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Vehicle 50604 / 53604

Class 108

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

Allocations

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)
2w/e 09/10/65	Transferred to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
3w/e 20/05/67	Transferred to	South Gosforth
May-73	Depot code change	GF
w/e 24/10/76	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
13/05/84	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
11/05/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
15/03/87	Stored U.
12/04/87	Reinstated	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
26/07/87	Stored U.	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-88	Withdrawn from	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50604 - original number
53604 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 10/12/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

50604	56195			As delivered to 51A - 11th July 1958
50604	56195			Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
50604	56195			Transfer to 50C - 2w/e 09/10/65
50604	56195			Transfer to South Gosforth - 3w/e 20/05/67
50604	59390	50646		Noted 24/03/73 - at Doncaster¹
50604	59386	59390	50646	Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle²
50604	59390	50646		Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot³
50604	59383	50646		Noted 29/03/1976 - on 13:10 Newcastle to Middlesborough⁴
50604	56203			Noted circa 01/1977⁵
50604	56203			Noted 05/01/77 - at Leeds¹
50604	56203			Noted 25/02/78 - on 2L57 2120 Doncaster-Leeds with 50619 + 56198
50604	56203			Noted 04/02/79 - on 16:15 Skipton - Leeds⁶
50604	56203			Noted circa 10/1982⁵
50604	56203			Noted circa 03/1983⁵
53604	54199			Noted circa 05/1986⁵
53604	54199			Noted 14/08/86 - at York³
53604	54199			Noted 19th August 1986
53604	54199			Noted 15/10/1986⁵

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Phil Shatford

Images:

8th September 1967

A Class 108 DMBS (50604) / Class 100 DTC combo is seen at Alston after arrival with 1200 ex-Haltwhistle on Friday 08/09/1967. It would be be nearly nine years before the branch closed in May 1976. Graeme Phillips Collection.

28th October 1978

Two Class 108 twins at Castleford (West) on 28 October 1978. Goole is on the destination blind, but it was recorded on the slide as a Leeds service. It also noted E50604 was the closest vehicle, it is presumably paired with E56203. Stuart Mackay Collection.

4th September 1979

Refurbished Class 108 DMBS E50604 and a Class 114 are seen in Sheffield station on 4/9/79. David Faircloth.

2nd June 1982

Class 108 vehicles E50604 and E56203 form the 17:50 to Saltburn at Darlington on June 2nd, 1982. John Carter.

5th June 1988

Class 108 DMBS E53604 at Vic Berrys, Leicester on 5-6-88. Kevin Dowd.

5th June 1988

"Em, it won't fit in the skip Sir!" 53604 is raised for easier removal of underframe items, which made for easier stacking. Vic Berry's 5/6/88. Jerry Glover.

5th June 1988

E53604 on top of two skips to allow underframe components to be cut off. Vic Berrys, 5th June 1988. Malcolm Clements.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 31st May 1982

E56203 + E50604 with a Hartlepool train in Darlington station on May 31st, 1982. John Carter.

Date: 31st May 1982

Met-Camm set E56219 + E50256 and Class 108 set E56203 + E50604 in Darlington station on May 31st, 1982. John Carter.

Date: 11th May 1986

Leeds Neville Hill allocated Class 108 2 car set formed of DTCL E54199 and DMBS E53604 are stabled at Hull Botanic Gardens TMD on the 11th May 1988. Both vehicles are wearing 'Metrotrain' decals and would continue in service for a short while before being scrapped at Vic Berry's Yard in Leicester during June 1988. Bob Woolnough.

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