Vehicle 59152
Class 104
Builder: BRC&W
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30295
Diagram: 582
Allocations
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 50444 during the unknown period are:
| Sep-57 | New to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
| Jan-58 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transferred to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 2H (Monument Lane) | |
| 4w/e 05/11/66 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) |
Then the allocations for 59152 are:
| 13/09/81 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 10/06/84 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | - Noted there since Dec-83 |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 08/06/86 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| 19/03/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PMSX | |
| 05/05/89 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) PCHX |
Notes
May 1988 - Listed as spare at Buxton
1st July 1989 - Listed as withdrawn
3rd September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Chester depot
7th September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Chester depot
October 1989 - Arrived at Vic Berry's yard for scrap
19th October 1989 - Listed as withdrawn/out of use
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50444 | 59152 | 50496 | As delivered to 5B - September 1957 | ||||||
| 50445 | 59152 | 50498 | Noted 03/04/1969 - Leicester, on 13.40 to Cambridge.1 | ||||||
| EP472 | 50445 | 59152 | 50498 | Noted 24/07/1969 - Leicester, on 14.50 to Birmingham New Street.1 | |||||
| 50447 | 59152 | 50499 | Noted 22/12/1969 - Leicester, on 13.38 Nottingham to Birmingham New Street service.1 | ||||||
| EP474 | 50447 | 59152 | 50503 | Noted 26/03/1970 - Leicester, on 16.38 Nottingham to Birmingham New Street.1 | |||||
| EP486 | 50451 | 59152 | 50501 | Noted 05/07/1970 - Leicester1 | |||||
| 50447 | 59152 | 50503 | Noted 22/02/1971 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| 50449 | 59152 | 50503 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 50445 | 59152 | 50499 | Noted 18/08/1972 - at Derby2 | ||||||
| 50445 | 59152 | 50499 | Noted 16/12/72 - at Derby4 | ||||||
| 50445 | 59152 | 50499 | Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford5 | ||||||
| EP481 | 50445 | 59152 | 50499 | Noted 10/08/74 - at Norwich5 | |||||
| EP483 | 50447 | 59152 | 50503 | Noted 03/07/1975 - at Derby2 | |||||
| EP483 | 50447 | 59152 | 50503 | Noted 27/07/75 - at Cambridge5 | |||||
| 50451 | 59152 | 50503 | Noted 18/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 2 | ||||||
| 50444 | 59152 | 50495 | Noted 09/12/76 - on Cambridge depot, 50495 noted as damaged5 | ||||||
| EP486 | 50444 | 59152 | 50496 | Noted 09/04/77 - at Peterborough5 | |||||
| 50444 | 59152 | 50500 | Noted 28/10/79 - at Derby6 | ||||||
| 50447 | 59152 | 50496 | Noted 15/06/1980 - at Crewe6 | ||||||
| NH446 | 50461 | 59152 | 50510 | Noted circa 05/19827 | |||||
| NH446 | 50461 | 59152 | 50510 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria7 | |||||
| NH446 | 50461 | 59152 | 50510 | Noted circa 10/19827 | |||||
| 50461 | 59152 | 50510 | Noted 22/01/1983 - on Newton Heath depot6 | ||||||
| 53456 | 59152 | 53508 | Noted circa 05/19837 | ||||||
| 53456 | 59152 | 53508 | Noted 30/12/1983 - at Manchester Piccadilly6 | ||||||
| 53420 | 59152 | 53474 | Noted 27/01/85 | ||||||
| BX480 | 53420 | 59152 | 53474 | Noted circa 06/19857 | |||||
| BX480 | 53420 | 59152 | 53474 | Listed at BX - circa Jul-85 | |||||
| BX480 | 53420 | 59152 | 53474 | Listed at BX - circa Dec-85 | |||||
| 53420 | 59152 | 53474 | Noted 11/01/1986 - at Manchester Piccadilly 6 | ||||||
| 53420 | 59152 | 53474 | Noted 24/03/1986 - at Manchester Piccadilly 6 | ||||||
| BX480 | 53626 | 59152 | 53636 | Listed at Buxton - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 53626 | 59152 | 53636 | Noted 26/07/1986 - Llandudno-Man Vic (6-car)8 | ||||||
| 53626 | 59152 | 53636 | Listed at BX - Jun-87 | ||||||
| BX480 | 53626 | 59152 | 53636 | Noted 18/07/19877 | |||||
| 51938 | 59152 | 52065 | Listed at BX - mid Nov-87 | ||||||
| BX371 | 53925 | 59152 | 52039 | Formation change - BX - p/e 17/06/88 - 59152 added (ex-spare) | |||||
| BX371 | 53925 | 59152 | 52039 | Noted circa Jul-88 |
Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Gerald Brown
6: Martin Lumley
7: Eddie Knorn
8: Chris Moxon
Images:
23rd November 1963
A BRC&W DMU seen at Coventry on 23 November 1963. Closest is centre car M59152 and the DMSL is M50496, both vehicles allocated to Cockshute depot. Michael Mensing.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: April 1965
A BRC&W triple set seen at Ocker Hill (Tipton) in April 1965. Closest is DMBS M50444 allocated to Cockshute, the centre car is M59152. Michael Mensing.
