Vehicle 59218
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
| 05/09/58 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| w/e 24/01/76 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| 2w/e 12/10/80 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| circa Sep-82 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| 09/07/84 | Withdrawn from | BX (Buxton) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50551 | 59218 | 59197 | 50572 | As delivered to 53C - 5th September 1958 | |||||
| 50557 | 59218 | 59709 | 50590 | Noted 11/06/1969 - Leeds1 | |||||
| 50587 | 59218 | 59208 | 50559 | Noted 11/12/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | |||||
| 50585 | 59218 | 50588 | Noted 16/04/73 - in Sheffield Midland3 | ||||||
| 50561 | 59218 | 50578 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster4 | ||||||
| 50559 | 59218 | 50571 | Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot3 | ||||||
| 88 | 50557 | 59218 | 50585 | Noted 29/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds, old set numbers H32 on 50557 and H34 on 592183 | |||||
| 50560 | 59218 | 50562 | Noted 29/05/1976 - at Leicester5 | ||||||
| 50560 | 59218 | 50562 | Noted 12/06/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 88 | 50559 | 59218 | 50581 | Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot3 | |||||
| 88 | 50581 | 59218 | 50583 | Noted 12/07/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 85 | 50578 | 59218 | 50590 | Noted 10/11/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 50583 | 59218 | 50585 | Noted 20/07/78 - at Norwich6 | ||||||
| 80 | 50583 | 59218 | 50585 | Noted 13/08/78 - on Norwich depot3 | |||||
| 80 | 50561 | 59218 | 50585 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | |||||
| 80 | 50578 | 59218 | 50585 | Noted 02/01/79 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| 80 | 50578 | 59218 | 50585 | Noted 08/04/79 - on Norwich depot3 | |||||
| 50578 | 59218 | 50585 | Noted 30/08/1979 - At Cambridge Station working to Peterborough7 | ||||||
| NH459 | 50561 | 59218 | 50589 | Noted circa 05/19822 | |||||
| BX492 | 50561 | 59218 | 50589 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc2 | |||||
| BX492 | 50589 | 59218 | 50561 | Noted circa 08/19822 | |||||
| BX492 | 53561 | 59218 | 53542 | Noted circa 04/19832 | |||||
| 53542 | 59218 | 53561 | Noted 17/04/1983 - on Longsight depot6 | ||||||
| 53542 | 59218 | 53561 | Noted circa 06/19832 | ||||||
| 53542 | 59218 | 53561 | Noted 30/12/1983 - at Manchester Piccadilly6 |
Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Gerald Brown
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Martin Lumley
7: Shayne Lewis
Images:
circa September 1958
An official image (Derby Works negative 58/733) showing the van area of BRC&W TBSL E59218 circa September 1958. British Railways.
circa September 1958
An official image (Derby Works negative 58/734) showing the van area of BRC&W TBSL E59218 circa September 1958. British Railways.
circa September 1958
An official image (Derby Works negative 58/736) showing the interior of BRC&W TBSL E59218 (looking towards the van) circa September 1958. British Railways.
circa September 1958
BRC&W TBSL E59218. This is a close of the vehicle from an official image (Derby Works negative 58/729) showing a full four-car set at Cleobury Mortimer on the Tenbury Wells branch circa September 1958. British Railways.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa September 1958
An official image (Derby Works negative 58/729) of a new four-car BRC&W set (E50572 + E59197 + E59218 + E50551) at Cleobury Mortimer on the Tenbury Wells branch circa September 1958. British Railways.
Date: circa September 1958
An official image (Derby Works negative 58/738) showing a luggage area in an Eastern Region four-car BRC&W DMU circa September 1958. Thought to be in DMCL E50551 looking through to E59218. British Railways.