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Vehicle 50951 / 53951

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

21/02/59	New		- stored at Warwick pending allocation
19/04/59	Stored	6K (Rhyl)	- pending allocation
Jun-59	Transfer	9G (Gorton)
4w/e 01/06/63	Transferred to	9A (Longsight)
3w/e 31/10/65	Transferred to	9D (Newton Heath)
4w/e 04/02/67	Transferred to	9A (Longsight)
4w/e 05/04/69	Transferred to	12A (Carlisle Kingmoor)
06/05/73	Depot code change	KM
Jan-75	Depot code change	KD
15/05/88	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
29/09/91	Transferred to	LO (Longsight) PLOX
06/07/92	Transferred to	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
28/07/92	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

Notes

19/04/59 - The six 2-car sets stored at Warwick shed (50947-52) were noted passing through Coventry on 19/04/59 hauled by 43005 in the Nuneaton direction, heading for Stoke. They were to have travelled under their own power, but had flat batteries after months of storage.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50951 - original number
53951 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa early 1975 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50951	56234	As delivered to - 21st February 1959 - stabled at Warwick, pending allocation
	50951	56235	Noted 20/12/66 - at Manchester Victoria¹
CE380	50951	56242	Noted circa Apr-70
	50951	56248	Noted 16/08/70 - at Kingmoor¹
	50951	56244	Noted 31/08/71 - at Carlisle¹
	50951	56244	Noted 04/03/72 - on last service train to Keswick with 50962 + 56236 and SRPS railtour formed 51538 + 59566 + 51468
	50951	56235	Noted 01/09/74 - on Kingmoor depot²
	50951	56242	Noted 03/04/76 - on 12.30 Lancaster – Carlisle with 50952 + 56265³
	50951	56235	Noted 04/09/1976 - Carlisle Kingmoor Open Day Shuttle with 50622 + 56202
	50951	56235	Noted 01/04/1977 - at Carlisle ⁴
	50951	56235	Listed at KD - circa Aug-80
	53951	54235	Listed at KD - 01/01/85
	53951	54235	Noted 30/07/85
	53951	54235	Listed at Carlisle Kingmoor - Summer 1986
	53951	54235	Noted 01/11/1986⁵
	53951	54235	Noted 09/05/1987 - Barrow connection from BR Peterborough-Carlisle excursion
	53951	54235	Listed at KD - circa Jan-88
	53951	54235	Noted 18/06/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 23/07/88 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 06/08/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 22/10/88 - on 15:04 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 12/11/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁶
	53951	54235	Listed at HT - Feb-89
	53951	54235	Noted 06/02/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 18/02/89 - on 16:30 Sunderland - Hexham service⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 29/03/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 24/04/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 29/04/1989 - Connection from Barrow to BR Lancaster-Oban excursion
	53951	54235	Noted 06/05/89 - on 13:35 Carlisle - Newcastle service⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 13/05/89 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 10/06/89 - on 15:04 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 10/06/89 - on 16:27 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 12/06/89 - on 18:00 Newcastle - Sunderland - service⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 12/06/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 20/06/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 22/07/89 - on 14:25 Newcastle - Morpeth service⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 31/07/89 - on 10:15 Barrow-in-Furness - Carlisle⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 31/07/89 - on 14:46 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 07/08/89 - on 11:05 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 16/09/89 - on 11:05 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 07/10/89 - on 10:00 Whitehaven - Carlisle⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 11/10/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 06/11/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 25/11/89 - on 14:15 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness⁶
HT51	53951	54235	Listed at HT - Jul-91
HT51	53951	54235	Listed at HT - Aug-91
	53951	54235	Noted 17/08/91 - on 15:15 Newcastle - Carlisle service with 54227 + 53958⁶
	53951	54235	Noted 23/11/91 - on 15:00 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness⁶
LO295	53951	54235	Listed at LO - Dec-91
LO295	53951	54235	Noted circa 02/1992⁵
LO295	53951	54235	Listed at LO - 02/07/92

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Phil Shatford
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Graeme Phillips

Images:

4th March 1972

The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. Its shows the 12.10 Penrith to Keswick service between Threlkeld and Low Brierly Halt. The 108s are believed to be M50962/56236 (far end) and M56244/50951 (closest), there is also a Met-Camm in the formation at the far end out of view on an SRPS railtour. The KDH Archive.

4th March 1972

The 13.15 Keswick-Penrith at Threlkeld on 4th March 1972. Left to right are Sc51538/59566/51468 + M50962/56236 + M56244/50951 - the Met-Camm is on an SRPS railtour. The KDH Archive.

