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
28/10/58 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
w/e 03/01/59 | Transferred to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
4w/e 31/10/59 | On loan to | 41A (Darnall) | |
4w/e 28/11/59 | Ex-loan back to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
3w/e 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
Oct-61 | On loan to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
3w/e 30/12/61 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
Nov-63 | On loan to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
w/e 07/12/63 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
4w/e 04/01/64 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
2w/e 21/03/64 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
w/e 21/03/64 | On loan to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
w/e 28/03/64 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
2w/e 12/03/66 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
3w/e 17/06/67 | On loan to | South Gosforth | |
4w/e 15/07/67 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
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) | |
Dec-88 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) PSEX | |
10/06/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
01/10/89 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX | |
14/05/90 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) PLAX | |
09/06/92 | Withdrawn from | LA (Laira) RELA | |
17/07/92 | Reinstated | LA (Laira) RELA | |
14/09/92 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) RCLO | |
01/10/92 | To departmental stock | HT (Heaton) | |
Sep-93 | Withdrawn |
20/12/87 - 50632 + 50642 published as transferred to Eastfield but remained at Neville Hill.
11/07/88 - published as moving ED to HA but still at Neville Hill.
50642 - original number
53642 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
977839 - from Oct-92 (departmental stock)
Sandite / Route Learner From 10/92 to 8/93. Carried set number LO901
27/09/73 - Naworth
Collision involving Class 108 / Tree
Info from Railway Observer p434 December 1973
E50642 was badly damaged when it hit a fallen tree at Naworth.
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
50620 | 59386 | 50642 | As delivered to 53C - 28th October 1958 | ||||||
50620 | 59386 | 50642 | Noted 06/09/59 - working the 'Talyllyn Scenic Diesel' railtour. | ||||||
50620 | 59386 | 50642 | Noted 06/09/1959 - RTCS (West Riding Branch) Talyllyn Scenic Railtour 50644-59388-50622 + 50616-56207 + 50620-59386-50642 | ||||||
50620 | 59386 | 50642 | Transfer to 41A - 4w/e 31/10/59 - on loan | ||||||
50620 | 59386 | 50642 | Transfer to 56G - 4w/e 28/11/59 - ex-loan ER | ||||||
50184 | 59084 | 59386 | 50642 | Noted 26/06/60 - at Darlington | |||||
50623 | 59387 | 50642 | Transfer to 51A - w/e 07/12/63 - ex-loan | ||||||
50620 | 59386 | 50642 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 04/01/64 | ||||||
50291 | 59303 | 50642 | Transfer to 16C - w/e 21/03/64 - on loan | ||||||
50291 | 59303 | 50642 | Transfer to 51A - w/e 28/03/64 | ||||||
50623 | 59387 | 50642 | Noted 11/09/65 - at Darlington1 | ||||||
50631 | 59250 | 59382 | 50642 | Noted 20/04/1974 - at Newcastle2 | |||||
50631 | 59250 | 59382 | 50642 | Noted 28/08/74 - in Newcastle Central3 | |||||
N420 | 50631 | 59250 | 59382 | 50642 | Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 59382 + 506423 | ||||
N420 | 50631 | 59250 | 59382 | 50642 | Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number on all vehicles3 | ||||
50631 | 59250 | 59382 | 50642 | Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central3 | |||||
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.4 | |||||
53631 | 59250 | 53642 | Noted circa 09/19864 | ||||||
53642 | 59250 | 53631 | Noted circa 12/19864 | ||||||
53599 | 59384 | 53642 | Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds5 | ||||||
53211 | 59383 | 53642 | Noted 22/11/87 | ||||||
108392 | 53211 | 59817 | 53642 | Listed at ED - Jan-88 - however published 12/87 move of 53642 from NL to ED had been cancelled | |||||
53632 | 59113 | 53642 | Noted 02/03/88 - on an additional York - Peterborough service | ||||||
569 | 53632 | 59113 | 53642 | Formed at NL circa Apr-88 - power cars officially allocated to ED | |||||
101394 | 53294 | 59794 | 53642 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
53632 | 59113 | 53642 | Noted 07/09/88 - on 10:36 Cleethorpes-Sheffield | ||||||
53632 | 59113 | 53642 | Noted 24/10/88 - on diverted 17:08 York - Doncaster via Selby service6 | ||||||
381 | 53632 | 59113 | 53642 | Noted 3rd January 1989 | |||||
53632 | 59245 | 53642 | Noted 19th April 1989 | ||||||
P832 | 51184 | 59384 | 53642 | Listed at LA - Jul-91 | |||||
P832 | 51184 | 59384 | 53642 | Listed at LA - Aug-91 | |||||
P832 | 51184 | 59384 | 53642 | Listed at LA - Dec-91 | |||||
LO605 | 51435 | 53642 | Listed at LO - 24/09/92 | ||||||
901 | 977744 | 977839 | Listed at LO - 08/11/93 - sandite |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Graeme Phillips
Class 108 No E53642 waiting departure from Beverley with the 1430hrs Bridlington to Hull on 3 February 1984. Keith Long.
M53642 displays the remains of Metrotrain branding at Leeds on 19/9/86. Malcolm Clements.
Derby Lightweight and Heavyweight sets at Rotherham Central on 15/5/87. The Class 108 is formed of 53642 + 53622, the Class 114 54044 + 53033. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A three-car Class 108 hybrid (108 DMS 53642 + 101 TBS - probably 59113 + 108 DMS 53632) at Windermere forming the 15.05 to Oxenholme on 20-10-1988. The branch had just been shortened slightly to allow a supermarket to be built in the old trainshed (behind the camera). To replace the old station, a smart new ticket office was built. However the branch was (and still is) a long siding from Oxenholme. Gordon Thomson.
Class 108 Nos E53642, E59245 and E53632 departing from Glasgow Central on 6th March 1989. Keith Long.
Hybrid DMU set 832 is seen at Laira on Wednesday 03/07/1991. Class 108 53642 leads, the other two vehicles are presumably 59384 + 51184. Andrew Malloy.
Class 108/101 hybrid set 823 (53642 closest, presumably with 59384 + 51184) at Honiton in 1992. John Law.
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.
A three-car Class 108 hybrid (108 DMS 53632 + 101 TBS - probably 59113 + 108 DMS 53642) at Windermere forming the 15.05 to Oxenholme on 20-10-1988. The branch had just been shortened slightly to allow a supermarket to be built in the old trainshed (in the background). To replace the old station, a smart new ticket office was built. However the branch was (and still is) a long siding from Oxenholme. Gordon Thomson.
Complete with its Scotty Dog emblem, Class 26 26031 in Large Logo Railfreight Livery passed through Preston on June 10th 1989 whilst transferring two three-car DMU sets from Edinburgh Haymarket Depot to Chester: 51496 / 59082 / 53645 and 53632 / ? / 53642. Martyn Hilbert.
Lipson sidings in Laira on July 8, 1990. Behind 50 041 is set 878 (51241 + 53260) still with ScotRail branding, 50 021, 51234, 53163, 53642, 51219. Nicholas Youngman.
51219 in Lipson Sidings, Laira with 53642 behind it on the 8th July 1990. Nicholas Youngman.
Class 101/108 DMU set P832 (51184 + 59384 + presumably 53642) arrives into Dawlish Warren with Exmouth on the destination blind. Date unknown, allocations narrow it to between September 1990 and May 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.