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Vehicle 50945 / 53945

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: 30465
Diagram: 543

Allocations

31/01/59	New to	6K (Rhyl)	- pending allocation
Jun-59	Transferred to	26A (Newton Heath)
8w/e 05/09/59	On loan to	27F (Brunswick)
Oct-59	Transferred to	1E (Bletchley)
3w/e 31/01/65	Transferred to	6A (Chester)
4w/e 07/05/66	Transferred to	8J (Allerton)
3w/e 02/07/66	Transferred to	9D (Newton Heath)
4w/e 04/02/67	Transferred to	9A (Longsight)
May 1973	Depot code change	LO
12/05/85	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
2w/e 14/05/86	Transferred to	BY (Bletchley)
15/06/86	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
10/11/86	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
26/07/87	Transferred to	LE (Swansea Landore)
15/03/92	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX
29/05/92	Withdrawn from	CF (Cardiff Canton) RFXX

Notes

16/11/86 - 51919 + 59543 + 53945, newly arrived at CF were published as transferred CF -> TS but move then cancelled, they remain at Canton as set C900.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50945 - original number
53945 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Sep-87 - Headlamp fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 25/08/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50945	56228		As delivered to 6K - 31st January 1959
	50945	56228		Noted mid-March 1959
	50945	56228		Transfer to 1E - Oct-59
LT320	50945	56228		Listed at Longsight - circa Dec-69
	50945	56228		Noted 02/05/70 - at Sheffield with 50946 + 56229¹
	50945	56228		Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester²
	50945	56228		Noted 28/08/75 - on Longsight depot³
	50945	56228		Noted 09/1975⁴
	50945	56228		Noted 16/01/1982⁵
LO302	50945	56228		Noted circa 05/1982⁵
LO302	50945	56228		Noted 31/05/1982⁵
	53945	54228		Noted circa 06/1983⁵
	53945	54228		Listed at LO - 01/01/85
	53945	54228		Transfer to BY - 2w/e 14/05/86 - from NH
	53945	54228		Transfer to TS - 15/06/86 - from BY
TS209	53945	54228		Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
C900	51919	59543	53945	Formed at CF circa Dec-86
C900	51919	59123	53945	Noted 31/01/1987⁵
S949	53945	51563		Listed at LE - Aug-87
S949	53945	51563		Listed at LE - Oct-87 - Headlight fitted
S949	53945	52063		Listed at LE - 15/05/89
S949	53945	51563		Noted circa 12/1990⁵
S949	53945	51563		Noted circa 01/1991⁵
S949	53945	51563		Listed at LE - Jul-91
S949	53945	51563		Listed at LE - Aug-91
S949	53945	51563		Listed at LE - Dec-91

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

11th May 1964

M50945 leads a two-car Blue Square Derby Lightweight on an Oxford service seen west of Claydon (Oxfordshire) on 11 May 1964. The vehicle was allocated to 1E (Bletchley) at the time. Michael Mensing.

summer 1975

A Class 108 DMU with Longsight-allocated M50945 closest - presumably with long-time partner M56228 - in Plumley station in early summer 1975. Michael Mensing.

3rd September 1988

Set number: S949

Class 108 DMU set S949 (presumably 53945 + 51563) descending Swansea Loop West Bank with the 15:04 from Carmarthen on 3 September 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.

1989

Set number: S949

Class 108 set S949 (53945 closest) at Pontarddulais station in late spring 1989. Michael Mensing.

11th March 1989

Set number: S949

Class 108 DMBS 53945 from set S949 in Landore depot for attention on 11 March 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

15th August 1989

Set number: S949

Class 108 Set S949 (presumably 53945 + 51563) with the 19:10 Milford Haven - Swansea awaits time at Milford Haven on Tuesday 15th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

15th August 1989

Set number: S949

Class 108 set S949 (presumably 53945 + 51563) on the 1711 Swansea - Milford Haven waits departure from Camarthen (at 1753) on Tuesday 15th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

late 1989

Set number: S949

Class 108 set S949 (presumably 53945) in Llandrindod station in the late 1980s. David Rowe.

late 1989

Set number: S949

Class 108 S949 (presumably 53945) and Class 101 S950 pass at Llandrindod. Undated but the only Class 101 vehicle that seems to have been part of S950 was 53319 in late 1989. David Rowe.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 15th August 1989

Set number: S949

Class 108 set S949 (presumably 51563 + 53945) with the 17:11 Swansea - Milford Haven awaiting departure from Carmarthen (at 17:55) on Tuesday 15th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

Date: 15th August 1989

Set number: S949

Class 108 Set S949 (presumably 51563 + 53945), taken at 19:00 in Milford Haven station on Tuesday 15th August 1989 after arriving with the 17:11 Swansea - Milford Haven service. Colin Brooks.

Date: 16th August 1989

Set number: S949

Class 108 set S949 (presumably 51563 + 53945) departs from Llandrindod with the 16:19 Shrewsbury - Swansea service viewed from set S946 on 2M39, the 1528 Swansea - Crewe. Colin Brooks.

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