Vehicle 50602 / 53602

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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: 30406
Diagram: 543

Allocations

30/05/58	New to	53C (Hull Springhead)
2w/e 09/08/58	Transferred to	56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 30/04/60	Transferred to	55F (Manningham)
21/04/63	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
May-73	Depot code change	NL
2w/e 25/09/76	Transferred to	GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/04/78	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
13/05/84	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
11/05/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
10/05/87	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
05/06/92	Withdrawn from	BR (Bristol Bath Road) REBR

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50602 - original number
53602 - from Feb-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 09/03/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50602	56193							As delivered to 53C - 30th May 1958
	50602	56193							Transfer to 56G - 2w/e 09/08/58
	50602	56193							Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
	50602	56193							Transfer to 55H - 21/04/63 - swap for 51204/56362
	50602	56365							Noted 21/08/65 - at Bridlington1
	50602	56192							Noted 20/08/69 - at Leeds1
	50602	56193							Noted 24/08/74 - at Doncaster2
	50602	56193							Noted 27/08/1974 - at York3
	50602	56193							Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot2
	50602	56193							Noted 14/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds on the out and back from Cambridge2
	50602	56423							Noted 15/04/1978 - at Newcastle 3
	50602	50634							Noted circa 10/19824
	53602	54197							Noted 30/04/1983 - Leeds4
	53602	54197							Noted circa 01/19864
	53602	54197							Noted 19th August 1986
	53602	54197							Noted 24/10/19864
	53602	54197							Noted 01/12/19864
	53602	54197							Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds5
B960	53602	54197							New set number at BR - May-87
B960	53602	54197							Listed at BR - Aug-87
B960	53602	54197							Listed at BR - Oct-87
B960	53602	54197							Listed at BR - 29/02/88
B960	53602	54197							Listed at BR - 15/05/89
B960	53602	54197							Listed at BR - Jul-91
B960	53602	54197							Listed at BR - Aug-91
B960	53602	54197							Noted circa 08/19914
B960	53602	54197							Listed at BR - Dec-91

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton

Images:

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22nd July 1987

Set number: B960

Class 108 DMBS E53602 in Taunton station on 22 July 1987. Transferred from Neville Hill to Bristol Bath Road in May it has its new set number B960 but the E prefix on the vehicle number remains. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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November 1987

Set number: B960

From Yorkshire to Westbury. A surprise visitor to Westbury in November 1987 was class 108 set B960 on a Weymouth to Bristol working. Formed of 53602 + 54197, these had been Yorkshire vehicles from new, but reallocated to Bristol just a few months earlier. Murray Liston.

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November 1987

Set number: B960

Symmetrical Strangers, almost. On the left we can see a surprise visitor to Westbury in November 1987, class 108 twin set B960 on a Weymouth to Bristol working. Formed of 53602 + 54197, these had been Yorkshire vehicles from new, but reallocated to Bristol just a few months earlier. The BRCW class 118 DMU on the right had been a Devon / Cornwall unit from new, but was reallocated to Cardiff in 1986 where it gained the Red Dragon branding. It was moved to Bristol a month before this photo was taken, the set number changing to B480 when it was seen at Westbury on a Bristol to Weymouth service, the numbers were W51327 + W59470 + W51312. Murray Liston.

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1st July 1988

Set number: B960

53602 + 54197 (set B960) heads out of St Andrew's Road station with the 07:13 Bristol TM - Severn Beach service on July 1st, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 15th August 1987

Set number: B960

Class 108 DMU set B960 (54197 and presumably 53602) brings an evening Swindon to Warminster train into Westbury on 15 August 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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Date: 8th April 1988

Class 108 formed of 54197 + 53602 between Newport and Cardiff on 8 April 1988. Robert Chilton.

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Date: 1989

Set number: B960

Class 108 set B960 (presumably 54197 + 53602) is seen at Sparkford in 1989. Michael Mensing.

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Date: 27th April 1991

Set number: B960

Class 108 set B960 (54197 and presumably 53602) at Newport with an up passenger service on 27 April 1991. Robert Thomas.