Vehicle 50641 / 53641
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
| 16/10/58 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| 3w/e 02/05/76 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 13/05/84 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 04/10/87 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 31/01/88 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 11/07/88 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 14/05/89 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) PNLX | |
| 23/09/90 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) PTSX | |
| 11/06/92 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) RDTS |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50641 - original number
53641 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Mar-74 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 09/06/1976 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50640 | 59250 | 59385 | 50641 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 16th October 1958 | |||||
| 50640 | 59385 | 59250 | 50641 | Noted 04/08/68 - at Leeds City1 | |||||
| 50640 | 59250 | 59385 | 50641 | Noted 21/08/68 - at Leeds City1 | |||||
| 50140 | 59050 | 59043 | 50641 | Noted 12/07/69 - at Brough1 | |||||
| 50640 | 59390 | 59250 | 50641 | Noted 01/04/70 - at Whitley Bay1 | |||||
| 50624 | 59389 | 50641 | Noted 29/11/1975 - at York 2 | ||||||
| 50630 | 59249 | 59390 | 50641 | Transfer to NL - 3w/e 02/05/76 | |||||
| 50630 | 59390 | 59249 | 50641 | Noted circa 01/19773 | |||||
| 50630 | 59390 | 59249 | 50641 | Noted 03/09/77 - at Doncaster4 | |||||
| 50630 | 59390 | 59249 | 50641 | Noted 23/11/80 - on York depot | |||||
| 50641 | 59383 | 59249 | 50630 | Noted circa 02/19833 | |||||
| 53630 | 59249 | 59383 | 53641 | Noted circa 10/19833 | |||||
| 53630 | 59245 | 53641 | Noted 21/03/86 - at York4 | ||||||
| 53630 | 59245 | 53641 | Noted 28/10/19863 | ||||||
| 53166 | 53641 | Noted circa 07/19873 | |||||||
| 53633 | 59249 | 53641 | Noted 22/11/87 | ||||||
| 53633 | 59249 | 53641 | Noted 30th December 1987 | ||||||
| 53633 | 59249 | 53641 | Noted 23rd January 1988 | ||||||
| 108391 | 53291 | 59701 | 53641 | Listed at ED - Jan-88 | |||||
| 108391 | 53291 | 59794 | 53641 | Formation change - circa Mar-88 | |||||
| 391 | 53291 | 59794 | 53641 | Noted circa 05/19883 | |||||
| 108391 | 53291 | 59701 | 53641 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 53291 | 59701 | 53641 | Noted 3rd January 1989 | ||||||
| 53291 | 53641 | Noted 29/07/89 - loco-hauled on 13:51 Sheffield to Leeds | |||||||
| 53291 | 53641 | Noted 31/07/89 - on 13:02 Leeds - Carlisle hauled by 47301 with 78712 + 789625 | |||||||
| NL467 | 53291 | 53641 | Listed at NL - 05/09/89 | ||||||
| T045 | 51131 | 53641 | Noted circa 12/19903 | ||||||
| spare | 53641 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | |||||||
| spare | 53641 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | |||||||
| T045 | 51131 | 53641 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | ||||||
| 51131 | 53641 | Noted 11/02/92 - On 07:30 Harwich - Liverpool Lime Street and 18:16 Nottingham - Grantham6 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Gerald Brown
5: Graeme Phillips
6: David Bellamy
Images:
23rd November 1980
A 4-car Class 108 set formed of 50641 59249 59390 50630 seen at York depot on 23/11/80. Chris Lings.
9th August 1988
Set number: 391
Set 391 comprises 53641 (Class 108) + 59710 (Class 110) + 53291 (Class 101) when seen at Linlithgow with the 17:24 Dunblane - Edinburgh on August 9, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.
5th January 1989
Set number: 391
108 391 arrives into Glasgow Central on 05-01-1989, presumably with 53641 at the front. Gordon Thomson.
6th April 1991
Set number: T045
47 213 hauls 108/116 hybrid set T045 (presumably 53641 + 51131) at Northgate Locks, Chester, on 6 April 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 31st August 1975
An eleven-car DMU formation at Heighington on a Darlington - Shildon "Cavalcade 150" Special, 31 August 1975. The 108/108/101 composition of the closest set matches a formation listed in the November 1975 edition of The Railway Observer (p351) as 50645 + 59386 + 50232 / 50641 + 59389 + 50624 / 50224 + 56067 / 51509 + 59062 + 51441. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 10th January 1992
Set number: T045
Hybrid Class 118/108 DMU set T045 (51131 + 53641) in Matlock station after terminating with the 1425 from Derby on 10 January 1992. Andrew Bond.
Date: 1992
Set number: T045
Set T045 (51131 + 53641) arrives at Boston, passing listed Boston West SB in (probably) summer 1992. Tim Brunt.