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| 28/02/71 | Withdrawn from | 6A (Chester) |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:
17th May 1963
Park Royal class 103 DMBS M50397 is at work on a Walsall to Dudley service seen at Great Bridge North. This was the LNWR station at Great Bridge, the GWR station (Great Bridge South) was situated on the line from Swan Village to Horsleyfield Junction. The background is one of heavy industry with Evered's Works and Cashmore's, a firm that would be responsible for cutting many redundant railway vehicles. In 2010 nothing, apart from an overgrown segment of the station path, was visible. Taken by Peter Shoesmith on 17/05/1963. Geoff Dowling and John Whitehouse Collection.
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.