Vehicle 59386
Class 108
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30493
Diagram: 545
Allocations
| 28/10/58 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
| w/e 03/01/59 | Transferred to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| 4w/e 31/10/59 | On loan to | 41A (Darnall) | |
| 4w/e 28/11/59 | Ex-loan back to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| 3w/e 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| Jan-61 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 3w/e 24/11/62 | On loan to | 18A (Toton) | |
| 3w/e 31/02/62 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 3w/e 02/03/63 | On loan to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
| 07/04/63 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 04/01/64 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| 4w/e 04/04/64 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| w/e 05/03/66 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 4w/e 17/06/67 | On loan to | South Gosforth | |
| 2w/e 01/07/67 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| w/e 15/01/78 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 22/08/82 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| circa 1984 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| 29/03/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 25/10/87 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 11/07/88 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 14/05/89 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) PLAX | |
| 28/05/92 | Sector Change to | LA (Laira) RFXX | |
| 09/06/92 | Withdrawn from | LA (Laira) RFXX |
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 20/01/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50620 | 59386 | 50642 | As delivered to 53C - 28th October 1958 | ||||||
| 50620 | 59386 | 50642 | Noted 06/09/59 - working the 'Talyllyn Scenic Diesel' railtour. | ||||||
| 50620 | 59386 | 50642 | Noted 06/09/1959 - RTCS (West Riding Branch) Talyllyn Scenic Railtour 50644-59388-50622 + 50616-56207 + 50620-59386-50642 | ||||||
| 50620 | 59386 | 50642 | Transfer to 41A - 4w/e 31/10/59 - on loan | ||||||
| 50620 | 59386 | 50642 | Transfer to 56G - 4w/e 28/11/59 - ex-loan ER | ||||||
| 50184 | 59084 | 59386 | 50642 | Noted 26/06/60 - at Darlington | |||||
| 50621 | 59386 | 50265 | Transfer to 55H - Jan-61 | ||||||
| 50621 | 59386 | 50265 | Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 01/07/61 | ||||||
| 50620 | 59386 | 50644 | Transfer to 18A - 3w/e 24/11/62 - on loan | ||||||
| 50620 | 59386 | 50644 | Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 29/12/62 - ex-loan LMR | ||||||
| 50620 | 59386 | 50643 | Transfer to 40A - 3w/e 02/03/63 - on loan from NER | ||||||
| 50620 | 59386 | 50643 | Transfer to 51A - 07/04/63 - ex-loan ER | ||||||
| 50620 | 59386 | 50642 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 04/01/64 | ||||||
| 50620 | 59386 | 50746 | Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 04/04/64 | ||||||
| N314 | 50232 | 59386 | 50645 | Noted circa 19711 | |||||
| 50604 | 59386 | 59390 | 50646 | Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle2 | |||||
| 50232 | 59386 | 50645 | Noted 06/08/1974 - at York3 | ||||||
| 50232 | 59386 | 50645 | Noted 28/08/74 - at Heaton4 | ||||||
| N314 | 50232 | 59386 | 50645 | Noted 28/08/74 - in Newcastle Central (set number on solebar of 50232)4 | |||||
| 50232 | 59386 | 50645 | Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot4 | ||||||
| 50639 | 59248 | 59386 | 50646 | Noted circa 19781 | |||||
| 50613 | 59248 | 59386 | 50646 | Noted 14/04/78 - on 06:17 Doncaster-Hull5 | |||||
| 50613 | 59248 | 59386 | 50646 | Noted 15/04/1978 - at York 3 | |||||
| 50639 | 59386 | 59248 | 50646 | Noted 13/08/80 - at Morecambe with 51552 + 51542 | |||||
| 51901 | 59386 | 52055 | Noted circa 03/19831 | ||||||
| 51938 | 59386 | 52039 | Noted circa 12/19831 | ||||||
| BX498 | 51938 | 59386 | 52039 | Noted 08/09/1984 - at Skegness having worked from Manchester area with 53457-59149-50509 | |||||
| BX498 | 51938 | 59386 | 52039 | Noted circa 11/19841 | |||||
| 51938 | 59386 | 52039 | Noted circa 06/19851 | ||||||
