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Vehicle 50635 / 53635

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: 30408
Diagram: 544

Allocations

01/10/58	New to	53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58	Transferred to	53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)	- 53C closed
Jan-60	Depot code change	50C
2w/e 10/10/70	Transferred to	52J (South Gosforth)
May-73	Depot code change	GF
w/e 06/05/79	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
29/09/85	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
3w/e 20/05/88	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
14/05/90	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road) PBRX
09/01/92	Withdrawn from	BR (Bristol Bath Road) PBRX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50635 - original number
53635 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Dec-74 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 20/11/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50634	59247	59382	50635	As delivered to 53C - 1st October 1958
	50634	59247	59385	50635	Noted Summer 1964 - at Brough¹
	50634	59231	59226	50635	Noted 15/08/1970²
	50634	59247	59382	50635	Transfer to 52J - 2w/e 10/10/70
N422	50635	59247	59381	50636	Noted 28/08/74 - in Newcastle Central (set number on solebar of all vehicles)³
N422	50635	59381	59247	50636	Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 59381³
	50635	59381	59247	50636	Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central³
	50635	59381	59247	50636	Noted 31/03/1976 - at Newcastle ²
	50635				Noted 04/09/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle³
	50599	59385	50635		Noted circa 05/1982⁴
	50599	50635			Noted 08/08/1982 - Worked three round trips Skipton-Embsay
	50599	50635			Noted circa 02/1983⁴
	53599	53635			Listed at NL - 01/01/85
	53599	53635			Noted circa 07/1985⁴
	53622	59385	53635		Noted circa 02/1986⁴
	53599	59385	53635		Noted 14/08/86 - at York³
	53599	59385	53635		Noted 11/09/1986⁴
	53599	59385	53635		Noted 26/10/1986⁴
B920	53599	59130	53635		Formed at BR 10/87
B934	53624	59383	53635		Listed at BR - 29/02/1988
B931	53624	59383	53635		Noted circa 03/1988⁴
C984	53224	59383	53635		Formed at CF circa May-88
C984	53224	53635			Listed at CF - 15/05/89
B399	53617	53635			Noted 14/07/90 - on Westbury - Weymouth service
B399	53617	53635			Listed at BR - Jul-91
B399	53617	53635			Listed at BR - Aug-91
spare	53635				Listed at BR - Dec-91

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

Images:

8th August 1982

On 8 August 1982 three extraordinary trains ran from Skipton to Embsay on the Yorkshire Dales Railway. This was possible because the main line track was slewed to connect on this day. The stock used comprised Derby-built class 108 DMU cars 50599 and 50635, both new in 1958. The headboard (and the ticket) named the trips as "Yorkham's Flying Banger", they were sponsored by Yorkham's of Blubberhouses in connection with a "real food" festival at Embsay. Jeremy Chapter.

1st August 1984

Class 108 DMS E53635 in Ilkley station on 1st August 1984. Jonathan Hazan.

1988

Set number: C984

31 152 hauls a three-car 108 DMSL/108 TSL/101 DMBS DMU set at Frome in mid-1988. The closest vehicle appears to be 53635, making this set C984 with 59383 + 53224. Michael Mensing.

2nd April 1988

A three-car Class 108 DMU led by W53635 at Bradford Junction on 2 April 1988. The other two vehicles are presumably 59383 + 53624. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Unknown date

Set number: C984

DMU C984 (presumably 53635 + 53224, a 108 / 101 hybrid) and a class 442 5-WES unit at Weymouth. Date unknown, circa late 1980s. Stuart Pearce.

Class 108 DMU at Dundas Aqueduct, Monkton Combe

April 1989

Set number: C984

Class 108/101 hybrid DMU set C984 (53635 and presumably 53224) seen at the Dundas Aqueduct, Monkton Combe, in April 1989. Michael Mensing.

30th June 1989

Set number: C984

Class 108/101 hybrid set C984 at Cardiff Queen Street on June 30, 1989. Closest is 53635, presumably with 53224. John Carter.

27th April 1991

Set number: B399

53635 at Bristol Bath Road depot on 27th April 1991. Nicholas Youngman Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Bristol Bath Road depot

29th June 1991

Set number: B399

W53635 and presumably W53617 as set B399 stabled on Bristol Bath Road depot on 29 June 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: August 1989

Set number: C984

Hybrid 101/108 DMU set C984 (53224 and presumably 53635) arrives into Barry Island station in August 1989. John Law.

Date: 21st August 1989

Set number: C984

53224 running as C984 - a 2-car hybrid with a Class 108 (presumably 53635) - at Abercynon where it regains the Taff Vale main line to Pontypridd and Cardiff while operating the Aberdare service on 21/8/89. Mac Winfield.

Date: 14th July 1990

Set number: B399

Class 108 53617, set number B399, is seen at Weymouth having arrived from Westbury 14.07.1990. This set was allocated to Bristol St Phillips Marsh, hence the B set number, and was partnered by 53635. Andy Cole.

Date: 22nd August 1990

Set number: B399

Class 108 DMU set B399 (53617 and presumably 53635) departs from Westbury on 22 August 1990. Frome is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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