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Vehicle 50930 / 53930

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: 30460
Diagram: 543

Allocations

19/12/59	New to	6G (Llandudno Junction)
w/e 02/01/60	Transferred to	6D (Chester Northgate)
Jan-60	Transferred to	6A (Chester)	- Northgate closed
06/05/73	Depot code change	CH
17/02/84	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
27/04/86	Transferred to	BX (Buxton)
19/03/89	Transferred to	CH (Chester) PMSX
30/09/90	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley) PTSX
12/05/91	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill) PNLX
20/02/92	Sector Change to	NL (Neville Hill) PXXZ
09/03/92	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill) PLEX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50930 - original number
53930 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Jul-72 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50930	51567		As delivered to 6G - 19th December 1959
	50930	51562		Noted 19/09/71 - on Chester depot¹
	50930	51562		Noted 19/05/72 - at Chester¹
CR106	50930	51562		Noted 09/09/73 - on Chester depot²
	50930	51562		Noted 08/04/1976 - at Llandudno Junction ³
	50930	59414	51562	Noted 16/07/1978 - on 17:00 Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton with 50980 and 56263³
	50930	52065		Noted 27/10/1980 - At Wrexham General Station working to Shrewsbury⁴
	50930	52065		Noted circa 07/1981⁵
	50930	51563		Noted circa 08/1982⁵
	50930	50694		Noted circa 11/1982⁵
	53930	51563		Noted circa 06/1983⁵
	53930	51563		Noted circa 01/1984⁵
	53930	51563		Noted circa 02/1984⁵
	53930	51563		Noted 11/08/84 - at Preston
	53930	59148	51563	Listed at Buxton - Summer 1986
	53930	59148	52056	Listed at BX - Jun-87
	53930	59148	52056	Noted circa 07/1987⁵
	53930	59148	52056	Listed at BX - mid Nov-87
	53930	59148	52056	Noted 16th November 1987
BX372	53930	59148	52056	Listed at BX - May 1988
BX372	53930	59148	52056	Noted circa Jul-88
	53930	59148	52056	Noted 17/07/88 - on 15:41 Alderley-Manchester Piccadilly
CH372	53930	59148	52056	Noted 13/05/89 - on 07:45 Manchester Piccadilly - Buxton
	53930	59148	52056	Noted 13/07/89 - at Penyffordd⁶
CH632	53930	52056		Listed at CH - 14/10/89
CH632	53930	52056		Listed at CH - mid May-90
CH632	53930	52056		Noted circa 07/1990⁵
T071	53930	52056		Noted circa 12/1990⁵
T071	53930	52056		Noted 08/05/91 - at Derby⁶
T071	50930	52056		Noted 12/06/91 - at Peterborough²
NL471	53930	52056		Listed at NL - Jul-91
NL471	53930	52056		Listed at NL - Aug-91
NL471	53930	52056		Listed at NL - Dec-91

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Aaron Calder

Images:

3rd June 1987

53930 stabled at Buxton on June 3rd, 1987, presumably with 59148 behind. Hamish Stevenson.

19th April 1988

Set number: BX372

53930 + 59148 + 52058 (set BX372) departs from Bamford station heading for Manchester on 19 April 1988. Dave Warby.

2nd June 1988

Set number: BX372

This must have been the furthest north a Buxton allocated DMU set worked at the time being synonymous generally with services South of Manchester. 3-car set BX 372 (53930+59148+52056) formed with two class 108 motor coaches and a class 104 intermediate trailer is seen shortly after arrival at Heysham Harbour on 2 June 1988. Set BX 372 having worked "Boat Train" 1P13 the 12.05 Stockport to Heysham Harbour with connection to Douglas on the Isle of Man by way of the IOM Steam Packet Co. Ferry. Adrian Nicholls.

15th September 1988

Set number: BX372

Class 108/104 hybrid set BX372 (presumably M53930 + M59148 + M52056) departs from Manchester Piccadilly on September 15, 1988. Rex Holt.

13th May 1989

Set number: CH372

CH372 (M53930 + M59148 + M52056) arrives at New Mills Newtown on the 07:45 Manchester Piccadilly to Buxton on 13-5-89. Kevin Dowd.

July 1989

Set number: CH372

A five-car DMU formation is seen in Llandudno Junction station in July 1989. Closest is set CH372 formed a Class 108 DMBS (53930), a Class 104 TSL (59148) and a Class 108 DMSL (52056). On the rear is a Class 101 DMSL / Class 108 DMBS (51420) hybrid. George Woods.

Class 108 DMU at near Lenton Junction, Nottingham

13th April 1991

Set number: T071

Looking towards Nottingham I photographed class 108 T071 (53930 + 52056) near Lenton Junction at Nottingham on 13 April 1991. A Welsh Dragon symbol is still visible on the cab front and the remnant of a white cab roof hasn't been lost. Peter Tandy.

21st February 1992

Set number: 632

Class 108 DMBS M53930 at Snailwell on 21 February 1992. It still carries an old Chester set number under the vehicle number. Note also the ex-Cravens seats. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 11th August 1984

M51563 and M53930 at Preston on 11-08-84. Image by MD Williams. Vincent Haworth.

Date: 19th April 1988

Set number: BX372

On 19 April 1988 hybrid (108/104/108) DMU set BX372 (52056 + 59148 + 53930) heads towards Manchester at Bamford. Dave Warby.

Date: 2nd June 1988

Set number: BX372

Buxton allocated DMU set BX372 (52056 + 59148 + 53930), a class 108/104 hybrid, stands at the old Morecambe station on the promenade with train 1H51 the 14.55 to Stockport on 02/06/88. This station closed on 07/02/94 when a smaller two platform station opened closer to the town centre but in doing so reduced the length of the branch by 17ch (nearly ¼ mile). Adrian Nicholls.

Date: 14th May 1989

Set number: CH376

CH376 (M52064 + M59183 + M51941) with CH372 (M52056 + M59148 + M53930) at Buxton on 14-5-89, the day before Sprinterisation of The Spa Line. 37 411 is on the TMD. Kevin Dowd.

Date: July 1989

Set number: N616

A five-car DMU formation in Llandudno Junction station in July 1989. On the rear, closest, is a Class 108 DMBS (51420) / Class 101 DMSL hybrid, the far set is also a hybrid with a Class 104 centre car (59148) between two Class 108 power cars (52056 + 53930). George Woods.

Date: 20th August 1990

Set number: CH632

Class 108 DMCL no. 52056 with DMBS no. 53930 (set CH632) at Manchester Victoria on 20/Aug/1990. Robert Chilton.

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