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Vehicle 50606 / 53606

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

04/07/58	New to	53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58	Transferred to	53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)	- (53C closed)
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
w/e 01/04/67	Transferred to	South Gosforth
May-73	Depot code change	GF
w/e 21/08/77	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
13/05/84	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
2w/e 14/05/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
03/05/87	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
10/05/87	Transferred to	KD (Carlisle Kingmoor)
Oct-87	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
15/05/88	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
09/03/89	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill) PWYX
p/e 07/10/89	Sector Change to	NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ
23/10/89	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50606 - original number
53606 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Jan-75 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 30/09/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50606	56197	As delivered to 53C - 4th July 1958
	50606	56191	Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
	50606	56197	Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 25/03/67
	50606	56203	Transfer to South Gosforth - w/e 01/04/67
	50606	56190	Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle¹
	50606	56190	Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle ²
N141	50606	56190	Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number on on 50606³
	50606	56190	Noted 02/03/77
	50606	56200	Noted circa 11/1979⁴
	50606	56200	Noted 10/08/80
	50606	56200	Noted circa 10/1982⁴
	53606	54195	Noted 16/10/1986⁴
	53606	54195	Noted 22/10/1986⁴
	53606	54195	Noted 11/12/1986⁴
	53606	54198	Noted circa 03/1987⁴
	53606	54196	Transfer to KD - 10/05/87 - from BG
N615	53606	54196	Listed at NH - May 1988
N615	53606	54196	Listed at NH - May-88
	53606	54196	Noted 11/03/89
NL255	53606	54221	Listed at NL - 05/09/89

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

September 1973

In September 1973 a South Gosforth allocated Class 108 set sits in Carlisle station. The DMBS is E50606, the DTC appears to be E56190. Mel Smith.

Class 108 DMU at Horbury Station Junction

circa late 1980s

A Class 108 DMU with DMBS E50606 closest (presumably paired with E56200) at Horbury Station Junction, circa early 1980s. Paul Redmond.

Class 108 DMU at Lodge Lane Crossing, Farington

7th May 1988

With 'Lancaster' on its destination blind, Former Eastern Region/West Yorkshire PTE Class 108 DMU formed of cars 53606 & 54196 was passing Lodge Lane Crossing at Farington with an Ormskirk to Preston service on May 7th 1988. The two-car set had been transferred from Hull Botanic Gardens to Newton Heath in the period when surviving first generation sets were covering for the then ailing Class 142 fleet. Having traversed Farington Moss from Midge Hall, the 108 was about to descend the gradient towards the WCML at Farington Curve Junction. Martyn Hilbert.

March 1989

Set number: N615

Class 108 DMU set N615 at Kirkby Stephen in March 1989. The vehicles are presumably 53606 + 54196. George Woods.

11th March 1989

Set number: N615

Class 108 set N615 (presumably 53606 + 54196) at Long Preston on 11th March 1989. Roger Geach.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 2nd March 1977

E56190 and E50606 changing lines at Pelaw on the 2nd March 1977. Ian Francis.

Date: 10th August 1980

Morecambe station on the 10th August 1980. The refurbished Class 108 set is formed E50621 + E56210, E56200 + E50606. Partially visible on the left is a 4-car 104 with a 2-car 108. Robert Frise.

Date: circa early 1980s

A Class 108 DMU with DTCL E56200 closest (presumably paired with E50606) at Horbury Station Junction, circa early 1980s. Paul Redmond.

Date: 29th August 1988

With its first class saloon downgraded to second, Class 108 Driving Trailer Second Lavatory (DTSL) and Motor Brake Second 53606, were stood in the carriage sidings at Southport on August 29th 1988. 54196 had an unusually small BR emblem that looked as though it was part of a West Yorkshire PTE logo without the 'Metro Train' branding. Martyn Hilbert.

Date: March 1989

Set number: N615

A two-car Class 108 at Kirkby Stephen in March 1989. The DTSL closest carries set number N615 and so is likely to be 54196 transferred from Newton Heath to Neville Hill that month, presumably with DMBS 53606. George Woods.

Date: 11th March 1989

Class 108 E54196+E53606 at Helwith Bridge on the 11th March 1989 with the 13.03 Leeds-Carlisle. Kevin Law.

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