagram: 584
Allocations
| 31/01/59 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| 3w/e 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 05/12/70 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | SF | |
| 2w/e 20/11/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 06/05/79 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 06/06/82 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50587 | 59233 | 59243 | 50592 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 31st January 1959 | |||||
| 50587 | 59233 | 59243 | 50592 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||
| 50564 | 59243 | 50574 | Noted 04/03/1972 - Railtours Syndicate Boomerang No.2 Railtour | ||||||
| 50543 | 59243 | 50546 | Noted 03/03/73 - on Stratford depot1 | ||||||
| 50564 | 59243 | 50574 | Noted 20/04/75 - on Stratford depot2 | ||||||
| 50543 | 59243 | 50564 | Noted 12/09/76 - on Stratford depot2 | ||||||
| 50549 | 59243 | 50553 | Noted circa 11/19793 | ||||||
| 50553 | 59243 | 50583 | Noted 07/04/81 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
8th January 1979
E59243 at Huddersfield on 8/6/79. Trojan moquette can be seen on the seats in the DMC. Malcolm Clements.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 7th April 1981
E50553 leads 59243 and 50583 through Healey Mills on the 7th April 1981. Malcolm Clements.