Bevan Price
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Slack in the fleet, self-contained line, low mileage accumulation, line with it's own depot that basically didn't do anything else - no wonder!
It was not really over-provision of Class 504s; when they replaced the older units, almost all Bury line services were worked by 4 coach formations; it was only in later years that 2 coach formations became normal, creating surplus 504s.