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Vehicle 56239 / 54239

Class 108

BR Diagram 640

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30466
Diagram: 640

Allocations

The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 50956 during the unknown period are:

14/03/59 New to 5B (Crewe South)
Apr-59 Transferred to 3C (Ryecroft)
Jun-59 Transferred to 9G (Reddish)
4w/e 30/01/60 Transferred to 14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 27/02/60 Transferred to 9E (Trafford Park)
4w/e 01/06/63 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
3w/e 31/10/65 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
w/e 06/05/67 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)

Then the allocations for 56239 are:

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)
29/09/91 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
05/10/92 Withdrawn from LO (Longsight) RFXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56239 - original number
54239 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Jul-72 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50956 56239 As delivered to 5B - 14th March 1959
50956 56239 Transfer to 3C - Apr-59
50954 56239 Noted 25/08/1973 - at Carlisle1
56239 Noted 01/09/74 - on Kingmoor depot, loose vehicle2
50960 56239 Noted 24/08/75 - on Carlisle Kingmoor depot2
50962 56239 Noted 24/04/1976 - at Lancaster 3
50962 56239 Noted 22/05/76 - at Carnforth4
50958 56239 Noted 31/07/78 - at Lancaster
50958 56239 Listed at KD - circa Aug-80
53958 54239 Listed at KD - 01/01/85
53958 54239 Noted 08/06/1985 - L.N.E.R. Society Railtours The Settle & Carlisle Express Railtour Carnforth-Cumbrian Coast-Carlisle option
53958 54239 Listed at Carlisle Kingmoor - Summer 1986
53958 54239 Noted 11/04/19875
53958 54239 Listed at KD - circa Jan-88
53958 54239 Noted 17/08/886
53958 54239 Noted 22/10/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
53958 54239 Noted 28/10/88 - on 12:28 Newcastle - Hexham service6
53958 54239 Noted 17/12/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
53958 54239 Listed at HT - Feb-89
53958 54239 Noted 04/02/89 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
53958 54239 Noted 04/03/89 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
53958 54239 Noted 13/05/89 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service6
53958 54239 Noted 13/05/89 - on 17:50 Newcastle - Hexham service6
53957 54239 Noted 15/05/89 - on 18:23 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
53957 54239 Noted 17/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6
53957 54239 Noted 18/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6
53957 54239 Noted 13/06/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6
53958 54239 Noted 26/06/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6
53958 54239 Noted 08/07/89 - on 15:14 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
53958 54239 Noted 23/09/89 - on 14:15 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness6
53958 54239 Noted 23/09/89 - on 12:56 Whitehaven - Carlisle6
53958 54239 Noted 29/09/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6
53958 54239 Noted 16/10/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6
53958 54239 Noted 24/10/89 - on 09:02 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
53958 54239 Noted 24/10/89 - on 11:05 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness6
53958 54239 Noted 25th October 1989
53958 54239 Noted 18/12/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
53958 54239 Noted 18/12/89 - on 16:47 Hexham - Sunderland service6
53950 54239 Noted 18/04/90 - on 06:30 Newcastle - Seaham service6
53950 54239 Noted 18/04/90 - on 19:15 Newcastle - Whitehaven6
53950 54239 Noted 18/06/90 - on 14:15 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness with 53956 + 542386
53950 54239 Noted 18/06/90 - on 10:07 Dumfries - Carlisle6
53950 54239 Noted circa 02/19915
HT58 53958 54239 Listed at HT - Jul-91
53950 54239 Noted 27/07/91 - on 15:15 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
HT58 53958 54239 Listed at HT - Aug-91
LO297 53958 54239 Listed at LO - Dec-91
LO297 53958 54239 Noted circa 02/19925
53958 54239 Noted 03/06/92 - on 14:54 Wigan - Chester7
LO297 53958 54239 Listed at LO - 02/07/92
53958 54239 Noted 04/07/92 - on 16:38 Manchester Piccadilly - Sheffield7
LO297 53958 54239 Listed at LO - 24/09/92

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Graeme Phillips
7: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Whitehaven

circa 1976

A Class 108 set, M56239 closest, on a Barrow service in Whitehaven station. Date unknown - probably 1976. Walter Burt Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Carlisle

March 1976

BR (Derby) Class 108 2-car Local Passenger dmu Nos. E56239 + E50964 in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends departing Carlisle (Citadel) on a service to Whitehaven and Workington, 03/76. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 108 DMU at Lancaster

31st July 1978

M56239 is at Lancaster with M50958 on 31st July 1978. On the left is M51940 + M52055. Robert Frise.

Class 108 DMU at Carnforth

15th June 1980

With the former Midland Railway route to Wennington and Settle Junction curving away to the right, a four-car Class 108 DMU formation was running over former the Furness Railway route from Barrow as they approached Carnforth Station Junction with a Barrow-in-Furness to Preston service on June 15th 1980. The leading car complete with its first class saloon was Driving Trailer Composite Lavatory (DTCL) M56239 coupled to Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M50958, with M56270 & M50987 behind. The large footbridge spanning all the tracks was once the pedestrian entrance to Carnforth MPD. At the time, Newton Heath & Carlisle Kingmoor allocated Class 108's were synonymous on stopping services along the former Furness Railway route from Carnforth to Barrow and along the Cumbrian Coast to Carlisle. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 108 DMU at Preston

Unknown date

A two-car Class 108 DMU with DTSL M56239 seen in Preston station circa early 1980s. Paul Redmond.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: March 1976

BR (Derby) Class 108 2-car Local Passenger dmu Nos.E50964 (Class 108/2) & E56239 (Class 142) in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends arriving at Carlisle on a service from Whitehaven and Workington, 03/76. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: March 1976

The Joint LNWR/CR Carlisle (Citadel) Station, with a BR (Derby) Class 108 2-car dmu Nos. M50964 (108/2) & M56239 (142) of the 1959 batch on a Whitehaven service, 03/76. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 5th July 1991

The Sellafield worker's 'peak' service train from Barrow in Furness, formed of 'Derby Lightweight' M53950 and M54239, arrives at Ravenglass, the 07:38 departure through to Carlisle, 5th July 1991. Gordon Edgar.

DMU

Date: 6th February 1992

Set number: LO297

53958 + 54239 set LO297 arrive at Manchester Piccadilly, February 6, 1992. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 16th July 1992

M52053 with 54239 behind. I later went on to have the pleasure of driving 52053 during the time it was owned by the DMU group I am a shareholder of, until it was sold on. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: September 1992

Set number: LO297

A Class 108 (sel LO297, presumably 53958 + 54239) and a Class 101 at Birkett Common in September 1992. George Woods.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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