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Vehicle 56208 / 54208

Class 108

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30409
Diagram: 640

Allocations

19/08/58	New to	56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 30/04/60	Transferred to	55F (Manningham)
3w/e 02/03/63	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
3w/e 30/06/63	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
May-73	Depot code change	NL
13/05/84	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
11/05/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
10/05/87	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
10/05/92	Transferred to	LO (Longsight) RCLO
01/03/93	Transferred to	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
25/03/93	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56208 - original number
54208 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 03/05/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50617	56208	As delivered to 56G - 19th August 1958
	50617	56208	Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
	50617	56208	Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 02/03/63
	50617	56208	Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 30/06/63
	50603	56208	Noted 12/07/68 - in Leeds City¹
	50601	56208	Noted 01/04/70 - at York¹
	50608	56208	Noted 14/08/70 - at Leeds²
	50608	56208	Noted 04/06/71 - at Leeds City¹
	50608	56208	Noted 28/08/1972 - at Scarborough³
	50608	56208	Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster¹
	50608	56208	Noted 06/08/1974 - at Leeds³
	50608	56208	Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot²
	50608	56208	Noted 03/04/76 - at Doncaster²
	50618	56208	Noted 22/05/76 - at Neville Hill¹
	50608	56208	Noted circa 01/1977⁴
	50608	56208	Noted circa 03/1983⁴
	53610	54208	Noted 25/10/1986⁴
B961	53608	54208	Formed at BR May-87
B961	53608	54208	Listed at BR - Aug-87
B961	53608	54208	Listed at BR - Oct-87
B961	53608	54208	Listed at BR - 29/02/88
B961	53608	54208	Listed at BR - 15/05/89
B961	53608	54208	Listed at BR - Jul-91
B961	53608	54208	Listed at BR - Aug-91
B961	53608	54208	Listed at BR - Dec-91
LO294	53165	54208	Listed at LO - 02/07/92
LO294	53165	54208	Listed at LO - 24/09/92
LO245	51245	54208	Listed at LO - November 1992
LO245	51245	54208	Listed at LO - 10/12/92
	51245	54208	Noted 13/01/93 - on 19:08 Manchester Piccadilly - Chinley⁵

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

Images:

circa 1979

A refurbished Class 108 in York station circa 1979, with DTC(L) E56208 is nearest the camera. Graeme Phillips Collection.

1983

The third on a strip of three negatives that seem to show a failure at Bentham (the station is at the other side of the bridge) sometime in 1983. The two-car Class 108 (54208 visible) is pulling away leaving the two-car Met-Camm. Stuart Mackay Collection.

30th June 1988

Set number: B961

On June 30, 1988, 54208 + 53608 are seen in Yeovil Pen Mill station. Hamish Stevenson.

30th June 1988

Set number: B961

54208 + 53608 in Weymouth station after arriving on a service from Bristol TM, June 30, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

1st July 1988

Set number: B961

54208 + 53608 (set B961) arrives onto Clifton Down station with the 07:07 Severn Beach - Bristol TM service on July 1st, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

1989

Set number: B961

54208 leads Class 108 set B961 (presumably with 53608) into Yate station on the summer of 1989. Michael Mensing.

circa 1992

A Class 108/101 hybrid on the viaduct at Chirk. 54208 leads, the 101 pairing dates it to circa 1992. Ian Docwra.

circa mid-1993

Set number: LO245

Stored DMUs at Blackpool North Carriage Sidings. Closest is 54208, which the Roger Harris allocation book notes as being stored there after withdrawal from Longsight in December 1992 till moving to Tyseley circa late January 1994. Alongside is 52048 (S940), noted as being at Blackpool from February till August 1993. Both vehicles would be preserved. Spannerman37025.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 1983

The first of a strip of three negatives that seem to show a failure at Bentham (the station is at the other side of the bridge) sometime in 1983. It is a two-car Class 108 (DTSL is 54208) and a two-car Met-Camm. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 1983

The second on a strip of three negatives that seem to show a failure at Bentham (the station is at the other side of the bridge) sometime in 1983. A crew member can be seen working under the closest cab of the Met-Camm - possibly isolating the final drive. Only one vehicle number is known, Class 108 DTSL which was 54208. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 19th September 1987

Set number: B961

Class 108 DMU set No. B961 (53608 and 54208) arrives at Bristol Temple Meads on a service from Severn Beach, 19 September 1987. Brian Creasey.

Date: 13th May 1988

Set number: B961

Class 108 set B961 (53608 + presumably 54208) at Abergavenny with a Shrewsbury - Cardiff service on 13 May 1988. Walter Burt.

Date: 30th June 1988

Set number: B961

Set B961 (53608 + 54208) in Weymouth station on June 30, 1988, after arriving on a service from Bristol. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: April 1989

Set number: B961

Derby class 108 DMU set B961 (presumably 53608 + 54208) seen arriving at Cheltenham Spa from the south in April 1989 Bob Belcher.

Date: 15th May 1990

Set number: B961

Class 108 DMU set number B961 (presumably cars 53608 and 54208) leave Westbury on a Yeovil to Bristol Temple Meads service on 15 May, 1990. Glen Batten.

Date: 14th April 1991

Set number: B962

A depot full of Class 108s. Bristol Bath Road on Sunday 14 April 1991 - closest to the right is set B962 with DMBS 53619, working left B961 (presumably 54208 + 53608) is in the distance, looking freshly painted with the black mask is B979 (presumably 54260 + 53931), side by side with B966 (possibly 54191 visible). The DMBS partially seen on the left is 53614, withdrawn in January that year and in a few months it would arrive at Snailwell for disposal. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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