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Vehicle 50963 / 53963 / 977750

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

13/06/59 New to 24F (Fleetwood)
w/e 04/11/61 Transferred to 9D (Buxton)
Feb-62 Transferred to 24F (Fleetwood)
4w/e 30/09/62 Transferred to 26A (Newton Heath)
4w/e 02/02/63 Transferred to 9D (Buxton)
Sep-63Depot code change9L
w/e 12/09/64 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
w/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)
09/10/91 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton) PHTX
14/11/91 To departmental stock LO (Longsight)
2w/e 14/10/95 Withdrawn

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50963 - original number
53963 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
977750 - from Nov-91 (departmental stock)

Department Use as ADB977750

Sandite / Route Learner From 14/11/91 to 10/95. Carried set number LO903

Modifications

circa early 1975 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50963 56246 As delivered to 24F - 13th June 1959
CE361 50963 56246 Noted circa Apr-70
50963 56233 Noted 14/08/70 - at Carlisle1
50963 56233 Noted 16/08/70 - at Kingmoor2
50963 56236 Noted 04/19733
50963 56236 Noted 25/08/1973 - at Carlisle4
50963 56240 Listed at KD - circa Aug-80
50963 56240 Noted 22/10/80 - on 15.10 Preston-Barrow with 50769 + 50798
53963 54240 Noted circa 06/19835
53963 54240 Noted circa 07/19835
53963 54240 Noted 26/03/1984 - at Preston5
53963 54240 Listed at KD - 01/01/85
53963 54240 Listed at Carlisle Kingmoor - Summer 1986
53963 54240 Noted 01/11/19865
53963 54240 Noted 21/03/19875
53963 54240 Noted 17/08/88 - at Bingley
53963 54240 Noted 08/10/886
53963 54240 Noted 06/01/89 - on 11:30 Sunderland - Hexham service with 51203 + 515166
53963 54240 Listed at HT - Feb-89
53963 54240 Noted 23/06/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle with 53953 + 542426
53963 54240 Noted 01/07/89 - on 07:03 Dumfries - Newcastle6
53963 54240 Noted 05/08/89 - on 15:05 Hexham - Newcastle6
53963 54240 Noted 05/08/89 - on 16:27 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
53963 54240 Noted 07/08/89 - on 10:15 Barrow-in-Furness - Carlisle6
53963 54240 Noted 07/08/89 - on 14:46 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness6
53963 54240 Noted 02/09/89 - on 14:15 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness6
53963 54240 Noted 09/09/89 - on 09:02 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
53963 54240 Noted 09/09/89 - on 12:50 Carlisle - Whitehaven6
53963 54240 Noted 30/09/89 - on 15:14 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
53963 54240 Noted 30/09/89 - on 11:35 Carlisle - Newcastle service6
53963 54240 Noted 04/11/89 - on 14:35 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
53963 54240 Noted 11/11/89 - on 11:05 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness6
53963 54240 Noted 11/11/89 - on 09:00 Whitehaven - Carlisle6
53963 54240 Noted 21/11/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6
53963 54244 Noted 18/06/90 - on 11:43 Carlisle - Whitehaven6
53963 54244 Noted 18/06/90 - on 14:46 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness6
53963 54244 Noted 18/06/90 - on 09:00 Whitehaven - Carlisle6
53963 54240 Noted 23/07/90 - on 05:30 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness6
HT63 53963 54241 Listed at HT - Jul-91
HT63 53963 54241 Listed at HT - Aug-91
53963 54241 Noted 03/08/91 - on 16:27 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
LO903 977750 977811 Noted 30/01/93 - at Holbeck
903 977750 977768 Listed at LO - 08/11/93 - sandite

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

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Sellafield

22nd May 1976

M50963 leads the Class 108 DMU working the 15:18 Whitehaven - Barrow-in-Furness service seen approaching Sellafield on 22 May 1976. Robert Thomas.

Class 108 DMU at Bingley

17th August 1988

53963 and 54240 are the front set in this formation arriving into Bingley station on August 17th, 1988. Rex Holt.

Class 108 DMU at Bingley

17th August 1988

53963 and 54240 and another two-car set in Bingley station on August 17th, 1988. Rex Holt.

Class 108 DMU at Blea Moor

October 1988

A Class 108 DMU formed of 53963 + 54240 at Blea Moor in October 1988. John Parker.

Class 108 DMU at Holbeck depot

30th January 1993

Set number: LO903

Sandite vehicles 977750 + 977811 at Holbeck on January 30, 1993. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 108 DMU at CF Booths

11th May 1996

Sandite / Route Learner 977750 (ex-53963) at Booths scrap yard, Rotherham on 11th May 1996. S Gaskell.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 22nd October 1980

A four-car formation of DMU classes 105 and 108 - 50798 + 50769 / 50963 + 56240 - working the 15.10 Preston-Barrow photographed at a rather wet Lancaster station on 22 October 1980. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: 4th October 1982

On 04/10/1982, Class 108 vehicles 56240 + presumably 50963 call at Kendal, Lake District, with the 12:26 Oxenholme - Windermere. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 9th May 1988

M54240 + M53963 at Lancaster on May 9, 1988. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 19th June 1988

Set number: TS055

DMU vehicles 53963, 51220 and 55005 in Doncaster Works on 19 June 1988. On the latter the bottom two lines read Refurbished V.B.C. Leicester 16-5-88, noting that work had been done at Vic Berry's. Keith Miller.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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