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
01/10/58 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - 53C closed |
Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
2w/e 10/10/70 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
w/e 13/05/79 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
14/11/82 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
circa 1984 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
19/03/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PMSX | |
30/09/90 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) PTSX | |
01/10/92 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX | |
10/11/92 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX |
50634 - original number
53634 - from Feb-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Mar-74 - AWS fitted
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
50634 | 59247 | 59382 | 50635 | As delivered to 53C - 1st October 1958 | |||||
50634 | 59247 | 59385 | 50635 | Noted Summer 1964 - at Brough1 | |||||
50634 | 59231 | 59226 | 50635 | Noted 15/08/19702 | |||||
50634 | 59247 | 59382 | 50635 | Transfer to 52J - 2w/e 10/10/70 | |||||
N313 | 50247 | 59385 | 50634 | Noted circa 19713 | |||||
50247 | 59385 | 50634 | Noted 02/01/75 - at York4 | ||||||
N313 | 50247 | 59385 | 50634 | Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number not on 50247 but on other two4 | |||||
N313 | 50247 | 59385 | 50634 | Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 506344 | |||||
50634 | Noted 26/08/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle4 | ||||||||
50602 | 50634 | Noted circa 10/19823 | |||||||
51934 | 50634 | Noted 20/12/19823 | |||||||
53974 | 59390 | 53634 | Noted circa 04/19833 | ||||||
53733 | 59390 | 53634 | Noted circa 12/19833 | ||||||
53733 | 59390 | 53634 | Noted 05/03/1984 - at Manchester Vic3 | ||||||
BX495 | 51934 | 59387 | 53634 | Noted circa 11/19843 | |||||
BX491 | 51934 | 59387 | 53634 | Listed at BX - circa Jul-85 | |||||
BX491 | 51934 | 59387 | 53634 | Listed at BX - circa Dec-85 | |||||
BX491 | 51934 | 59387 | 53634 | Listed at Buxton - Summer 1986 | |||||
BX491 | 51934 | 59387 | 53634 | Noted 07/06/1986 - 1L03 Macclesfield-Llandudno5 | |||||
51934 | 59387 | 53634 | Noted 09/08/1986 - 10.07 Llandudno-Man Vic (8-car)5 | ||||||
51934 | 59387 | 53634 | Noted 30th November 1986 | ||||||
51948 | 59187 | 53634 | Listed at BX - Jun-87 | ||||||
BX491 | 51948 | 59187 | 53634 | Noted 09/07/19873 | |||||
51948 | 59187 | 53634 | Listed at BX - mid Nov-87 | ||||||
BX380 | 51947 | 59187 | 53634 | Noted circa 04/19883 | |||||
BX380 | 51947 | 59187 | 53634 | Listed at BX - May 1988 | |||||
51947 | 59187 | 53634 | Noted 10/07/88 - on 11:00 Manchester Piccadilly-Macclesfield, 12:03 Macclesfield-Manchester Piccadilly and 14:03 Macclesfield-Manchester Piccadilly | ||||||
CH380 | 51947 | 59187 | 53634 | Noted 5th May 1989 | |||||
CH628 | 51947 | 53634 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 | ||||||
CH628 | 51947 | 53634 | Listed at CH - mid May-90 | ||||||
T064 | 51947 | 53634 | Noted circa 12/19903 | ||||||
51947 | 53634 | Noted 20/03/91 - at Crewe6 | |||||||
T064 | 51947 | 53634 | Noted 06/04/1991 - Travelled on between Chester and Crewe. Assumed working 13.50 Wolverhampton - Crewe via Wrexham General. Photo here: https://flic.kr/p/dEokS87 | ||||||
T064 | 51947 | 53634 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | ||||||
T064 | 51947 | 53634 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | ||||||
51947 | 53634 | Noted 02/11/91 - on 16:18 Nottingham - Grantham8 | |||||||
T064 | 51947 | 53634 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | ||||||
T064 | 51947 | 53634 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | ||||||
Spare | 53634 | Listed at HQ - November 1992 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Gerald Brown
5: Chris Moxon
6: Aaron Calder
7: Dave Warby
8: David Bellamy
Three-car Class 108 DMU set BX491 (53634 and presumably 59387 + 51934) in platform 7a of Sheffield station in January 1987. George Woods.
A three-car Class 108 DMU arriving into Stockport station on 27 February 1986. The three vehicles are noted as 53634 + 59387 + 51935, although the last could be a typo for 51934 which formed set BX491 with the other two at the time. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Two Buxton sets working 1L03 Macclesfield-Llandudno passing Helsby, 7/6/86. Full formation was 53634, 59387, 51924, 52062, 59155, 51950. Anthony Griffiths.
Class 108 DMU set CH380 (53634 and presumably 51947) arrives into Manchester Piccadilly. The slide process date was June 1989. A recent transfer from Buxton (where it was BX380) to Chester, it still retains the Spa Line sticker and (very dirty) Buxton white roof, but the black mask it had around the cab windows is gone. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A Class 108 set CH380 at Blaenau Ffestiniog on June 27, 1989. 53634 is closest, presumably with 51947. John Carter.
Class 108 DMU set CH380 at Blaenau Ffestiniog on 27 June 1989, 53634 visible. John Carter.
Carrying "Buxton Spa Line" branding, CH628 (presumably 53634 + 51947) awaits departure from Llandudno Jct. Undated. Tom Clift.
Displaying what was then the latest livery variation, BX491 (51934 + 59387 + 53634) has just arrived at Buxton with a train from Manchester Piccadilly on Saturday March 22 1986. Mel Holley.
An 8-car formation at Helsby working the 10.07 Llandudno-Manchester Victoria. The formation (closest the camera first) was 51927, 59390, 52049, 53634, 59387, 51934, 51574 & 51580. 9/8/86. Anthony Griffiths.
Three of Buxton's allocation of Derby Class 108 3-car units await their next duties in the snow on the 25th February 1989. Left to right are 51938 (BX375), 51950 (BX381) and 53634 (BX380), the outer two units have the "Spa Line" branding which the Buxton line was marketed under for a while. Andrew J Crowther.
Class 108 set CH 628 (presumably 51947 + 53634) is outnumbered by second generation units at Nottingham on Saturday March 17th, 1990. Colin Brooks.
51920 + 54276 + 53634 + 51947 waiting to leave Crewe for Holyhead on 9/5/90. Sparegang.
51947 leads set T064 at Grantham on July 6, 1991, presumably with 53634. John Carter.