Vehicle 50611
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
| 07/08/58 | New to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/60 | Transferred to | 55F (Manningham) | |
| 2w/e 09/10/65 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 2w/e 12/03/66 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 26/10/66 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |
50611 was involved in the following incident:
31/08/66 - Thornton, ScR
Collision involving Class 108
Info from Railway Observer
A DMU that included DMBS 50611 was involved in a collision at Thornton, no other details known.
Disposal
Scrapped by BR, Cowlairs Works
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50611 | 56202 | As delivered to 56G - 7th August 1958 | |||||||
| 50611 | 56202 | Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60 | |||||||
| 50611 | 56202 | Transfer to 50C - 2w/e 09/10/65 | |||||||
| 50611 | 56202 | Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66 |
Images:
12th March 1966
A two-car Class 108 and three-car Class 107 arrive into Gourock with a service from Glasgow on March 12, 1966, the last day of semaphore signals. The DTC on the 108 seems to be 56202, which means the power car closest is almost certainly 50611. They had been transferred from the NER the previous month, the power car has a distinct darker patch under the Sc where the previous prefix had been painted over. Corriebob.
circa 1967
Accident damaged Class 108 DMBS 50611. This was presumably in a collision that happened at Thornton on August 31st 1966. AA McLean Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1966
A Derby twin set (later Class 108) in Corstorphine station in 1966. Scotland had just two driver trailer sets at this time, 50610 + 56201 and 50611 + 56202. Walter Burt.