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Vehicle 50929 / 53929 / 977746

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: 30460
Diagram: 543

Allocations

28/11/59 New to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
w/e 02/01/60 Transferred to 6D (Chester Northgate)
Jan-60 Transferred to 6A (Chester) - Northgate closed
06/05/73Depot code changeCH
circa 1984 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
19/01/86 Transferred to CH (Chester)
14/05/90 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX - as LO270
09/10/91 Withdrawn from LO (Longsight) PLOX
14/11/91 To departmental stock LO (Longsight)
Aug-93 Withdrawn

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50929 - original number
53929 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
977746 - from Nov-91 (departmental stock)

Department Use as ADB977746

Sandite / Route Learner From 14/11/91 to 8/93. Carried set number LO902

Modifications

circa early 1975 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 30/04/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50929 51566 As delivered to 6G - 28th November 1959
50929 56269 Noted 19/09/71 - in Chester station1
50929 51566 Noted 22/06/74 - at Chester2
50929 56214 Noted 13/09/77 - at Shrewsbury2
50929 59131 51566 Noted 19/12/1977 - Chester3
50929 56361 Noted 22/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury Station4
50929 56361 Noted 25/10/1980 - At Crewe Station4
50929 56361 Noted circa 03/19813
50929 56269 Noted circa 05/19823
50929 56269 Noted circa 10/19823
53929 54269 Noted circa 04/19833
53929 54269 Noted 07/08/1983 - at Penmaenmawr3
53929 54269 Noted circa 06/19853
53929 54269 Transfer to CH - 19/01/86 - from NH
53929 54269 Noted circa 03/19863
53929 54269 Noted 14/04/86 - on 17:06 Crewe - Stoke with 51191 + 543405
53929 54269 Noted 19/04/86 - on 06:48 Crewe - Stoke with 51191 + 543405
53929 54269 Listed at Chester - Summer 1986
53929 54269 Noted circa 10/19873
53929 54269 Noted 16/01/19883
CH270 53929 54269 Listed at CH - May 1988
CH270 53929 54269 Noted circa May-88
CH270 53929 54269 Noted circa Jul-88
53929 53904 Noted 9th September 1989 - part of 3-car set (with 55991) hauling BG 94124
CH270 53929 54269 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
CH270 53929 54269 Noted 28/12/89 - in Nottingham Midland2
53929 54269 Noted 03/03/90 - on a mid-morning Wakefield Westgate - Leeds service
LO270 53929 54269 Listed at LO - mid May-90
LO270 53929 54269 Noted 06/04/1991 - At Chester.6
LO270 53929 54269 Noted circa 05/19913
LO270 53929 54269 Listed at LO - Jul-91
LO270 53929 54269 Listed at LO - Aug-91
53929 54269 Noted 07/08/917
LO902 977746 977748 Noted 28/03/92 - at Darlington
LO902 977746 977748 Noted 08/06/93 - on Chester Depot
902 977746 977748 Listed at LO - 08/11/93 - sandite

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Martin Baumann
6: Dave Warby
7: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Southport

28th September 1985

With the restored Class 503 EMU in the adjacent platform, a 2-Car Class 108 DMU with M53929 leading, awaits departure from Southport with a service to Manchester Victoria on September 28th 1985. That chap seems to be looking at something of interest inside the door vestibule of that 108. This was the period when the first generation DMU fleet was on the way out, and time-honoured scenes such as this became a thing of the past as shiny new Class 142s and 150s came on stream. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 108 DMU at Mouldsworth

1st June 1988

Set number: 270

Derby Class 108 2-car DMU Manchester bound with a service from Chester at Mouldsworth 1-6-88. The vehicles are 53929 and 54269, the DMBS (closest) carries a tiny set number under the drivers window. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 108 DMU at Rhyl

1989

Set number: CH270

An 8-car formation (4 x 2-car) led by Chester based unit CH270 (presumably 53929 + 54269) heads for Llandudno past Rhyl in 1989. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Chester

6th June 1993

Set number: LO902

Set LO902 977746 + 977748 seen at Chester depot on 6th June 1993. Nicholas Youngman Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Chester depot

24th August 1993

977746 (ex-53929) seen on Chester depot, 24-8-93. S Gaskell.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 1st June 1988

A picturesque scene as Class 108 2-car DMU 54269 + 53929 (DTCL + DMBS) approaches Mouldsworth Junction with a Chester-Manchester service on 1-6-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 1st June 1988

A Class 108 2-car DMU (54269 + 53929) crossing Mouldsworth Junction with a Chester - Manchester service on 1-6-88. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: circa February 1990

Set number: CH270

A Chester allocated class 108 DMU (unit CH270, vehicles 53929 and 54269) seen arriving into one of the bay platforms at the south end of Shrewsbury station from the Wolverhampton line early in 1990. Bob Belcher.

DMU

Date: 8th June 1993

Set number: LO904

Sandite sets LO904 977765 (51938) + 977766 (53944), LO902 977748 (53950) + 977746 (53929) on Chester Depot, 8-6-93. Kevin Dowd.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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