Set CH274
These formations have been noted:
| 53964 | 54247 | Listed at CH - May 1988 | ||||||
| 53978 | 54261 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 | ||||||
| 53978 | 54261 | Noted circa 12/19891 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
31st August 1988
150 130 tails 150 129 on a 12XX Llandudno -- Chester, and Class 108 Set CH274 (54247 + 53964) works a Chester - Llandudno (relief) at Abergele and Pensarm (at 13XX), Wednesday 31st August 1988. Colin Brooks.
31st August 1988
Retro-green Class 108 Set CH274 (53964 + 54247) on a Llandudno - Chester canters through Abergele and Pensarm (13XX) Wednesday 31st August 1988. Colin Brooks.
31st August 1988
CH274 (54247 + 53964) on a Chester - Llandudno relief approaches Abergele and Pensarm ( at 13XX) on Wednesday 31st August 1988. Colin Brooks.
circa 1989
The retro-green Class 108 set 53964 / 54247 at Carlisle. Circa 1989. Walter Burt.
6th May 1989
Retro-green liveried Class 108 set CH274 (54247 + 53964) with two blue-grey sets arrives into Horton station on 6 May 1989. David Christie.
6th May 1989
Dandry Mire Viaduct seen from a six-car Class 108 formation on May 6, 1989, with retro-green set (53964 + 54247) at the front. David Christie.
6th May 1989
The unmistakable 54247 + 53964 leads this six-car DMU formation (two Class 108 twins and a 108/101) at Baron Wood, north of Lazonby & Kirkoswald on the Settle and Carlisle Line, on 6 May 1989. The set had been transferred from Chester to Neville Hill a couple of days before. Stuart Mackay Collection.
July 1989
The retro-green Class 108 DMU 53964 + 54247 at Foxfield on the Cumbrian Coast line with a Barrow service in July 1989. They were allocated to Heaton on this date. George Woods.
13th August 1989
Retro-green 53964 + 54247 on Heaton depot, 13 August 1989. Keith Miller.
7th October 1989
Retro-green liveried Class 108 M53964 + M54247 in Carlisle station on October 7, 1989, with the 08:40 Carlisle - Millom service. Still carrying a Chester set number, they were now allocated to Neville Hill. Hamish Stevenson.
13th October 1989
Class 108 DMBS no. 53964 is seen at its home depot of Heaton, Newcastle, on 13/10/1989, bereft of its partner, DTS(L) no. 54247. This pair was one of the Class 108s allocated to Kingmoor depot, Carlisle, for services in Cumbria / rural north Lancashire, when it was painted into a version of BR green in 1986. Upon closure of that depot in May 1988, it was one of the smaller proportion that was transferred to Chester depot - the rest going to Heaton - taking it away from Cumbria. However, it was transferred to Heaton in June 1989. Graeme Phillips Collection.
22nd September 1990
M54247 leads M53964 with a service to Barrow-in-Furness at Millom, Cumbria, on 22/09/1990. This pair had been painted into this version of BR green livery in the mid-1980s. Having dominated the West Cumbria line services since the late 1960s, the Class 108s' reign was now entering its final year, with the remaining examples being withdrawn late 1991 and replaced by the then newly-converted Class 153 single cars. Nowadays (2016), the line sees a mix of Northern units, with Classes 153 / 156 being most common, plus some Class 142s. The units are supplemented by some Class 37-hauled services. Graeme Phillips Collection.
6th April 1991
The retro-green Class 108 DMU set (53964 + 54247) sits in Sheffield station on 6 April 1991. It was a Neville Hill set on this date but still displayed traces of its former Chester set number. Robert Thomas.
11th April 1991
Class 108 formed of 54247 (front) and 53964 at Leeds awaiting departure with a Manchester service, 11th April 1991. Although it shows CH27, this is remnants of its Chester set number, 274. David Slack.
27th April 1991
Sheffield on the 27th of April 1991 and this Green liveried DMU (54247 + 53964) is leaving for Leeds. The KDH Archive.
28th May 1991
Class 108 ' Derby Lightweight' set CH274 (DMBS) M53964 and (DTCL) M54247, formerly a Cumbrian Coast regular since the late-1960s and based from Kingmoor diesel TMD. Repainted into British Railways green livery in the mid-1980s, upon closure of Kingmoor depot in May 1988, most of the Class 108s were transferred to Heaton depot for continued use in Cumbria, but this set was one of a batch transferred to Chester depot for a short while, before being transferred to Heaton around the spring of 1989, again returning to Cumbrian Coast diagrams. By this photograph of 28th May 1991 it was spreading its wings further afield, being noted at Huddersfield. Gordon Edgar.
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