4th March 1972

The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. It shows the 15.30 Keswick to Penrith service possibly at Threlkeld. The vehicle are believed to be M50951/56244 + M56236/50962 + Sc51468/59566/51538, the Met-Camm on an SRPS railtour. The KDH Archive.

4th March 1972

A Class 108 (it appears to be M50951) at Keswick station on 4th March 1972, ready for the journey to Penrith. The branch closed two days later on the 6th. George Woods.

4th March 1972

Keswick station on the last day of services, 4th March 1972. The Class 108 vehicle visible is believed to be be M50951, waiting to depart to Penrith. George Woods.

4th March 1972

A Class 108 DMU (believed to be M50951/M56244) in Keswick station on 4 March 1972. George Woods.

4th March 1972

Two Class 108 DMUs (believed to be M50951/56244 M56236/50962) in Keswick station on 4 March 1972. George Woods.

4th March 1972

Arriving into Penrith are two Class 108s on the Keswick - Penrith service train with a Met-Camm DMU attached on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh on 4th March 1972. The vehicles are believed to be M50951/56244 + M56236/50962 + Sc51468/59566/51538. George Woods.

August 1985

This two coach class 108 DMU does its best to accommodate the crowds at Skipton, keen to sample the closure-threatened Settle and Carlisle line, August 1985. DMBS 53951 is closest. Ian Docwra.

1991

Two 2-car Class 108 units, with possibly 53951 nearest the camera, are seen in platform 3. These units had for may years worked in Cumbria, mainly on the West Cumbrian coast route to Barrow / Lancaster, but 1991 was to be their final year of operation, being replaced in November of that year with then newly-converted Class 153 single cars. Graeme Phillips Collection.

1992

Set number: LO295

LO295 (presumably 53951 + 54235) at Lostock Hall on a Blackpool South to Colne working in 1992. John McIntyre.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 4th March 1972

The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. It shows the 12.10 Penrith to Keswick service between Threlkeld and Low Brierly Halt, formed of two Class 108s, believed to be M50962/56236 and M56244/50951. On the front is a three-car Met-Camm on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh Waverley which joined the service train at Penrith, formed Sc51538/59566/51468. Vehicle numbers from https://flic.kr/p/4JVX9U. The KDH Archive.

Date: 4th March 1972

The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. It shows the 13.15 Keswick to Penrith service at Threlkeld. Left to right - M50962/56236 and M56244/50951 (numbers from RW Carroll image) - and behind the tree on the left is 51468. The KDH Archive.

Date: 4th March 1972

The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. It shows the 14.15 Penrith to Keswick service at Threlkeld. The Met-Camm was on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh, attached at Penrith. The vehicles are believed to be Sc51538/59566/51468 + M50962/56236 + M56244/50951 (from https://flic.kr/p/4JVX9U). The KDH Archive.

Date: 4th March 1972

A Class 108 DMU in Carlisle station on 4 March 1972. Closest is DTC M56244, presumably paired with M50951. George Woods.

Date: 4th March 1972

Two Class 108 DMUs at Threlkeld station on 4th March 1972. This was the last day of services on the Penrith to Keswick branch, and the vehicles are believed to be M50962/56236 and M56244/50951. George Woods.

Date: 4th March 1972

Two Class 108 DMUs at Keswick on the last day of services to Penrith on 4 March 1972. The vehicles are believed to be M50962/56236 and M56244/50951. George Woods.

Date: 4th March 1972

A Met-Camm DMU on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh leads two Class 108s on the Penrith - Keswick service train into Keswick on the last day of services, 4th March 1972. The vehicles are believed to be Sc51538/59566/51468 + M50962/56236 + M56244/50951 (numbers from https://flic.kr/p/4JVX9U). George Woods.

Date: 23rd May 1984

DTS 54235 (presumably with + 53951) is at the end of a Class 108 formation in Carlisle on May 23, 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 24th January 1992

Set number: LO295

Longsight Class 108 set LO295 (54235 and presumably 53951 in the bay at Lancaster with a service for Barrow on 24-1-92. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 27th March 1992

Set number: LO295

A Derby Class 108 two-car DMU formed of cars M54235 & M53951 was stood at Morecambe Promenade with the Morecambe to Lancaster shuttle service on March 27th 1992. The once busy and extensive former Midland Railway sea-front terminus closed on February 7th 1994. Martyn Hilbert.

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