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Vehicle 50965 / 53965

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

23/05/59	New to	9E (Trafford Park)
Jun-59	Transferred to	24F (Fleetwood)
4w/e 30/01/60	Transferred to	14A (Cricklewood)
Apr-60	Transferred to	24F (Fleetwood)
w/e 03/06/61	Transferred to	6A (Chester)
w/e 07/01/67	Transferred to	9A (Longsight)
2w/e 11/05/68	Transferred to	10E (Accrington)
w/e 07/02/70	Transferred to	12A (Carlisle Kingmoor)
w/e 07/11/70	Transferred to	10E (Accrington)
Oct-72	Transferred to	9D (Newton Heath)
May-73	Depot code change	NH
Jan-81	Transferred to	KD (Carlisle Kingmoor)
24/05/83	On loan to	HA (Haymarket)
08/07/83	Ex-loan back to	KD (Carlisle Kingmoor)
15/05/88	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
14/05/89	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley) PTSX
01/10/89	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill) PNLX
12/12/90	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill) PXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50965 - original number
53965 - from Jun-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:

	50965	56248	As delivered to 9E - 23rd May 1959
	50965	56248	Noted 20/12/66 - at Manchester¹
	50965	56250	Noted 25/11/67 - at Guide Bridge¹
	50965	56248	Transfer to 12A - w/e 07/02/70
AC339	50965		Noted circa Apr-70 - plus unknown trailer
	50965	56248	Noted 04/1973²
	50965	56248	Noted 23/10/1976 - on BLS Northwestern Railtour No.2 with 50950 + 56233
	50965	56248	Noted circa 01/1977 - Trailing unit on 09.56 Manchester Vic to Holyhead with 50763 - 50796 (leading) and 50505 - 59161 - 50453.³
	50965	56248	Noted 31/07/78 - at Windermere between 50956 + 56238 and 50968 + 56251
	50965	56248	Listed at KD - circa Aug-80
	50965	56248	Noted 09/01/82 - at Newcastle
	53965	54248	Noted 26/03/1984 - at Preston³
	53965	54248	Listed at KD - 01/01/85
	53965	54248	Noted 30/07/85
	53965	54248	Listed at Carlisle Kingmoor - Summer 1986
	53965	54248	Noted circa 03/1987³
	53965	54248	Noted 28/03/1987 - Barrow connection for BR (Loco Hauled) Carlisle-Bournemouth excursion
	53965	54248	Listed at KD - circa Jan-88
CH275	53965	54248	Listed at CH - May 1988
CH275	53965	54248	Noted circa Jul-88
	53965	54248	Noted 14/07/88 - on 08:21 Sheffield - Manchester Piccadilly
CH275	53965	54248	Noted 15th October 1988
CH275	53965	54248	Noted circa 11/1988³
T212	53965	54248	Listed at TS - 01/09/89
212	53965	54248	Noted circa 12/1989³
212	53965	54248	Noted 28/12/89 - at Leeds City⁴
	53965	54503	Noted 07/05/90 - on 14:22 Morecambe - Leeds⁵
	53965	54503	Noted 24/10/90 - on 15:25 Doncaster - Skegness⁶

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

Images:

9th January 1982

M50965 + M56248 at Newcastle on January 9, 1982. John Carter.

10th July 1987

Class 108 DMU 53965 and 54248 departing from Carlisle station on 10 July 1987. Keith Miller.

14th July 1990

Set number: 218

53965 + 54503 leaves Leeds for Sheffield, 14-7-90. The Class 108 carries what was (T)212 from its time at Tyseley, an attempt has been made to turn the latter two into an eight. The vehicles were now allocated to Neville Hill. Stuart Mackay Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 31st July 1978

M50956 at the head of M56238, M50965, M56248, M50968 and M56251 at Windermere on the 31st July 1978. Robert Frise.

Date: June 1983

Set number: 359

Haymarket set 359 - formed SC55011 + 56248 + 50965 (a class 108 from on-loan from Carlisle) - rolling into Larbert station in June 1983. Andrew McConnell.

Date: 11th June 1983

Set number: 359

A Gloucester RC&W Class 122 “Bubble Car” leads a Derby Class 108 twin (M56248 + M50965 on loan from Carlisle) into Inverkeithing with the 14:38 Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh Waverley service on Saturday 11th June 1983. Brian McDevitt.

Date: 3rd May 1988

A Carlisle to Barrow service formed of three Class 108 twins - 54247 + 53964 / 54241 + 53960 / 53965 + 54248 - departs from Ravenglass on 3 May 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 7th August 1988

Set number: 212

Class 108 set 212 (54248 + 53965) at Tamworth with Coventry on the destination blind. The negative sleeve recorded this as 7 August 1988, but the set number and location suggests it may be post May-1989 when it was a Tyseley set? Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 1990

Set number: 212

A fomer Kingmoor class 108 dmu unit 212 (presumably 54248 + 53965) seen at Sheffield in 1990. These units were moved to Heaton in 1989 and then moved around the Eastern Region covering for poorly Pacers. Tony Walmsley.

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