Vehicle 50645 / 53645
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
| 14/11/58 | 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 3w/e 24/11/62 | On loan to | 18A (Toton) | |
| 3w/e 29/12/62 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 3w/e 02/03/63 | On loan to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
| 07/04/63 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 04/01/64 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| 3w/e 29/02/64 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 02/01/65 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| 28/02/65 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| w/e 05/03/66 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 3w/e 25/03/67 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| May-68 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 30/06/68 | On loan to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 14/07/68 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 02/01/71 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| 2w/e 12/12/76 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 13/05/84 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 04/10/87 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Dec-87 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 11/07/88 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 10/06/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
| 26/11/89 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
| 14/05/90 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
| 20/09/90 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) PTSX | |
| 01/02/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX | |
| 04/02/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50645 - original number
53645 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 31/01/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50623 | 59389 | 50645 | As delivered to 53C - 14th November 1958 | ||||||
| 50623 | 59387 | 50645 | Transfer to 50C - Oct-61 | ||||||
| 50622 | 59388 | 50645 | Transfer to 18A - 3w/e 24/11/62 - on loan | ||||||
| 50622 | 59388 | 50645 | Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 29/12/62 - ex-loan LMR | ||||||
| 50621 | 59389 | 50645 | Transfer to 40A - 3w/e 02/03/63 - on loan from NER | ||||||
| 50621 | 59389 | 50645 | Transfer to 51A - 07/04/63 - ex-loan ER | ||||||
| 50623 | 59387 | 50645 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 04/01/64 | ||||||
| 50623 | 59387 | 50645 | Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 29/02/64 | ||||||
| 50620 | 59387 | 50645 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 02/01/65 | ||||||
| 50620 | 59387 | 50645 | Transfer to 51A - 28/02/65 | ||||||
| N314 | 50232 | 59386 | 50645 | Noted circa 19711 | |||||
| 50232 | 59386 | 50645 | Noted 06/08/1974 - at York2 | ||||||
| 50232 | 59386 | 50645 | Noted 28/08/74 - at Heaton3 | ||||||
| N314 | 50232 | 59386 | 50645 | Noted 28/08/74 - in Newcastle Central (set number on solebar of 50232)3 | |||||
| 50232 | 59386 | 50645 | Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot3 | ||||||
| 50644 | 59247 | 59381 | 50645 | Transfer to NL - 2w/e 12/12/76 | |||||
| 50644 | 59381 | 56247 | 50645 | Noted 12/02/77 - at York4 | |||||
| 50645 | 59247 | 59381 | 50644 | Noted circa 19781 | |||||
| 50644 | 59381 | 59247 | 50645 | Noted 15/06/1978 - at Sheffield 2 | |||||
| 50644 | 59247 | 59381 | 50645 | Noted 29/06/80 - at Preston5 | |||||
| 50644 | 59247 | 59381 | 50645 | Noted November 1980 | |||||
| LO302 | 50645 | 56228 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc1 | ||||||
| 50644 | 59381 | 59247 | 50645 | Noted circa 10/19821 | |||||
| 53645 | 59247 | 59381 | 53630 | Noted circa 07/19831 | |||||
| 53644 | 59113 | 53645 | Noted 07/10/19861 | ||||||
| 53644 | 59113 | 53645 | Noted 25/10/86 - on 15:47 Leeds - Blackpool N 19 late6 | ||||||
| 53644 | 59113 | 53645 | Noted 22/11/19861 | ||||||
| 53607 | 53645 | Noted circa 07/19871 | |||||||
| 101340 | 51468 | 59692 | 53645 | Listed at ED - Jan-88 | |||||
| 340 | 51468 | 59692 | 53645 | Noted 23rd July 1988 | |||||