| BX494 | 51938 | 59386 | 52039 | Listed at BX - circa Jul-85 | |||||
| BX494 | 51938 | 59386 | 52039 | Listed at BX - circa Dec-85 | |||||
| 51938 | 59386 | 52039 | Noted 25/05/86 - on 08:48 Stoke - Llandudno with 53316 + 59306 + 53334 / 51941 + 59187 + 520566 | ||||||
| BX494 | 51938 | 59386 | 52039 | Listed at Buxton - Summer 1986 | |||||
| BX494 | 51938 | 59386 | 52039 | Noted 23/11/19861 | |||||
| T901 | 51936 | 59386 | 52051 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
| T901 | 51936 | 59386 | 52051 | Noted circa 07/19871 | |||||
| T901 | 51936 | 59386 | 52051 | Noted 11/07/87 - at Norwich4 | |||||
| 901 | 51936 | 59386 | 52051 | Noted 12/09/87 - at Norwich4 | |||||
| 51936 | 59386 | 52051 | Transfer to ED - 25/10/87 - from TS | ||||||
| 108384 | 51936 | 59386 | 52051 | Listed at ED - Jan-88 | |||||
| 108384 | 51936 | 59386 | 52051 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 51936 | 59386 | 52051 | Noted 3rd January 1989 | ||||||
| 384 | 51936 | 59386 | 52051 | Noted 21st January 1989 | |||||
| P828 | 51936 | 59386 | 52051 | Listed at LA - 15/05/89 | |||||
| P828 | 51936 | 59386 | 53163 | Listed at LA - Jul-91 | |||||
| P828 | 51936 | 59386 | 53163 | Listed at LA - Aug-91 | |||||
| P828 | 51936 | 59386 | 53253 | Listed at LA - Dec-91 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Leonard Rogers
6: Martin Baumann
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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: 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.
Date: 23rd July 1983
The "Warcop Wanderer" railtour at Barrow-in-Furness on 23 July 1983. The tour ran from Manchester Victoria, Six Bells lists the formation as 51901 + 59386 + 52055 / 51943 + 59388 + 52058. Chris Lings.
Date: 23rd July 1983
51901 at the head of the "Warcop Wanderer" railtour at Warcop on the 23rd July 1983. Six Bells lists the formation as 51901 + 59386 + 52055 / 51943 + 59388 + 52058. Chris Lings.
Date: 23rd July 1983
The participants of the "Warcop Wanderer" tour head out for a photograph during the stop at Warcop on 23 July 1983. Six Bells lists the formation as 51901 + 59386 + 52055 / 51943 + 59388 + 52058. Chris Lings.
Date: 14th July 1985
Set number: BX494
BX494 (M51938 + M59386 + M52039) class 108 dmu, part of the Buxton allocation, passes New Mills South Junction with the Summer Sundays only Buxton-New Mills Central - Buxton Peak Rail Ramber service, in this view heading back to Buxton, whilst a pair of 20's pass by with a Tunstead - Northwich working. 14th July 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 14th August 1986
Set number: BX494
A 3 car class 108 (52039 nearest the camera, presumably with 59386 + 51938) and a class 104 seen at Buxton on 14 August 1986. Robert28194.
Date: 11th February 1989
Set number: 384
Class 108 set 384 (presumably 52051 + 59386 + 51936) is seen in Prestonpans station on February 11th, 1989, with the 13:10 Haymarket - Dunbar service. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: circa 1990
Set number: 828
A Class 101 about to pass a three-car Class 108 (which appears to be set 828, presumably 52051 + 59386 + 51936) at Cockwood Harbour, South Devon. 52051 was transferred to Plymouth in May 1989 and the image would be taken between then and February 1991 when it was involved in a serious fire. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 28th April 1990
Set number: P828
Bit of a rusty rail manoeuvre here, the Cornish Railway Society's 'China Clay Rambler' railtour on 28 April 1990 formed of a 2 + 3-car class 108 DMU formation with set P828 (52051+59386+51936) leading here. The tour is seen in Gaverigan Tip Sidings, this short branch off the Newquay line was the one time Cornwall Mineral Railways Meledor Mill branch which left the Newquay line at St.Dennis Junction. By this date the sidings once used as a local ballast tip were largely out of use and are thought to have been disconnected from the Newquay branch and removed some time after 1991. Adrian Nicholls.
Date: 20th July 1991
Set number: 828
A five-car DMU formation (53163 + 59386 + 51936 with 53627 + 53941) departing from Exeter St Davids station for Barnstaple on 20 July 1990. Keith Miller.