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Vehicle 50641 / 53641


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

16/10/58 New to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
May-73Depot code changeGF
3w/e 02/05/76 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
13/05/84 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
31/01/88 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
11/07/88 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
14/05/89 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill) PNLX
23/09/90 Transferred to TS (Tyseley) PTSX
11/06/92 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) RDTS

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50641 - original number
53641 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Mar-74 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 09/06/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50640 59250 59385 50641 As delivered to South Gosforth - 16th October 1958
50640 59385 59250 50641 Noted 04/08/68 - at Leeds City1
50640 59250 59385 50641 Noted 21/08/68 - at Leeds City1
50140 59050 59043 50641 Noted 12/07/69 - at Brough1
50640 59390 59250 50641 Noted 01/04/70 - at Whitley Bay1
50624 59389 50641 Noted 29/11/1975 - at York 2
50630 59249 59390 50641 Transfer to NL - 3w/e 02/05/76
50630 59390 59249 50641 Noted circa 01/19773
50630 59390 59249 50641 Noted 03/09/77 - at Doncaster4
50630 59390 59249 50641 Noted 23/11/80 - on York depot
50641 59383 59249 50630 Noted circa 02/19833
53630 59249 59383 53641 Noted circa 10/19833
53630 59245 53641 Noted 21/03/86 - at York4
53630 59245 53641 Noted 28/10/19863
53166 53641 Noted circa 07/19873
53633 59249 53641 Noted 22/11/87
53633 59249 53641 Noted 30th December 1987
53633 59249 53641 Noted 23rd January 1988
108391 53291 59701 53641 Listed at ED - Jan-88
108391 53291 59794 53641 Formation change - circa Mar-88
391 53291 59794 53641 Noted circa 05/19883
108391 53291 59701 53641 Listed at HA - circa August 1988
53291 59701 53641 Noted 3rd January 1989
53291 53641 Noted 29/07/89 - loco-hauled on 13:51 Sheffield to Leeds
53291 53641 Noted 31/07/89 - on 13:02 Leeds - Carlisle hauled by 47301 with 78712 + 789625
NL467 53291 53641 Listed at NL - 05/09/89
T045 51131 53641 Noted circa 12/19903
spare 53641 Listed at TS - Jul-91
spare 53641 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T045 51131 53641 Listed at TS - Dec-91
51131 53641 Noted 11/02/92 - On 07:30 Harwich - Liverpool Lime Street and 18:16 Nottingham - Grantham6

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

Images:

Class 108 DMU at York depot

23rd November 1980

A 4-car Class 108 set formed of 50641 59249 59390 50630 seen at York depot on 23/11/80. Chris Lings.

Class 108 DMU at Linlithgow

9th August 1988

Set number: 391

Set 391 comprises 53641 (Class 108) + 59710 (Class 110) + 53291 (Class 101) when seen at Linlithgow with the 17:24 Dunblane - Edinburgh on August 9, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 108 DMU at Glasgow Central

5th January 1989

Set number: 391

108 391 arrives into Glasgow Central on 05-01-1989, presumably with 53641 at the front. Gordon Thomson.

Class 108 DMU at Northgate Locks, Chester

6th April 1991

Set number: T045

47 213 hauls 108/116 hybrid set T045 (presumably 53641 + 51131) at Northgate Locks, Chester, on 6 April 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 31st August 1975

An eleven-car DMU formation at Heighington on a Darlington - Shildon "Cavalcade 150" Special, 31 August 1975. The 108/108/101 composition of the closest set matches a formation listed in the November 1975 edition of The Railway Observer (p351) as 50645 + 59386 + 50232 / 50641 + 59389 + 50624 / 50224 + 56067 / 51509 + 59062 + 51441. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 10th January 1992

Set number: T045

Hybrid Class 116/108 DMU set T045 (51131 + 53641) in Matlock station after terminating with the 1425 from Derby on 10 January 1992. Andrew Bond.

DMU

Date: 1992

Set number: T045

Set T045 (51131 + 53641) arrives at Boston, passing listed Boston West SB in (probably) summer 1992. Tim Brunt.