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Vehicle 50954 / 53954

Class 108

BR Diagram 543

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)
06/05/73Depot code changeKM
Jan-75Depot code changeKD
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29/07/91 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton) PHTX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:

Class 108 DMU at Newcastle

21st March 1989

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

Class 108 DMU at Barrow in Furness

1990

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

Class 108 DMU at Lancaster

Unknown date

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

Class 108 DMU at Heysham Harbour

circa 1991

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

Class 108 DMU at Heysham Harbour

circa 1991

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

Class 108 DMU at CF Booths

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:

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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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