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Vehicle 50954 / 53954

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

28/02/59	New to	5B (Crewe South)
Jun-59	Transferred to	9E (Trafford Park)
4w/e 01/06/63	Transferred to	9A (Longsight)
3w/e 31/10/65	Transferred to	9D (Newton Heath)
4w/e 06/05/67	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)
29/07/91	Withdrawn from	HT (Heaton) PHTX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50954 - original number
53954 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Oct-74 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50954	56237	As delivered to 5B - 28th February 1959
	50954	56179	Noted 04/08/68 - in Stalybridge¹
	50954	56179	Noted 10/08/68 - at Bangor¹
	50954	56239	Noted 25/08/1973 - at Carlisle²
	50954	56237	Noted 01/09/74 - on Kingmoor depot³
	50954	56245	Noted 24/08/75 - on Carlisle Kingmoor depot³
	50954	56236	Noted 22/05/76 - at Carnforth¹
	50954	56238	Listed at KD - circa Aug-80
	53954	54265	Noted circa 03/1984⁴
	53954	54265	Listed at KD - 01/01/85
	53954	54265	Noted circa 02/1986⁴
	53954	54265	Listed at Carlisle Kingmoor - Summer 1986
	53954	54265	Noted 01/11/1986⁴
	53954	54265	Noted 21/03/1987⁴
	53954	54265	Noted 11/04/1987⁴
	53954	54265	Listed at KD - circa Jan-88
	53954	54265	Noted 18/06/88 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Morpeth service⁵
	53954	54265	Noted 14/01/89 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁵
	53954	54265	Listed at HT - Feb-89
	53954	54265	Noted 11/02/89 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁵
	53954	54265	Noted 25/03/89 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁵
	53954	54265	Noted 08/04/89 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁵
	53954	54265	Noted 10/06/89 - on 15:14 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁵
	53954	54265	Noted 31/07/89 - on 14:15 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness between 54243 + 53959 and 54247 + 53964⁵
	53954	54265	Noted 09/08/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service with 53959 + 54243⁵
	53954	54265	Noted 14/08/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁵
	53954	54244	Noted 09/09/89 - on 06:59 Carlisle - Newcastle service with 53956 + 54238⁵
	53954	54227	Noted 06/10/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁵
	53954	54227	Noted 21/10/89 - on 15:14 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁵
	53954	54227	Noted 24/10/89 - on 11:10 Carlisle - Appleby-in-Westmorland⁵
	53954	54227	Noted 24/10/89 - on 16:15 Carlisle - Appleby-in-Westmorland⁵
	53954	54227	Noted 03/11/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁵
	53954	54227	Noted 11/11/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁵
	53954	54242	Noted 03/02/90 - on 11:05 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness⁵
	53954	54265	Noted 09/04/90 - on 17:30 Sunderland - Haltwhistle⁵
	53954	54265	Noted 16/06/90 - on 15:15 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁵
spare	53954		Listed at HT - Jul-91
spare	53954		Listed at HT - Aug-91

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

Images:

21st March 1989

53954 in Newcastle station on 21/3/89. John Carter.

1990

The auto-gear fitted Class 108 DMU (presumably 53954 + 54265) seen in Barrow in Furness station during 1990. John Law.

Unknown date

Auto-gear fitted Class 108 53954 at Lancaster, date unknown, it was converted in 1990. Alex Drennan.

circa 1991

Auto Gear fitted Class 108 DMU (53954 and presumably 54265) at Heysham Harbour station with a service to Morecambe circa 1991. Spannerman37025.

circa 1991

Auto-gear fitted 53954 at Heysham Harbour station circa 1991. Spannerman37025.

14th March 1992

53954 at CF Booths (Rotherham) on the 14th March 1992. Note the Auto-Gear legend on the cab. Paul Moxon.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 26th August 1980

Two Class 108 twins seen south of Askam with the 14:45 Carlisle - Preston service on 26 August 1980. Three of the vehicles were recorded as 56246 + 50956 / 50954, and three of the vehicles are in Rail Blue, and one in blue / grey livery. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 20th July 1987

A six-car rake, formed of three cl.108 twins, enters Carlisle as e.c.s on 20/7/87. The leading vehicle is 54249; the complete rake was 53954/54264 + 53968/54251 + 53966/54249. The stock will form the 14.15 to Barrow. By the time it reaches Sellafield, it will be 15.56 and five out of the six vehicles are marked as reserved for homegoing BNFL/UKAEA workers. Leonard Rogers.

Date: 20th October 1990

There was a series of special trains on Saturday 20 October 1990 operating in connection with a Network North-West day sponsored by Motive Power Monthly Power Monthly magazine. It was a good opportunity to photograph some odd workings, including a class 26 + 31 combination, so unusually for me I had a ride around on a discounted ticket. One of the special trains visited Barrow in Furness where this photograph of the "Auto Gear" class 108 (54265 + 53954) was taken passing the impressive North signalbox with a terminating service. Peter Tandy.

Date: circa 1991

Auto Gear fitted Class 108 DMU (presumably 54265 is closest, the DMBS is 53954) at the old Morecambe station with a service to Heysham Harbour, circa 1991. Spannerman37025.

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