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<- 50630 | 50631 | 50632 ->

Vehicle 50631 / 53631


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

02/10/58 New to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
May-73Depot code changeGF
w/e 08/05/77 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
13/05/84 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
20/12/87 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
11/07/88 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
14/05/89 Transferred to LE (Swansea Landore) PLEX
09/01/92 Withdrawn from LE (Swansea Landore) PLEX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50631 - original number
53631 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 05/08/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50630 59245 59380 50631 As delivered to South Gosforth - 2nd October 1958
50631 Noted 03/09/1971 - at York in scrappy condition (missing door etc) on end of train of parcels stock and two Mk 1 suburban coaches1
50631 59250 59382 50642 Noted 20/04/1974 - at Newcastle1
50631 59250 59382 50642 Noted 28/08/74 - in Newcastle Central2
N420 50631 59250 59382 50642 Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 59382 + 506422
N420 50631 59250 59382 50642 Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number on all vehicles2
50631 59250 59382 50642 Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central2
50631 59250 59382 50642 Transfer to NL - w/e 08/05/77
50642 59250 59382 50631 Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 06.25 Leeds to Manchester Victoria via Huddersfield.3
53631 59249 53638 Noted 17/07/86 - at York2
53631 59250 53642 Noted circa 09/19863
53642 59250 53631 Noted circa 12/19863
53620 53631 Noted 01/05/87 - at York2
51210 53631 Noted 28/08/87 - on 15:12 Hull - Sheffield
108386 51926 59697 53631 Listed at ED - Jan-88
386 51926 59697 53631 Noted circa 05/19883
108386 51926 59697 53631 Listed at HA - circa August 1988
386 51926 59697 53631 Noted 15th February 1989
S953 51926 53631 Listed at LE - 15/05/89
S939 51926 53631 Noted circa 12/19903
S939 51926 53631 Listed at LE - Jul-91
S939 51926 53631 Listed at LE - Aug-91
S939 51926 53631 Listed at LE - Dec-91

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Church Stretton

1st July 1989

Set number: S939

Class 108 DMU set S939 (53631 and presumably 51926) rolls into Church Stretton station on 1st July 1989. John Carter.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 19th July 1981

An ex-works 4-car set at York, 19/07/1981, probably 50642 + 59382 + 59250 + 50631 was painted in this livery in June 1981. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: July 1988

Set number: 101307

An unconventional sight in Waverley platform 17 in July 1988 is Derby Lightweight class 108 53631 which spent its first 30 years on the North Eastern region, initially as part of a 4 car set. Drafted in to Scotland in 1987 it is seen here on one end of set 386, a hybrid formed of a BRCW class 110 centre car and a later class 108 51926. When ScR had enough of them, the 108s were tidied up and ran as a pair on the Central Wales line based at Landore while the centre car was withdrawn from Haymarket. On the right is the more common sight of a Met Camm triple 101307 (51231 + 59688 + 53189). Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: July 1988

Set number: 101364

Different DMUs at Dalmeny. Three different classes of DMU in two trains crossing at Dalmeny in July 1988. On the left is Met Camm class 101364 (53242+59080+53268), while the hybrid set (386) on the right is Derby class 108s 51926 and 53631 sandwiching a BRCW class 110 centre car 59697. Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: July 1988

Set number: 101364

I'm on the phone! DMU activity at Dalmeny in July 1988. The driver of Met Camm class 101364 (53242 + 59080 + 53268) is on the phone to control, while the hybrid set (386) approaching on the right is Derby class 108s 51926 and 53631 sandwiching a BRCW class 110 centre car 59697. Identifying power cars on TBSL sets where both are DMSs can be tricky, in this case it is made easier by 53242 having a different radius to the lower left corner of the black mask around the cab windows. Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: 20th September 1988

Set number: 386

Class 108/110 hybrid set 386 (presumably 51926 + 59697 + 53631 at North Queensferry on 20 September 1988. Mike McDonald.

DMU

Date: 1st July 1989

Set number: S939

Class 108 set S939 (51926 leads, presumably with 53631) at Shrewsbury on July 1, 1989. John Carter.