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Vehicle 50952 / 53952

Class 108

BR Diagram 543

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30465
Diagram: 543

Allocations

21/02/59 New - stored at Warwick pending allocation
Apr-59 Transferred to 6K (Rhyl) - stored pending allocation
Jun-59 Transferred to 9E (Trafford Park)
4w/e 01/06/63 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
3w/e 31/10/65 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
4w/e 04/02/67 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
4w/e 05/04/69 Transferred to 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor)
06/05/73Depot code changeKM
Jan-75Depot code changeKD
15/05/88 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
p/e 13/10/90 Sector Change to HT (Heaton) PXXZ
07/12/90 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton) PXXZ

Notes

19/04/59 - The six 2-car sets stored at Warwick shed (50947-52) were noted passing through Coventry on 19/04/59 hauled by 43005 in the Nuneaton direction, heading for Stoke. They were to have travelled under their own power, but had flat batteries after months of storage.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50952 - original number
53952 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Oct-72 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50952 56235 As delivered to - 21/02/59 - stabled at Warwick, pending allocation
50952 56236 Noted 31/08/71 - at Carlisle1
50952 56244 Noted 25/08/1973 - at Carlisle2
50952 56236 Noted 01/09/74 - at Barrow3
50952 59265 Noted 03/04/76 - on 12.30 Lancaster – Carlisle with 50951 + 562424
50952 56244 Noted 07/04/1976 - at Barrow 5
50952 56244 Noted 12/03/1977 - at Carlisle 5
50952 56243 Noted 1st August 1978
50952 56243 Noted 19/11/1978 - on Kingmoor depot6
50952 56244 Listed at KD - circa Aug-80
50952 56244 Noted 05/09/1980 - at Carlisle Citadel6
50952 56244 Noted 20/04/1981 - on Kingmoor depot6
53952 54244 Listed at KD - 01/01/85
53952 54244 Noted circa 10/19857
53952 54244 Noted 07/04/1986 - at Oxenholme 6
53952 54244 Listed at Carlisle Kingmoor - Summer 1986
53952 54244 Noted 01/11/19867
53952 54244 Noted 29/12/1987 - at Preston 6
53952 54244 Listed at KD - circa Jan-88
53952 54244 Noted 10/09/888
53952 54244 Noted 08/10/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service8
53952 54244 Noted 08/10/88 - on 14:15 Sunderland - Gateshead MetroCentre service8
53952 54244 Noted 15/10/88 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service8
53952 54244 Noted 12/11/88 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service8
53952 54244 Noted 28/01/89 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service8
53952 54244 Listed at HT - Feb-89
53952 54244 Noted 11/03/89 - on 15:04 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service8
53952 54244 Noted 11/03/89 - on 15:45 Sunderland - Newcastle service8
53952 54244 Noted 22/04/89 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service8
53952 54241 Noted 12/08/89 - on 16:27 Newcastle - Carlisle service8
53952 54241 Noted 21/08/89 - on 12:50 Carlisle - Whitehaven8
53952 54241 Noted 02/11/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle8
53952 54241 Noted 11/11/89 - on 10:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service8
53952 54241 Noted 11/11/89 - on 12:45 Carlisle - Newcastle service8
53952 54241 Noted 18/11/89 - on 14:35 Newcastle - Carlisle service8
53952 54241 Noted 25/11/89 - on 11:05 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness8
53952 54241 Noted 09/12/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service8
53952 54241 Noted 30/03/90 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle8

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Phil Shatford
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Martin Lumley
7: Eddie Knorn
8: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Grange over Sands

September 1979

A 2 car class 108 DMU, led by DMBS M50952, approaches Grange over Sands on a Lancaster-Carlisle service, September 1979. John Crooks.

Class 108 DMU at Carnforth

1983

Two two-car Class 108 DMUs with M53952 leading arriving at Carnforth during 1983. Walter Burt.

Class 108 DMU at Carlisle

10th July 1987

A Class 108 DMU formed of 53952 + 54244 ready to work a Barrow service in Carlisle station on 10 July 1987. Keith Miller.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 26th October 1978

A Class 108 DMU formed of M56245 + M50952 stabled between Barrow duties at Lancaster on 26 October 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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