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
04/07/58 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
4w/e 26/11/60 | Transferred to | 55F (Manningham) | |
05/03/67 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | - Manningham closed |
May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
13/05/84 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
11/05/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
10/05/87 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
27/03/92 | Withdrawn from | BR (Bristol Bath Road) PBRX |
50608 - original number
53608 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
50608 | 56199 | As delivered to 53C - 4th July 1958 | |||||||
50608 | 56199 | Transfer to 55F - 4w/e 26/11/60 | |||||||
50608 | 56199 | Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 25/03/67 | |||||||
50608 | 56199 | Noted 20/08/69 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
50608 | 56208 | Noted 14/08/70 - at Leeds2 | |||||||
50608 | 56208 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Leeds City1 | |||||||
50608 | 59233 | 59712 | 51825 | Noted 12/08/1971 - at York3 | |||||
50608 | 56208 | Noted 28/08/1972 - at Scarborough4 | |||||||
50608 | 56208 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster1 | |||||||
50608 | 56208 | Noted 06/08/1974 - at Leeds4 | |||||||
50608 | 56208 | Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot2 | |||||||
50608 | 56208 | Noted 03/04/76 - at Doncaster2 | |||||||
50608 | 56208 | Noted circa 01/19775 | |||||||
50608 | 56208 | Noted circa 03/19835 | |||||||
53608 | 54190 | Noted circa 08/19865 | |||||||
53608 | 54190 | Noted 22/10/19865 | |||||||
53608 | 54190 | Noted 25/10/19865 | |||||||
B961 | 53608 | 54208 | Formed at BR May-87 | ||||||
B961 | 53608 | 54208 | Listed at BR - Aug-87 | ||||||
B961 | 53608 | 54208 | Listed at BR - Oct-87 | ||||||
B961 | 53608 | 54208 | Listed at BR - 29/02/88 | ||||||
B961 | 53608 | 54208 | Listed at BR - 15/05/89 | ||||||
B961 | 53608 | 54208 | Listed at BR - Jul-91 | ||||||
B961 | 53608 | 54208 | Listed at BR - Aug-91 | ||||||
B961 | 53608 | 54208 | Listed at BR - Dec-91 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
Class 108 DMU set No. B961 (53608 and 54208) arrives at Bristol Temple Meads on a service from Severn Beach, 19 September 1987. Brian Creasey.
Class 108 set B961 (53608 + presumably 54208) at Abergavenny with a Shrewsbury - Cardiff service on 13 May 1988. Walter Burt.
Set B961 (53608 + 54208) in Weymouth station on June 30, 1988, after arriving on a service from Bristol. Hamish Stevenson.
Derby class 108 DMU set B961 (presumably 53608 + 54208) seen arriving at Cheltenham Spa from the south in April 1989 Bob Belcher.
Class 108 DMBS 53608 from set B961 in Bath station on 29 September 1990. Nicholas T Smith.
On June 30, 1988, 54208 + 53608 are seen in Yeovil Pen Mill station. Hamish Stevenson.
54208 + 53608 in Weymouth station after arriving on a service from Bristol TM, June 30, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.
54208 + 53608 (set B961) arrives onto Clifton Down station with the 07:07 Severn Beach - Bristol TM service on July 1st, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.
54208 leads Class 108 set B961 (presumably with 53608) into Yate station on the summer of 1989. Michael Mensing.
Class 108 DMU set number B961 (presumably cars 53608 and 54208) leave Westbury on a Yeovil to Bristol Temple Meads service on 15 May, 1990. Glen Batten.
A depot full of Class 108s. Bristol Bath Road on Sunday 14 April 1991 - closest to the right is set B962 with DMBS 53619, working left B961 (presumably 54208 + 53608) is in the distance, looking freshly painted with the black mask is B979 (presumably 54260 + 53931), side by side with B966 (possibly 54191 visible). The DMBS partially seen on the left is 53614, withdrawn in January that year and in a few months it would arrive at Snailwell for disposal. Stuart Mackay Collection.