Vehicle 50927 / 53927

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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: 30460
Diagram: 543

Allocations

21/11/59	New to	6G (Llandudno Junction)
w/e 02/01/60	Transferred to	6D (Chester Northgate)
Jan-60	Transferred to	6A (Chester)	- Northgate closed
06/05/73	Depot code change	CH
14/05/90	Transferred to	LO (Longsight) PLOX
25/11/90	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road) PBRX
09/06/92	Withdrawn from	BR (Bristol Bath Road) REBR

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50927 - original number
53927 - from 1984 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Dec-72 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 31/10/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50927	51564							As delivered to 6G - 21st November 1959
	50927	51568							Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester1
	50927	51568							Noted 04/09/74 - at Birkenhead North2
	50927	56214							Noted 08/04/1976 - at Warrington3
	50927	56214							Noted 31/07/76 - at Shrewsbury2
	50927	56214							Noted 15/07/77 - passing Harlech signal box
	50927	56361							Noted 18/11/1977 - 2D98, 08.34 Manchester Victoria to Holyhead4
	50927	56214							Noted circa 03/19814
	50927	56214							Noted circa 05/19824
	50927	56214							Noted 11th August 1982
	53927	54214							Noted circa 06/19834
	53927	54214							Noted 24/09/85 - on 12:50 Chester - Wolverhampton service5
	53927	54214							Noted 15/11/85 - on 14:00 Manchester Oxford Road - Chester service (one engine failed, 29 mins late at Chester)5
	53927	54214							Listed at Chester - Summer 1986
269	53927	54214							Listed at CH - March 1988
	53927	54214							Noted 05/04/19884
CH269	53927	54214							Listed at CH - May 1988
CH269	53927	54214							Noted circa May-88
	53927	54214							Noted 16/08/88 - on 22:30 Sheffield-Retford
CH269	53927	54214							Noted circa 11/19884
CH269	53927	54214							Listed at CH - 14/10/89
LO269	53927	54214							Listed at LO - mid May-90
LO269	53927	54214							Noted circa 07/19904
	53927	54214							Noted 24/10/90 - on 16:44 Doncaster - Skegness6
	53927	54214							Noted 25/10/90 - on 16:44 Doncaster - Skegness6
B978	53927	54214							Listed at BR - Jul-91
B978	53927	54214							Noted circa 08/19914
B978	53927	54214							Listed at BR - Aug-91
B978	53927	54214							Listed at BR - Dec-91
B978	53927	54214							Noted 28/02/92 - at Bristol Temple Meads

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: Graeme Phillips

Images:

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11th March 1978

A Class 108/101 hybrid - M50927 and possibly M56361 - arrives into Llandudno Junction station on 11 March 1978. Michael Mensing.

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11th March 1978

A Class 108/101 hybrid - M50927 and possibly M56361 - is seen in Llandudno Junction station on 11 March 1978 with Manchester on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.

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11th March 1978

Class 108 DMBS M50927 departs from Llandudno Junction station on 11 March 1978. Michael Mensing.

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1989

Set number: CH269

Class 108 set CH269 (53927 and presumably 54214) in Buxworth Cutting on the Hope Valley Line in 1989. Walter Burt.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: July 1983

Class 108 unit M54214 + M53927 seen at Wrexham General. In 1983 I went on a tour of all the mainline railways of Wales. On the way back from a few days in Tywyn, and a visit to the west coast of Wales, I took a break at Wrexham General, and took this shot of one of the regular Chester based Class 108 DMUs. Chris McKee.

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Date: 30th June 1990

Set number: LO269

Following a heavy rain shower, a two-car Class 108 DMU with Driving Trailer Second Lavatory (DTSL) car M54214 at the rear was stood at the north end of platform 5 at Preston on June 30th 1990. The DMBS is presumably 53927. The DMU had arrived from Barrow-In-Furness and after the passengers alighted, was working the short distance ECS to the sidings at Croft Street, adjacent to Preston Power Box. Martyn Hilbert.

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Date: 16th February 1991

Set number: 978

A well-laiden Class 108 DMU 2-car set 978 (54214 and presumably 53927) at Long Dyke Junction with a down passenger working on 16 February 1991. Robert Thomas.