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Vehicle 50603 / 53603

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: 30406
Diagram: 543

Allocations

11/07/58 New to 51A (Darlington)
w/e 03/01/59 Transferred to 56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 30/04/60 Transferred to 55F (Manningham)
05/03/67 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill) - Manningham closed
May-73Depot code changeNL
22/04/84 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
11/05/86 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
01/02/87 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50603 - original number
53603 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Nov-74 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 03/12/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50603 56194 As delivered to 51A - 11th July 1958
50603 56194 Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
50603 56194 Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 25/03/67
50603 56208 Noted 12/07/68 - in Leeds City1
50603 56194 Noted 27/05/70 - at Keighley1
50603 56194 Noted 24/10/70 - at Sheffield Midland1
50603 56198 Noted 04/09/71 - at York1
50603 56198 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Leeds2
50603 56197 Noted 17/04/74 - at Leeds1
50603 56198 Noted 27/08/1974 - at Doncaster3
50603 56198 Noted 29/08/74 - in Sheffield Midland4
50603 56198 Noted 08/09/75 - at Doncaster1
50603 56198 Noted 16/09/75 - at Hull1
50603 56198 Noted 17/01/76 - at Brough1
50603 56198 Noted 10/04/76 - at Leeds1
50603 56198 Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds1
50603 56198 Noted circa 01/19775
50603 56198 Noted 05/01/77 - at Leeds1
50603 56198 Noted 08/1979 - at York working a service to Hull, unusually from Up Main Platform.
50603 56198 Noted 19/05/80
50603 56198 Noted circa 10/19825
50603 56198 Noted circa 03/19835
53603 54198 Noted 07/01/19845
53603 54198 Transfer to BG - 22/04/84 - from NL
53603 54198 Noted circa 11/19855
53603 59383 53237 Noted circa 05/19865

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

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Knottingley

5th June 1979

Refurbished Class 108 E50603 and E56198 at Knottingley with a Goole service on 5 June 1979. Brian Daniels.

Class 108 DMU at between Mirfield and Thornhill Junction

19th May 1980

50603 seen between Mirfield & Thornhill Junction on the 19th May 1980, paired with 56198. Malcolm Clements.

Class 108 DMU at Harrogate

29th June 1983

A Class 108 DMU formed of E50603 + E56198 is seen at Harrogate on 28 January 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Snailwell

26th October 1987

Class 108 E53603 cab facing and E54190 back end of vehicle are seen in the coach stack at Snailwell on October 26th 1987.Also see 5th June 1988 after they were removed from the stack. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 108 DMU at Snailwell

5th June 1988

Class 108 DMBS E53603 seen in Snailwell on June 5, 1988. Had been stacked previously from around October 1987. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 5th June 1979

A Class 108 DMU formed of E56198 + E50603 at Knottingley on 5 June 1979. Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: circa 1987/8

Two Class 108 DMU vehicles - E54190 (cab in view) next to E53603 (back end) - in a pile of vehicles awaiting disposal at Snailwell circa 1987/8. RichardMid67.

DMU

Date: 5th June 1988

Class 108s E53603 (left) and E54190 (right) seen in Snailwell on June 5th 1988. Both previously had been stacked from around October 1987. Nicholas Youngman.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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