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Vehicle 50608 / 53608

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)
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27/03/92	Withdrawn from	BR (Bristol Bath Road) PBRX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50608 - original number
53608 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 06/08/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	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	54208			Noted 11/07/1984 - Unknown working Doncaster - Sheffield ⁶
	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
6: MidlandDeltic

Images:

19th September 1987

Set number: B961

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.

13th May 1988

Set number: B961

Class 108 set B961 (53608 + presumably 54208) at Abergavenny with a Shrewsbury - Cardiff service on 13 May 1988. Walter Burt.

30th June 1988

Set number: B961

Set B961 (53608 + 54208) in Weymouth station on June 30, 1988, after arriving on a service from Bristol. Hamish Stevenson.

April 1989

Set number: B961

Derby class 108 DMU set B961 (presumably 53608 + 54208) seen arriving at Cheltenham Spa from the south in April 1989 Bob Belcher.

29th September 1990

Set number: B961

Class 108 DMBS 53608 from set B961 in Bath station on 29 September 1990. Nicholas T Smith.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 30th June 1988

Set number: B961

On June 30, 1988, 54208 + 53608 are seen in Yeovil Pen Mill station. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: 30th June 1988

Set number: B961

54208 + 53608 in Weymouth station after arriving on a service from Bristol TM, June 30, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: 1st July 1988

Set number: B961

54208 + 53608 (set B961) arrives onto Clifton Down station with the 07:07 Severn Beach - Bristol TM service on July 1st, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: 1989

Set number: B961

54208 leads Class 108 set B961 (presumably with 53608) into Yate station on the summer of 1989. Michael Mensing.

Date: 15th May 1990

Set number: B961

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.

Date: 14th April 1991

Set number: B962

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.

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