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Vehicle 50610 / 53610

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

06/08/58	New to	56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 30/04/60	Transferred to	55F (Manningham)
2w/e 09/10/65	Transferred to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
2w/e 12/03/66	Transferred to	67A (Corkerhill)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
14/01/68	On loan to	31A (Cambridge)
28/01/68	Transferred to	31A (Cambridge)
Nov-68	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
3w/e 31/10/70	Transferred to	52J (South Gosforth)
May-73	Depot code change	GF
w/e 21/08/77	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
13/05/84	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
11/05/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
15/03/87	Stored U.
12/04/87	Reinstated	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
14/06/87	Stored U.	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)	- at Dairycoates
May-88	Withdrawn from	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)	- official date 09/09/88.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50610 - original number
53610 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

07/03/75 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 21/10/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

50610	56201	As delivered to 56G - 6th August 1958
50610	56201	Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
50610	56201	Transfer to 50C - 2w/e 09/10/65
50610	56201	Transfer to 67A - 2w/e 12/03/66
50610	56201	Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66
50610	56201	Transfer to 31A - 28/01/68
50610	56201	Transfer to 32A - Nov-68
50610	56201	Transfer to 52J - 3w/e 31/10/70
50610	56201	Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle¹
50610	56201	Noted 01/06/1974 - at Carlisle ²
50610	56201	Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot³
50610	56201	Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot³
50610	56201	Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central³
50610	56201	Noted 19/03/1977 - Newcastle area ⁴
50610	56201	Noted 10/12/1977 - on Neville Hill depot⁴
50610	56201	Noted circa 03/1978⁵
50610	56201	Noted 14/06/1978 - at Sheffield ²
50610	56201	Noted 19/08/1978 - at Leeds City⁴
50610	56201	Noted 03/06/1979 - on Neville Hill depot⁴
50610	56201	Noted 14/10/1979 - in Doncaster Works⁴
50610	56201	Noted 09/02/1980 - at Leeds City⁴
50610	56201	Noted 13/12/1980 - on Neville Hill depot⁴
50610	56201	Noted 28/02/1981 - Sheffield after arrival from Huddersfield⁶
50610	56201	Noted 14/06/1981 - at Carnforth⁴
50610	56201	Noted 18/04/1982 - in Doncaster Works⁴
53610	54201	Noted 02/05/1983 - at Leeds City⁴
53610	54201	Noted circa 10/1983⁵
53610	54201	Noted 31/03/1984 - at Leeds City⁴
53610	54199	Noted 27/07/86
53610	54208	Noted 25/10/1986⁵
53610	54198	Noted circa 12/1986⁵
53610	54190	Noted 24/12/86

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Martin Lumley
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Alan N Walker

Images:

31st August 1971

Haltwhistle at 11.45 on 31.8.71. A train from Carlisle to Newcastle, led by 50610, runs into the platform on the right. In the branch platform on the left, a two-car 101 (50225/56050) waits to leave for Alston at 12.00. Leonard Rogers.

27th July 1986

An impressive 10-car DMU rake led by MetroTrain branded 53610 and 54199, followed by a plain blue class 105 pair and three more two-car class 108 sets heads for York at Kirkham Abbey on 27/Jul/1986. Robert Chilton.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 1966

A Derby twin set (later Class 108) in Corstorphine station in 1966. Scotland had just two driver trailer sets at this time, 50610 + 56201 and 50611 + 56202. Walter Burt.

Date: circa 1968

A Derby Lightweight (Blue Square) DMU at St Ives (Huntingdonshire) after arriving from Cambridge into the platform which used to be for the line to Huntingdon and Kettering circa 1968. Behind the building are the platforms formerly used for the March line. The station was largely intact at this time, but was rationalised a few months later. Cambridge depot only ever had one DMU allocated of this type, 56201 + 50610 arriving from the Scottish Region in January 1968 which explains the yellow first class stripe on the DTCL. They moved to Norwich depot in November 1968. Tom Burnham.

Date: 1968

A Blue Square Derby Lightweight DMU on Cambridge depot sometime in 1968. Closest is DMBS E50610, presumably paired with E56201. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 25th June 1982

Class 124 E51956 beside Class 108 E50610 at Leeds on June 25, 1982. John Carter.

Date: 24th December 1986

A Derby built class 108 dmu comprising of cars 54190 & 53610, are sat in the centre road at Sheffield awaiting their next turn of duty, on Christmas eve 1986. Andrew J Crowther.

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