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: 30465
Diagram: 543
03/01/59 | New to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
Oct-59 | Transferred to | 1E (Bletchley) | |
3w/e 31/01/65 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
3w/e 01/08/70 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
Oct-72 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
May 1973 | Depot code change | LO | |
w/e 18/02/78 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
circa Jan-84 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
20/09/87 | Transferred to | LE (Swansea Landore) | |
28/10/87 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
30/10/88 | Transferred to | LE (Swansea Landore) | |
15/03/92 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX | |
11/06/92 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) RFXT | |
18/09/92 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) RFXT | |
18/09/92 | To departmental stock | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
2w/e 14/10/95 | Withdrawn |
50939 - original number
53939 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
977818 - from Oct-92 (departmental stock)
Sandite / Route Learner From 10/92 to 10/95. Carried set number B / 922
Sep-87 - Headlamp fitted
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
50939 | 56222 | As delivered to 6G - 3rd January 1959 | |||||||
50939 | 56222 | Transfer to 1E - Oct-59 | |||||||
50939 | 56222 | Noted 6th August 1961 | |||||||
50939 | 56222 | Noted 22/12/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly1 | |||||||
50939 | 56222 | Transfer to 6A - 3w/e 01/08/70 | |||||||
50939 | 56222 | Transfer to 9A - Oct-72 | |||||||
50939 | 56222 | Noted 19/04/73 - in Manchester Oxford Road2 | |||||||
50939 | 56222 | Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester3 | |||||||
50939 | 56222 | Noted 28/08/75 - on Longsight depot2 | |||||||
50939 | 56222 | Noted 27/02/1977 - 2D95 08.26 Manchester Piccadilly to Chester, then 2H95 10.03 Chester to Manchester Piccadilly4 | |||||||
50939 | 56222 | Transfer to CH - w/e 18/02/78 | |||||||
50939 | 52046 | Noted circa 03/19814 | |||||||
50939 | 52046 | Noted circa 08/19824 | |||||||
53939 | 52046 | Noted 18/07/19834 | |||||||
53939 | 52046 | Noted circa 02/19844 | |||||||
53939 | 52046 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | |||||||
53939 | 59195 | 52046 | Listed at NH - 10/05/87 | ||||||
53939 | 52046 | Noted 05/07/1987 - at Manchester Piccadilly5 | |||||||
S946 | 53939 | 52046 | Listed at LE - Oct-87 - Headlight fitted | ||||||
53939 | 52046 | Noted 19/03/88 - on 09:35 Shrewsbury-Crewe | |||||||
CH946 | 53939 | 52046 | Listed at CH - May 1988 | ||||||
S946 | 53939 | 52046 | Listed at LE - 15/05/89 | ||||||
53939 | 52046 | Noted 20/12/89 - on 15:20 Crewe - Swansea6 | |||||||
S946 | 53939 | 52046 | Listed at LE - Jul-91 | ||||||
S946 | 53939 | 52046 | Listed at LE - Aug-91 | ||||||
spare | 53939 | Listed at LE - Dec-91 | |||||||
922 | 977818 | 977819 | Listed at CF - 08/11/93 - sandite, set B |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Graeme Phillips
A two-car Class 108 DMU with M50939 closest at Helsby on 16 November 1979. Brian Daniels.
Class 108 53939 (and presumably + 52046) is seen stabled at Tyseley Carriage sidings on 12.04.1986. Andy Cole.
Class 108 DMU power twin set S946 (presumably 53939 + 52046) looms out of the mist passing the site of Stretford Bridge Junction, just north of Craven Arms, with a Swansea bound service over the "Central Wales" line. This was where the Bishops Castle railway once branched off to the left of the photo. 16th January 1988. John Crooks.
A Class 108 labelled set 946 - presumably Swansea set 53939 + 52046 - at Shrewsbury on July 4, 1988. Nigel Menzies.
Class 108 DMU set S946 (presumably 53939 + 52046) on Swansea Landore depot, 29 January 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 108 set (presumably 53939 + 52046) approaches Llanelli at 15:46 on Wednesday 16th August 1989 with the 1528 Swansea - Crewe (via Reversal at Llanelli & Central Wales line) service. Colin Brooks.
Class 108 set S946 (presumably 53939 + 52046) working 2M39, the 15:28 Swansea - Crewe (via reversal at Lllanelli and Central Wales line), awaits time at Llandrindod at 18:00 on Wednesday 16th August 1989. Colin Brooks.
Class 108 set S946 - presumably 53939 + 52046 - at Cardiff Central on November 19th 1989. Alex Drennan.
Sandite / route learner vehicle 977818 at Landore TMD, 21st August 1993. S Gaskell.
Half of Sandite & route learning unit "B", vehicle no. 977818 formerly DMBS 53939/50939 is seen at C.F. Booths scrapyard mid-1996. Immediately behind is another un-identified ex-Sandite vehicle. The next in line to go, it was scrapped in July 1996. Robert Chilton.
A Class 108 sandite DMU with 977818 closest. Taken at CF Booths scrapyard in Rotherham, date unknown - it was cut in July 1996. Stuart Mackay Collection.
977818 at CF Booths in Rotherham on 11th May 1996, a scrapyard responsible for the dismantling of many Class 108 vehicles. S Gaskell.
977818 with 977768 from set LO903 behind at CF Booth, Rotherham on 17th July 1996. Nicholas Youngman.
S946 (presumably 53939 + 52046) and S944 (presumably 52055 + 51919) departing Port Talbot Parkway with the 11:41 Cardiff - Swansea on 29 April 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.
M52046 and M53939 passing Goose Hill Junction with 2G12 the 0752 Sheffield to Leeds via Barnsley 4th July 1985. Keith Long.
Swansea Class 108 DMU set 946, 52046 and presumably 53939, at Machynlleth on 28 May 1988 on what was possibly an E.C.S. Robert Thomas.
Class 108 2-car DMUs S946 and S951 pass at Llandrindod Wells on 13 February 1989. S946 (presumably 52046 + 53939) is working the 12.52 Shrewsbury-Swansea and S951 (presumably 52041 + 53935) the 11.49 Swansea-Shrewsbury. I had arrived at Llandrindod on the "Welsh Mountain Cobbler" railtour (hauled by 47 612) and this photo was taken during a 90 minute break in the railtour itinerary. Lewis Bevan.
Class 108 Set S946 (presumably 52046 + 53939) working 2M39, the 1528 Swansea - Crewe (via Reversal at Llanelli & Central Wales line), awaits time at Llandovery at 16:54 on Wednesday 16th August 1989. Colin Brooks.
The view from Class 108 Set S946 (presumably 53939 + 52046) on 2M39, the 1528 Swansea - Crewe (via Reversal at Llanelli & Central Wales line), as it awaits time at Builth Road station on the Central Wales line on 17:26 on Wednesday 16th August 1989. Colin Brooks.
Class 108 Set S946 (presumably 52046 + 53939) working 2M39, 1528 Swansea - Shrewsbury (via Reversal at Llanelli) passes the lower quadrant semapohre on approach to the Craven Arms at 19:20 on Wednesday 16th August 1989. Colin Brooks.
A Class 108 sandite set formed of 977819 + 977818 stabled at Hereford on 16 October 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.
977768 from set LO903 cab end can be seen. To the left is the rear of 977818 at CF Booth, Rotherham. Telephoto shot from the riverside walk outside on 17th July 1996. Nicholas Youngman.