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Vehicle 50626 / 53626 / 977745


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: 30407
Diagram: 543

Allocations

27/12/58 New to 18A (Toton)
Jun-59 Transferred to 26A (Newton Heath)
Oct-59 Transferred to 8C (Speke Junction)
Jun-60 Transferred to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
Jul-60 Transferred to 8H (Allerton)
Apr-61 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
4w/e 07/05/66 Transferred to 8J (Allerton)
5w/e 12/08/67 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
4w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 8J (Allerton)
06/05/73Depot code changeAN
w/e 13/05/79 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
31/03/85 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
27/04/86 Transferred to BX (Buxton)
19/03/89 Transferred to CH (Chester) PMSX
14/05/89 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill) PNLX
07/07/91 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
09/10/91 Withdrawn from LO (Longsight) PLOX
14/11/91 To departmental stock LO (Longsight)
Oct-92 Withdrawn

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50626 - original number
53626 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
977745 - from Oct-91 (departmental stock)

Department Use as ADB977745

Sandite / Route Learner From 10/91 to 10/92.

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 30/07/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50626 56212 As delivered to 18A - 27th December 1958
50626 56212 Transfer to 8C - Oct-59
50626 56212 Transfer to 6A - Apr-61
50626 56212 Noted 05/01/66 - in Manchester Exchange station1
50626 56212 Transfer to 8J - 4w/e 31/05/69
50626 56499 Noted 02/09/73 - in Manchester Oxford Road2
50626 56493 Noted 04/09/74 - at Allerton2
50626 56495 Noted 28/08/75 - at Allerton2
50626 56499 Noted 12/09/1977 - 18.42 Newton-le-Willows to Lime Street with 51421-564983
50626 56499 Noted 30/09/1977 - 16.50 Lime Street to Allerton3
50626 59384 50636 Noted circa 04/19823
50626 59384 50636 Noted 15/05/82 - on 13.55 Cambridge - Doncaster
50626 50636 Noted circa 10/19823
50626 50636 Noted circa 03/19833
53626 53636 Noted circa 08/19833
53626 53636 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
53626 53636 Transfer to NH - 31/03/85 - from NL
BX480 53626 59152 53636 Listed at Buxton - Summer 1986
53626 59152 53636 Noted 26/07/1986 - Llandudno-Man Vic (6-car)4
53626 59152 53636 Listed at BX - Jun-87
BX480 53626 59152 53636 Noted 18/07/19873
53626 59144 53636 Listed at BX - mid Nov-87
BX370 53626 59144 53636 Noted 13/12/19873
BX370 53626 59144 53636 Listed at BX - May 1988
53626 59144 53636 Noted 18/06/88 - at Norwich with 51950 + 59155 + 52062 on the Manchester – Gt. Yarmouth service2
BX370 53626 59144 53636 Noted circa Jul-88
53626 53636 Noted 31/05/895
53626 53636 Noted 12/08/89 - on Neville Hill depot
53626 59387 53636 Noted 30/08/89 - on 08:48 York - Sheffield direct via Pontefract5
NL571 53626 59387 53636 Listed at NL - 05/09/89
53626 59387 53636 Noted 02/10/89 - on 17:16 York - Leeds via Harrogate5
53626 59387 53636 Noted 28/10/89 - on 16:24 Windermere - Oxenholme5
53626 54365 Noted 20/08/90 - at Sheffield
53626 54346 Noted circa 02/19913
53626 54346 Noted 21/02/91 - on 13:44 York - Sheffield6
spare 53626 Listed at NL - Jul-91
LO282 53626 54262 Noted 27/07/91 - at Manchester Victoria
LO282 53626 54262 Listed at LO - Aug-91
LO282 53626 54262 Noted circa 09/19913

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

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Worksop

Unknown date

A three-car Class 108 DMU led by DMBS E50626 at Worksop. Date unknown but prior to refurbishment in July 1982. Paul Redmond.

Class 108 DMU at March

15th May 1982

The northbound lunchtime service over the joint line, the the 13.55 Cambridge - Doncaster is seen arriving at March on 15th May 1982 formed of a Derby Works 3 car dmu E50626 + E59384 + E50636 allocated to Leeds Neville Hill. The set was refurbished later in 1982. It was not uncommon to see sets from Neville Hill and even South Gosforth on the joint line trains, although most of the time the Derby Heavyweight Class 114s and Cravens Class 105 sets held sway. In the background behind the Shenfield units can be seen withdrawn LMR DMUs including a Class 104 centre car and a Cravens. Gerard Fletcher.

Class 108 DMU at BREL Doncaster Works

5th June 1988

Set number: BX370

Delivered in December 1958, Class 108 DMBS M53626 is stabled outside the Test House at BREL Doncaster Works on the 5th June 1988 after what was probably it’s last General Overhaul. At the time allocated to Buxton MPD as can be seen by the unit code in the window M53626 would be withdrawn from passenger service in October 1991 and renumbered as ADB977745 in service as a Route Learning / Sandite vehicle until finally withdrawn a year later in October 1992 and scrapped by CF Booth, Rotherham during January 1993. Bob Woolnough.

Class 108 DMU at Ely West Junction

18th June 1988

Set number: BX370

M53626 (presumably with 59144 + 53636) leads a special from Buxton with class 108 and 104 stock seen near Ely West Junction, 18.06.88. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 108 DMU at Sheffield Midland

20th August 1990

An odd pairing of class 108 DMBS 53626 (nearest) and class 101 DTCL 54365, standing at Sheffield on 20/Aug/1990. Robert Chilton.

Class 108 DMU at Manchester Victoria

27th July 1991

Set number: LO282

Longsight's class 108 set no. LO282 formed 53626 - 54262 having just arrived at Manchester Victoria on a bright sunny scorching 27 July 1991. Robert Chilton.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 15th May 1982

E50636 + E59384 + E50626 at March on 15th May 1982 with the 13.55 Cambridge - Doncaster. There certainly seem to be plenty of passengers, though whether they are boarding or disembarking is unclear. E50636 had had the two character heacode panel plated over, this was a short term fix and at the next major overhaul it would be rebuilt with a flush front. Gerard Fletcher.

DMU

Date: 26th July 1986

Set number: BX495

52058, 59388, 51943 and 53636, 59152, 53626 leaving Helsby at 11.31 with a Llandudno-Manchester Victoria service, 26/7/86. Anthony Griffiths.

DMU

Date: 12th August 1989

A variety of DMU sets sit in Neville Hill depot on August 12, 1989, including Class 108 set 53636 + 53626, allocated there a few months earlier from Chester. Note the paint under the drivers window probably covering a set number. On the right is a Class 101/108 hybrid set. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 29th July 1991

Set number: LO282

Set LO282 at Northwich on 29/7/91, on the 08.28 Chester to Manchester Piccadilly, which was timed to wait here for 15 minutes. Presumably 53626 and 54262. David Miller.