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Vehicle 50628 / 53628

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

13/12/58	New to	5D (Cockshute)	- pending allocation
4w/e 27/12/58	Transferred to	18A (Toton)
Jun-59	Transferred to	26A (Newton Heath)
Oct-59	Transferred to	27F (Brunswick)
11/09/61	Transferred to	8H (Allerton)	- presumed move on closure of Brunswick
Sep-63	Depot code change	8J
4w/e 05/04/69	Transferred to	9A (Longsight)
4w/e 31/05/70	Transferred to	6A (Chester)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CH
21/05/83	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
11/05/86	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
07/12/86	Transferred to	BY (Bletchley)
14/05/90	Sector Change to	BY (Bletchley) NNDX
p/e 12/10/91	Transferred to	RG (Reading) NWRX
22/10/93	Transferred to	HQ (Headquarters) NWRX
27/10/93	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) NWRX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50628 - original number
53628 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Dec-75 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 11/12/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50628	56214			As delivered to 5D - 13th December 1958
	50628	56214			Transfer to 27F - Oct-59
	50628	56214			Transfer to 9A - 4w/e 05/04/69
	50628	56214			Transfer to 6A - May-70
	50628	56345			Noted 03/09/73 - at Aberystwyth¹
	50628	56221			Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester²
	50628	56221			Noted 31/07/76 - at Machynlleth¹
	50628	56221			Noted 07/09/77 - at Machynlleth¹
	50628	56214			Noted 28/08/1979 - on 04:15 Shrewsbury to Machynlleth with 51174,56273, 50931 and 51562³
	50628	56503			Noted 04/09/81 - at Shrewsbury working with 55993
	50628	56503			Noted circa 10/1982⁴
	50628	56353			Noted circa 02/1983⁴
	53628	54223			Noted circa 06/1983⁴
	53628	54223			Noted circa 08/1983⁴
TS208	53628	54223			Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS208	53628	54223			Noted circa 06/1986⁴
	53628	54493			Noted 28/12/1986⁴
	53628	59206	59367	51570	Noted 05/05/87 - on a Bletchley - Kettering service
	53628	59206	59367	51570	Noted 24/10/1987⁴
	53628	59367	51570		Noted circa 01/1988⁴
	51942	59163	59206	53628	Noted 24/04/1988⁴
	53628	59734	51572		Noted circa 05/1988⁴
	51942	53628			Noted 01/10/88 - on 06:35 Kettering - Corby and 06:52 Corby - Kettering⁵
	51942	53628			Noted circa 10/1988⁴
	53628	54363			Noted circa 11/1989⁴
	51676	51879	53628	54271	Noted 08/03/90 - at Stratford⁶
	53628	54279			Noted 07/05/90 - on a Kettering - Corby service
L212	53628	54279			Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
L212	53628	54279			Listed at RG - 12/08/92
L212	53628	54279			Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWRX
L212	53628	54279			Noted circa 06/1993⁴
L212	53628	54279			Noted 11th June 1993
L212	53628	54081			Noted 07/08/93 - at London Paddington⁴
L212	53628	54081			Noted 27th August 1993

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: David Bellamy
6: Aaron Calder

Images:

19th September 1961

The 2.57pm Warrington Central - Liverpool Central service coming to a halt in Hunt's Cross station on 19 September 1961. DMBS M50628 is closest at the time allocated to Allerton. Michael Mensing.

September 1984

53628 with a driver trailer at Manchester Victoria in September 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

5th May 1987

A Bletchley - Kettering service at Harrowden formed of Bletchley set 53628 (Class 108) + 59206 (Class 104) + 59367 (Class 116) + 51570 (Class 108) on May 5, 1987. Mike Dean.

7th October 1989

Derby Class 108 DMBS 53628 waits in Bletchley station with a Bedford train on 7 October 1989. Dave Warby.

7th October 1989

A Class 108/101 hybrid DMU (53628 and 54363) in Bedford Midland station after arriving from Bletchley on 7 October 1987. The EMU on the right is 319 027. Dave Warby.

7th October 1989

Derby Class 108 DMBS 53628 waits in Bletchley station with a Bedford train on 7 October 1989. Dave Warby.

7th May 1990

A Network South East two-car Class 108 unit (53628 + 54279) takes the former Nottingham line at Glendon Junction with a Kettering - Corby service on May 7th 1990, its last month of operation. Mike Dean.

7th May 1990

A NSE-liveried Class 108 (53628 + 54279) passes Corby North on May 7, 1990 with a Kettering - Corby service. Mike Dean.

25th May 1990

A Class 108 DMU (53628 + 54279) forms the 16.37 Kettering - Corby departing from Kettering on 25 May 1990, during the last week of service of the experimental Kettering-Corby service. Corby station had been closed in May 1967, but was re-opened on an experimental basis in April 1987. This service was withdrawn as from 2 June 1990. The closure left Corby as, allegedly, the largest town in Europe without a rail service, and, in the ensuing years, there were various proposals for trains to serve Corby once again. But it would be nearly 19 years until East Midlands Trains re-introduced a regular service, including through trains to London, to the town. Lewis Bevan.

11th October 1991

Set number: L212

Class 108 DMU set L212 (53628 + 54279) departs from Reading on 11 October 1991. Sparegang.

23rd November 1991

Set number: L212

At Reading on 23 November 1991 is DMU formation comprising Classes 108, 117 and 119 - 53628 + 54279 / 51379 + 59489 + 51065. Dave Warby.

20th January 1993

Set number: L212

53628 + 54279 at Windsor and Eton Central on 20-01-93. Image by Richard Huggins. John Law Collection.

20th August 1993

Set number: L212

Class 108/101 hybrid L212 (presumably 53628 + 54081) is seen at Banbury on the 20th August 1993. Ian McDonald.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 29th June 1987

Set number: T201

On 29 June 1987 Class 108 51570 leads 59367 (Class 116) + 59206 (Class 104) + 53628 (Class 108) on a Kettering - Bedford service at Kettering South. Despite the Tyseley set number, this was a Bletchley unit. Mike Dean.

Date: 7th October 1989

Set number: L

A Class 101/108 hybrid DMU (DMBS 54363 and DTSL 53628) in Bletchley station with a Bedford service on 7 October 1989. Dave Warby.

Date: 25th May 1990

A Class 108 DMU (54279 + 53628) forms the 16.37 Kettering - Corby passing Glendon Junction on 25 May 1990, during the last week of service of the experimental Kettering-Corby service. Corby station had been closed in May 1967, but was re-opened on an experimental basis in April 1987. This service was withdrawn as from 2 June 1990. The closure left Corby as, allegedly, the largest town in Europe without a rail service, and, in the ensuing years, there were various proposals for trains to serve Corby once again. But it would be nearly 19 years until East Midlands Trains re-introduced a regular service, including through trains to London, to the town. Lewis Bevan.

Date: 9th February 1991

During a bitter winter spell in February 1991, only the Bedford to Bletchely services were able to operate anything like a normal service. 54279+53628 set off from Bedford on time, heading for Bletchley Jason Hall.

Date: 20th January 1993

Set number: L212

54279 + 53628 departing Slough on 20-01-93. Image by Richard Huggins. John Law Collection.

Date: 30th March 1993

Set number: L212

NSE-liveried Class 108 set L212 (54279 + presumably 53628) and 165 111 at Oxford on March 30, 1993. John Carter.

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