Vehicle 50397 / 975137
Class 103
Builder: Park Royal
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30286
Diagram: 635
Allocations
| w/e 31/01/58 | New to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| May-58 | Transferred to | 3C (Ryecroft) | |
| Jun-60 | Depot code change | 21F | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2G | |
| w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
| 28/02/71 | Withdrawn from | 6A (Chester) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50397 - original number
975137 - from Feb-71 (departmental stock) - Allocated but never carried
Department Use as DB975137
CCE Viaduct Inspection Unit No.1. The departmental number was never carried by the vehicle. From 2/71 to 7/78.
Disposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50397 | 56152 | As delivered to 6G - January 1958 | |||||||
| 50397 | 975228 | Noted 02/09/74 - on Penzance depot1 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
Images:
June 1974
Departmental Class 103 vehicles 50397 and 975228 at Long Rock, Penzance sometime in June 1974. Stuart Mackay Collection.
4th August 1974
Park Royal DMU M50397 & DB975228 (M56160) at Long Rock, Penzance - 4th August, 1974. Arnie Furniss.
10th November 1974
The Park Royal Viaduct Inspection Unit (50397 + 975228) at Long Rock, Penzance, on 10 November 1974. Roger Geach.
30th July 1977
Park Royal 'Universal Viaduct Inspection Unit No.1' (M50397) at Didcot on 30 July 1977. David Mant.