Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30406
Diagram: 543
11/07/58 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
w/e 03/01/59 | Transferred to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
2w/e 30/04/60 | Transferred to | 55F (Manningham) | |
05/03/67 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | - Manningham closed |
May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
22/04/84 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
11/05/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
01/02/87 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
50603 - original number
53603 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Nov-74 - AWS fitted
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
50603 | 56194 | As delivered to 51A - 11th July 1958 | |||||||
50603 | 56194 | Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60 | |||||||
50603 | 56194 | Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 25/03/67 | |||||||
50603 | 56208 | Noted 12/07/68 - in Leeds City1 | |||||||
50603 | 56194 | Noted 27/05/70 - at Keighley1 | |||||||
50603 | 56194 | Noted 24/10/70 - at Sheffield Midland1 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 04/09/71 - at York1 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Leeds2 | |||||||
50603 | 56197 | Noted 17/04/74 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 27/08/1974 - at Doncaster3 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 29/08/74 - in Sheffield Midland4 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 08/09/75 - at Doncaster1 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 16/09/75 - at Hull1 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 17/01/76 - at Brough1 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 10/04/76 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted circa 01/19775 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 05/01/77 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 08/1979 - at York working a service to Hull, unusually from Up Main Platform. | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 19/05/80 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted circa 10/19825 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted circa 03/19835 | |||||||
53603 | 54198 | Noted 07/01/19845 | |||||||
53603 | 54198 | Transfer to BG - 22/04/84 - from NL | |||||||
53603 | 54198 | Noted circa 11/19855 | |||||||
53603 | 59383 | 53237 | Noted circa 05/19865 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
Refurbished Class 108 E50603 and E56198 at Knottingley with a Goole service on 5 June 1979. Brian Daniels.
50603 seen between Mirfield & Thornhill Junction on the 19th May 1980, paired with 56198. Malcolm Clements.
A Class 108 DMU formed of E50603 + E56198 is seen at Harrogate on 28 January 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 108 E53603 cab facing and E54190 back end of vehicle are seen in the coach stack at Snailwell on October 26th 1987.Also see 5th June 1988 after they were removed from the stack. Nicholas Youngman.
Class 108 DMBS E53603 seen in Snailwell on June 5, 1988. Had been stacked previously from around October 1987. Nicholas Youngman.
A Class 108 DMU formed of E56198 + E50603 at Knottingley on 5 June 1979. Brian Daniels.
Two Class 108 DMU vehicles - E54190 (cab in view) next to E53603 (back end) - in a pile of vehicles awaiting disposal at Snailwell circa 1987/8. RichardMid67.
Class 108s E53603 (left) and E54190 (right) seen in Snailwell on June 5th 1988. Both previously had been stacked from around October 1987. Nicholas Youngman.