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Vehicle 50626 / 53626 / 977745

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: 30407
Diagram: 543

Allocations

27/12/58	New to	18A (Toton)
Jun-59	Transferred to	26A (Newton Heath)
Oct-59	Transferred to	8C (Speke Junction)
Jun-60	Transferred to	6G (Llandudno Junction)
Jul-60	Transferred to	8H (Allerton)
Apr-61	Transferred to	6A (Chester)
4w/e 07/05/66	Transferred to	8J (Allerton)
5w/e 12/08/67	Transferred to	16C (Derby Etches Park)
4w/e 31/05/69	Transferred to	8J (Allerton)
06/05/73	Depot code change	AN
w/e 13/05/79	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
31/03/85	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
27/04/86	Transferred to	BX (Buxton)
19/03/89	Transferred to	CH (Chester) PMSX
14/05/89	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill) PNLX
07/07/91	Transferred to	LO (Longsight) PLOX
09/10/91	Withdrawn from	LO (Longsight) PLOX
14/11/91	To departmental stock	LO (Longsight)
Oct-92	Withdrawn

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50626 - original number
53626 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
977745 - from Oct-91 (departmental stock)

Department Use as ADB977745

Sandite / Route Learner From 10/91 to 10/92.

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 30/07/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50626	56212		As delivered to 18A - 27th December 1958
	50626	56212		Transfer to 8C - Oct-59
	50626	56212		Transfer to 6A - Apr-61
	50626	56212		Noted 05/01/66 - in Manchester Exchange station¹
	50626	56212		Transfer to 8J - 4w/e 31/05/69
	50626	56499		Noted 02/09/73 - in Manchester Oxford Road²
	50626	56493		Noted 04/09/74 - at Allerton²
	50626	56495		Noted 28/08/75 - at Allerton²
	50626	56499		Noted 12/09/1977 - 18.42 Newton-le-Willows to Lime Street with 51421-56498³
	50626	56499		Noted 30/09/1977 - 16.50 Lime Street to Allerton³
	50626	59384	50636	Noted circa 04/1982³
	50626	59384	50636	Noted 15/05/82 - on 13.55 Cambridge - Doncaster
	50626	50636		Noted circa 10/1982³
	50626	50636		Noted circa 03/1983³
	53626	53636		Noted circa 08/1983³
	53626	53636		Listed at NL - 01/01/85
	53626	53636		Transfer to NH - 31/03/85 - from NL
BX480	53626	59152	53636	Listed at Buxton - Summer 1986
	53626	59152	53636	Noted 26/07/1986 - Llandudno-Man Vic (6-car)⁴
	53626	59152	53636	Listed at BX - Jun-87
BX480	53626	59152	53636	Noted 18/07/1987³
	53626	59144	53636	Listed at BX - mid Nov-87
BX370	53626	59144	53636	Noted 13/12/1987³
BX370	53626	59144	53636	Listed at BX - May 1988
	53626	59144	53636	Noted 18/06/88 - at Norwich with 51950 + 59155 + 52062 on the Manchester – Gt. Yarmouth service²
BX370	53626	59144	53636	Noted circa Jul-88
	53626	53636		Noted 31/05/89⁵
	53626	53636		Noted 12/08/89 - on Neville Hill depot
	53626	59387	53636	Noted 30/08/89 - on 08:48 York - Sheffield direct via Pontefract⁵
NL571	53626	59387	53636	Listed at NL - 05/09/89
	53626	59387	53636	Noted 02/10/89 - on 17:16 York - Leeds via Harrogate⁵
	53626	59387	53636	Noted 28/10/89 - on 16:24 Windermere - Oxenholme⁵
	53626	54365		Noted 20/08/90 - at Sheffield
	53626	54346		Noted circa 02/1991³
	53626	54346		Noted 21/02/91 - on 13:44 York - Sheffield⁶
spare	53626			Listed at NL - Jul-91
LO282	53626	54262		Noted 27/07/91 - at Manchester Victoria
LO282	53626	54262		Listed at LO - Aug-91
LO282	53626	54262		Noted circa 09/1991³

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Chris Moxon
5: Graeme Phillips
6: David Bellamy

Images:

Unknown date

A three-car Class 108 DMU led by DMBS E50626 at Worksop. Date unknown but prior to refurbishment in July 1982. Paul Redmond.

3rd June 1978

A 2-car class 108 with 50626 leading, at Preston as an unidentified 86 enters the station from the north on 3/Jun/1978. Robert Chilton.

15th May 1982

The northbound lunchtime service over the joint line, the the 13.55 Cambridge - Doncaster is seen arriving at March on 15th May 1982 formed of a Derby Works 3 car dmu E50626 + E59384 + E50636 allocated to Leeds Neville Hill. The set was refurbished later in 1982. It was not uncommon to see sets from Neville Hill and even South Gosforth on the joint line trains, although most of the time the Derby Heavyweight Class 114s and Cravens Class 105 sets held sway. In the background behind the Shenfield units can be seen withdrawn LMR DMUs including a Class 104 centre car and a Cravens. Gerard Fletcher.

5th June 1988

Set number: BX370

Delivered in December 1958, Class 108 DMBS M53626 is stabled outside the Test House at BREL Doncaster Works on the 5th June 1988 after what was probably it’s last General Overhaul. At the time allocated to Buxton MPD as can be seen by the unit code in the window M53626 would be withdrawn from passenger service in October 1991 and renumbered as ADB977745 in service as a Route Learning / Sandite vehicle until finally withdrawn a year later in October 1992 and scrapped by CF Booth, Rotherham during January 1993. Bob Woolnough.

18th June 1988

Set number: BX370

M53626 (presumably with 59144 + 53636) leads a special from Buxton with class 108 and 104 stock seen near Ely West Junction, 18.06.88. Nicholas Youngman.

17th March 1989

Class 108 DMBS M53626 stabled on Buxton depot on 17 March 1989. Roger Geach.

20th August 1990

An odd pairing of class 108 DMBS 53626 (nearest) and class 101 DTCL 54365, standing at Sheffield on 20/Aug/1990. Robert Chilton.

27th July 1991

Set number: LO282

Longsight's class 108 set no. LO282 formed 53626 - 54262 having just arrived at Manchester Victoria on a bright sunny scorching 27 July 1991. Robert Chilton.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 26th May 1979

Complete with its first class saloon, Derby built Class 108 Driving Trailer Composite Lavatory (DTCL) M56212 (coupled with DMBS M50626), was stabled in the sidings at Llandudno Junction on May 26th 1979. Martyn Hilbert.

Date: 15th May 1982

E50636 + E59384 + E50626 at March on 15th May 1982 with the 13.55 Cambridge - Doncaster. There certainly seem to be plenty of passengers, though whether they are boarding or disembarking is unclear. E50636 had had the two character heacode panel plated over, this was a short term fix and at the next major overhaul it would be rebuilt with a flush front. Gerard Fletcher.

Date: 26th July 1986

Set number: BX495

52058, 59388, 51943 and 53636, 59152, 53626 leaving Helsby at 11.31 with a Llandudno-Manchester Victoria service, 26/7/86. Anthony Griffiths.

Date: 12th August 1989

A variety of DMU sets sit in Neville Hill depot on August 12, 1989, including Class 108 set 53636 + 53626, allocated there a few months earlier from Chester. Note the paint under the drivers window probably covering a set number. On the right is a Class 101/108 hybrid set. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: 29th July 1991

Set number: LO282

Set LO282 at Northwich on 29/7/91, on the 08.28 Chester to Manchester Piccadilly, which was timed to wait here for 15 minutes. Presumably 53626 and 54262. David Miller.

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