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Vehicle 50646 / 53646


Class 108

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: 30408
Diagram: 544

Allocations

28/11/58 New to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 03/01/59 Transferred to 56G (Hammerton Street)
3w/e 19/03/60 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
4w/e 12/10/63 On loan to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
w/e 07/12/63 Ex-loan back to 51A (Darlington)
4w/e 04/01/64 Transferred to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
3w/e 29/02/64 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
4w/e 02/01/65 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
28/02/65 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
3w/e 29/01/66 On loan to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
3w/e 26/02/66 Ex-loan back to 51A (Darlington)
w/e 05/03/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 25/03/67 Transferred to 67A (Corkerhill)
3w/e 17/06/67 On loan to 52J (South Gosforth)
2w/e 01/07/67 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
May-73Depot code changeGF
w/e 15/01/78 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
13/05/84 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87 Transferred to LA (Laira)
09/06/92 Withdrawn from LA (Laira) RELA

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50646 - original number
53646 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 10/02/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50624 59390 50646 As delivered to 53B - 28th November 1958
50624 59390 50646 Transfer to 16C - 4w/e 12/10/63 - on loan from NER
50624 59390 50646 Transfer to 51A - w/e 07/12/63 - ex-loan
50624 59390 50646 Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 04/01/64
50624 59390 50646 Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 29/02/64
50623 59390 50646 Transfer to 52J - 4w/e 02/01/65
50623 59390 50646 Transfer to 51A - 28/02/65
50624 59390 50646 Noted 11/09/65 - at Darlington1
50624 59390 50646 Transfer to 16C - 3w/e 29/01/66 - on loan from NER
50624 59390 50646 Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 26/02/66 - ex-loan
50147 59382 59250 50646 Noted 03/04/711
50604 59390 50646 Noted 24/03/73 - at Doncaster1
50604 59386 59390 50646 Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle2
50604 59390 50646 Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot3
50604 59383 50646 Noted 29/03/1976 - on 13:10 Newcastle to Middlesborough4
50639 59248 59386 50646 Noted circa 19785
50613 59248 59386 50646 Noted 14/04/78 - on 06:17 Doncaster-Hull1
50613 59248 59386 50646 Noted 15/04/1978 - at York 4
50639 59386 59248 50646 Noted 13/08/80 - at Morecambe with 51552 + 51542
50639 59248 50646 Noted circa 06/19815
50639 59248 59384 50646 Noted circa 10/19825
50639 59248 59384 50646 Noted circa 02/19835
53639 59248 59384 53646 Noted 07/01/19845
53639 59248 59384 53646 Noted 29/05/1984 - BLS Blyth and Tyne Railtour
53639 59248 53646 Noted 15/10/19865
53639 59248 53646 Noted 29/11/19865
53639 59248 53646 Noted 28th December 1986
P872 53247 53646 Formed at LA circa 10/87
spare 53646 Listed at LA - Nov-87
P872 53247 53646 Noted 04/04/19885
P872 53247 53646 Listed at LA - 08/08/88
P872 53247 53646 Listed at LA - 15/05/89
spare 53646 Listed at LA - Jul-91
spare 53646 Listed at LA - Aug-91
P871 53256 53646 Listed at LA - Dec-91

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Cottingham

25th July 1983

A four-car Derby Lightweight set with E53646 leading arrives at Cottingham with a service from Bridlington - Hull on 25th July 1983. Syd Young.

Class 108 DMU at St Erth

2nd July 1988

Set number: P872

Class 108/101 hybrid P872 (53646 and presumably 53247) at St Erth on July 2, 1988. John Carter.

Class 108 DMU at Stapleton Road

3rd April 1989

Set number: 872

Class 108 DMSL is seen running on its own with a northbound empty stock working seen north of Stapleton Road (Bristol) at 18:40 on 3 April 1989. Michael Mensing.

Class 108 DMU at Exeter St Davids

14th December 1991

Set number: 871

Class 108/101 set (P)871 (53646 and presumably 53256) in Exeter St Davids station on 14 December 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Plymouth

1992

Set number: 871

53646 leads this 4-car formation into Plymouth in 1992. John Law.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 13th August 1980

At Morecambe Promenade on 13/8/80 sits 51552 + 51542 / 50639 + 59386 + 59248 + 50646 (a 2-car 111 and 4-car 108), waiting to depart on a service to Leeds. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 29th May 1984

The Branch Line Society Blyth & Tyne tour in Newcastle station on 29 May 1984. Six Bells Junction lists the vehicles as 53646 + 59384 + 59248 + 53639. From an overexposed slide. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 6th July 1988

Set number: P872

P872 (53247 and possibly 53646?) makes a smoky departure from Par on the 10:25 Par-Newquay, Wednesday 6 July 1988. Mel Holley.