Set B962
These formations have been noted:
| 54201 | Listed at BR - Aug-87 | |||||||
| 53612 | 54492 | Listed at BR - 15/05/89 | ||||||
| 53612 | 54492 | Noted 22/03/90 - on 2B87 1724 Bristol TM-Cardiff running vice loco | ||||||
| 53612 | 54492 | Noted 23/03/90 - on 2B87 1724 Bristol TM-Cardiff running vice loco | ||||||
| 53612 | 54492 | Noted circa 04/19901 | ||||||
| 53612 | 54230 | Listed at BR - Jul-91 | ||||||
| 53619 | 54230 | Listed at BR - Aug-91 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
4th March 1989
Class 108 set B962 (54492 + 53612) at Bristol Temple Meads on 4/3/89. Sparegang.
8th April 1989
Class 108 set no. B962 formed DMBS 53612 and DTCL 54492 at Bristol Parson Street heading for Taunton on 8/Apr/1989. Robert Chilton.
May 1989
BR (Derby) Class 108 2-car Local Passenger dmu Set No.B962 consisting of cars No.E54492 (Class 142) & No.53612 (Class 108/2), refurbished, 1960 batch, with blanked-off 4-character headcode panel in Rail Blue & Grey livery with all yellow front ends and black window surrounds and a red bufferbeams at Nailsea & Backwell on a Bristol (Temple Meads) - Taunton service, 05/89. Hugh Llewelyn.
July 1989
B962 at Cheltenham in July 1989, with 53612 closest. Mike Cooper.
July 1989
B962 leaving Cheltenham in July 1989, with 53612 closest. Mike Cooper.
14th April 1991
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 The DMBS partially seen on the left is 53614, withdrawn in January that year and in a few months it would arrive at Snailwell for disposal.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.
May 1991
BR (Derby) Class 108 2-car Local Passenger dmu Set No.B962 (54492 and presumably 53612) at Bristol (Temple Meads) on a Taunton - Cardiff service, 05/91. Hugh Llewelyn.
Do you have any images of the set you can add?