| 108392 | 53211 | 59817 | 53645 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 53472 | 53645 | Noted 3rd January 1989 - at Eastfield depot | |||||||
| CH370 | 53645 | 59082 | 51496 | Noted circa 09/19891 | |||||
| CH370 | 53645 | 59082 | 51496 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 | |||||
| CH370 | 51496 | 59082 | 53645 | Noted circa 12/19891 | |||||
| LO349 | 53645 | 59082 | 51496 | Listed at LO - Dec-89 | |||||
| LO349 | 53645 | 59082 | 51496 | Noted 28/12/89 - on 10:44 Nuneaton to Stafford | |||||
| CH350 | 51935 | 59389 | 53645 | Listed at CH - mid May-90 | |||||
| T061 | 51935 | 53645 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | ||||||
| T061 | 51935 | 53645 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | ||||||
| T061 | 51935 | 53645 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | ||||||
| 51935 | 53645 | Noted 11/02/92 - on 09:56 Lincoln - Coventry7 | |||||||
| 51935 | 53645 | Noted 28/03/92 - on 09:40 Crewe - Rugby and 12:20 Rugby - Stoke, both via Coventry7 | |||||||
| T061 | 51935 | 53645 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | ||||||
| T061 | 53822 | 53645 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 | ||||||
| T061 | 53822 | 53645 | Listed at TS - November 1992 | ||||||
| T061 | 53822 | 53645 | Listed at TS - 10/12/92 | ||||||
| T061 | 53822 | 53645 | Noted circa 01/19931 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Martin Baumann
7: David Bellamy
Images:
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.
6th October 1976
DMS(L) E50645 is seen at Newcastle, in what was then platform 2, waiting to depart with a North Tyneside circular service to the coast and back. These services were withdrawn a few years later, to be replaced by the Tyneside Metro system. Platforms 1-3 were taken out of use and turned into a car park, so the first platform was 4, where a recently arrived Class 101 DMU is seen unloading in this view. Although Class 101 units tended to be the mainstay of north-east local services for over 30 years, Class 108s also worked in the area, mainly seen on North Tyneside services, up until the mid-1970s, being transferred away before refurbishment. They were replaced by an influx of Class 105s which had been displaced by EMUs from Great Northern services out of London King's Cross, following electrification of those suburban routes. Graeme Phillips Collection.
1988
A 108/101/101 hybrid DMU in Carnoustie station circa early 1988. The rear car is labelled 101340 so the vehicles are presumed to be 53645 + 59692 + 51468. Brian Ward.
11th October 1988
Set number: 340
Set 340 arrives into Barrhead station on October 11, 1988. It is a hybrid set, two Met-Camm vehicles and a Class 108 at the front, presumably 53645. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa 1989
Set number: 340
A hybrid DMU is seen in the Highland mainline at Dalwhinnie, circa 1989, possibly on driver training. Labelled set 340 it comprises a Class 108 DMS (53645) and a Class 101 DMBS. Spannerman37025.
4th June 1990
Set number: CH350
Three-car Class 108 set M53645 + M59389 + M51935 leaves Manchester Piccadilly on June 4, 1990. Nicholas Youngman.
10th August 1991
Class 108 DMSL 53645 is seen in Crewe station on 10 August 1991. Note the blue paint peeling off the yellow first class stripe. Dave Warby.
24th October 1991
Set number: T061
T061 53645 + M51935 at Crewe on the 20:20 to Nottingham (the NEX is 92312), 24-10-91. Kevin Dowd.
1992
Set number: T061
This appears to be Class 108/116 hyrbid set T061 (53645 + 53822) arriving at Boston in 1992. David Page.
17th October 1992
Set number: T061
Class 108 set No. T061 (53645 and 53822) stands at Sheffield on 17 October 1992. Brian Creasey.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1988
Set number: 101340
DMU set 101 340 heads away from Carnoustie station towards Dundee with a service from Arbroath circa early 1988. The vehicles are presumed to be 51468 + 59692 + 53645 (a Class 108 DMSL). Brian Ward.
Date: 10th June 1989
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.
Date: 12th December 1992
Set number: T061
T061 (53822 + 53645) arrives into Lichfield TV on the 14:35 Coventry - Stoke, 12/12/92. Gazza Prescott.