Date: 30th March 1982
A Class 104 DMU formed of M50510 + M59152 + M50461 in Manchester Victoria on Tuesday 30 March 1982. Shaw via Oldham is on the destination blind. David Russon.
Date: 22nd July 1983
Set number: BX480
Buxton based BRC&W class 104 3 car dmu BX480 (M53426, M59152, M53474), is seen under the 1500DC wires arriving at platform 3 at Dinting, whilst working a direct peak hours only Hadfield-Manchester Piccadilly service, 22nd July 1983. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 27th January 1985
On a snowy winters day Buxton based BRC&W class 104 dmu headed by the first of the class, M53420 with M59152, M53474, stand in my home village of Furness Vale, with a Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service, 27th January 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 9th March 1985
Buxton based BRC&W class 104 dmu (M53420, M59152, M53474) breezes through Heaton Chapel with a Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service, overtaking 25kv class 304 emu 304013 as it slows for its station stop. 9th March 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 29th June 1985
Set number: BX496
Stratford-upon-Avon used to be the destination for many special trains although the number of such workings has lessened in recent years. This picture shows one of these, the Poynton Parish Puffa, standing in the long-gone "cold store" sidings on 29 June 1985. This train was formed of class 108+104 combination (closest being BX496, presumably 51947/59155/52062, the other was BX480, presumably 53420/59152/53474) and, obviously enough I suppose, ran from Poynton in Cheshire, which incidentally is a very attractively decorated station, adorned with many enamel advertisements. Peter Tandy.
Date: 29th June 1985
Set number: BX480
The passengers on the Poynton Parish Puffa were treated at Stratford-upon-Avon to a visit by the steam locomotive 46229 Duchess of Hamilton on 29 June 1985 although I don't recall taking any pictures of this. The return working of the steam special left a short while before the DMU (BX480, presumably 53474/59152/53420 and BX496, presumably 52062/59155/51947) went back to Cheshire and I photographed the latter from the window of the signal box. The industrial units in the background are the site of the erstwhile Stratford-upon-Avon shed and coaling stage. The entire backdrop is virtually unrecognisable nowadays and the signal box itself was demolished many years ago. Peter Tandy.
Date: 29th June 1985
Set number: BX496
A rare combination of DMU classes about to arrive at Stratford-upon-Avon on 29 June 1985 as class 108 BX496 (51947 + 59155 + 52062) with class 104 BX480 (53420 + 59152 + 53474) passed the rarely used Down Goods Loop. The train, 1L00, started at Poynton in Cheshire bringing passengers from various churches in the town, hence the headboard Poynton Parish Puffer. Peter Tandy.
Date: 29th June 1985
Set number: BX496
The Poynton Parish Puffer charter in Stratford-upon-Avon station on 29 June 1985, formed of Class 108 BX496 (51947 + 59155 + 52062) and Class 104 BX480 (53420 + 59152 + 53474). The train was about to shunt from platform 1 to the now-gone Cold Store Siding. The ground signal just beyond the driving car of the class 104 can just be made out showing that the road was set. Peter Tandy.
Date: 29th June 1985
Set number: BX496
The Poynton Parish Puffer charter pulling into the Cold Store Sidings at Stratford-upon-Avon on 29 June 1985, formed of Class 108 BX496 (51947 + 59155 + 52062) and Class 104 BX480 (53420 + 59152 + 53474). These sidings were mostly used for the overnight stabling of units in the days when the station had its own crew of drivers and guards. A special working such as this would usually have gone into platform 3 because the pattern of trains from Birmingham and Leamington Spa required just two platforms. However on this day another special, with 46229 Duchess of Hamilton in charge, was scheduled. Peter Tandy.
Date: 14th July 1985
Set number: BX484
Class 104 set BX484 at Llandudno on 14/7/85 with 'Stockport' on the destination blind. There is another set behind. From the left the vehicles are: M53431, M59137, M53496, M53420, M59152 and M53474. Kenneth Leiper.
Date: 26th July 1986
Set number: BX495
52058, 59388, 51943 and 53636, 59152, 53626 leaving Helsby at 11.31 with a Llandudno-Manchester Victoria service, 26/7/86. Anthony Griffiths.
Date: 20th February 1989
Set number: BX381
Class 108 / 104 3-car hybrid DMU 52062 + 59152 + 51950 set BX381 arriving at Manchester Piccadilly on 20-2-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.