Vehicle 50631 / 53631
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: 30408
Diagram: 544
Allocations
| 02/10/58 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| w/e 08/05/77 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 13/05/84 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 04/10/87 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 20/12/87 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 11/07/88 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 14/05/89 | Transferred to | LE (Swansea Landore) PLEX | |
| 09/01/92 | Withdrawn from | LE (Swansea Landore) PLEX |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50631 - original number
53631 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 05/08/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50630 | 59245 | 59380 | 50631 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 2nd October 1958 | |||||
| 50631 | Noted 03/09/1971 - at York in scrappy condition (missing door etc) on end of train of parcels stock and two Mk 1 suburban coaches1 | ||||||||
| 50631 | 59250 | 59382 | 50642 | Noted 20/04/1974 - at Newcastle1 | |||||
| 50631 | 59250 | 59382 | 50642 | Noted 28/08/74 - in Newcastle Central2 | |||||
| N420 | 50631 | 59250 | 59382 | 50642 | Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 59382 + 506422 | ||||
| N420 | 50631 | 59250 | 59382 | 50642 | Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number on all vehicles2 | ||||
| 50631 | 59250 | 59382 | 50642 | Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central2 | |||||
| 50631 | 59250 | 59382 | 50642 | Transfer to NL - w/e 08/05/77 | |||||
| 50642 | 59250 | 59382 | 50631 | Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 06.25 Leeds to Manchester Victoria via Huddersfield.3 | |||||
| 53631 | 59249 | 53638 | Noted 17/07/86 - at York2 | ||||||
| 53631 | 59250 | 53642 | Noted circa 09/19863 | ||||||
| 53642 | 59250 | 53631 | Noted circa 12/19863 | ||||||
| 53620 | 53631 | Noted 01/05/87 - at York2 | |||||||
| 51210 | 53631 | Noted 28/08/87 - on 15:12 Hull - Sheffield | |||||||
| 108386 | 51926 | 59697 | 53631 | Listed at ED - Jan-88 | |||||
| 386 | 51926 | 59697 | 53631 | Noted circa 05/19883 | |||||
| 51926 | 59697 | 53631 | Noted 06/07/88 - on 14.43 Dunblane – Glasgow QS4 | ||||||
| 108386 | 51926 | 59697 | 53631 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 386 | 51926 | 59697 | 53631 | Noted 15th February 1989 | |||||
| S953 | 51926 | 53631 | Listed at LE - 15/05/89 | ||||||
| S939 | 51926 | 53631 | Noted circa 12/19903 | ||||||
| S939 | 51926 | 53631 | Listed at LE - Jul-91 | ||||||
| S939 | 51926 | 53631 | Listed at LE - Aug-91 | ||||||
| S939 | 51926 | 53631 | Listed at LE - Dec-91 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Phil Shatford
Images:
1st July 1989
Set number: S939
Class 108 DMU set S939 (53631 and presumably 51926) rolls into Church Stretton station on 1st July 1989. John Carter.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 19th July 1981
An ex-works 4-car set at York, 19/07/1981, probably 50642 + 59382 + 59250 + 50631 was painted in this livery in June 1981. Andrew McConnell.
Date: July 1988
Set number: 101307
An unconventional sight in Waverley platform 17 in July 1988 is Derby Lightweight class 108 53631 which spent its first 30 years on the North Eastern region, initially as part of a 4 car set. Drafted in to Scotland in 1987 it is seen here on one end of set 386, a hybrid formed of a BRCW class 110 centre car and a later class 108 51926. When ScR had enough of them, the 108s were tidied up and ran as a pair on the Central Wales line based at Landore while the centre car was withdrawn from Haymarket. On the right is the more common sight of a Met Camm triple 101307 (51231 + 59688 + 53189). Murray Liston.
Date: July 1988
Set number: 101364
Different DMUs at Dalmeny. Three different classes of DMU in two trains crossing at Dalmeny in July 1988. On the left is Met Camm class 101364 (53242+59080+53268), while the hybrid set (386) on the right is Derby class 108s 51926 and 53631 sandwiching a BRCW class 110 centre car 59697. Murray Liston.
Date: July 1988
Set number: 101364
I'm on the phone! DMU activity at Dalmeny in July 1988. The driver of Met Camm class 101364 (53242 + 59080 + 53268) is on the phone to control, while the hybrid set (386) approaching on the right is Derby class 108s 51926 and 53631 sandwiching a BRCW class 110 centre car 59697. Identifying power cars on TBSL sets where both are DMSs can be tricky, in this case it is made easier by 53242 having a different radius to the lower left corner of the black mask around the cab windows. Murray Liston.
Date: 20th September 1988
Set number: 386
Class 108/110 hybrid set 386 (presumably 51926 + 59697 + 53631 at North Queensferry on 20 September 1988. Mike McDonald.
Date: 1st July 1989
Set number: S939
Class 108 set S939 (51926 leads, presumably with 53631) at Shrewsbury on July 1, 1989. John Carter.
Date: 3rd April 1991
Set number: S939
Swansea allocated Class 108 DMU set S939 (51926 + 53631) departing Shrewsbury on 3 April 1991. Phil Bevan.