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: 30465
Diagram: 543
24/01/59 | New to | 2D (Coventry) | - pending allocation |
Apr-59 | Transferred to | 3C (Ryecroft) | |
Jun-59 | Transferred to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
Oct-59 | Transferred to | 1E (Bletchley) | |
3w/e 31/01/65 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 8J (Allerton) | |
3w/e 02/07/66 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
4w/e 04/02/67 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
4w/e 04/03/67 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
2w/e 11/10/69 | Transferred to | 8J (Allerton) | |
06/05/73 | Depot code change | AN | |
29/03/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
02/10/88 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
07/05/89 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) PNLX | |
07/07/91 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
02/07/92 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) RCLO |
50943 - original number
53943 - from 1985 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Feb-72 - AWS fitted
circa early 1966 - Unknown location
Collision involving Class 108
Info from Vic Smith
56226 sustained collision to the cab, details of the incident unknown. It would spend some time at Patricroft (image on Flickr) before withdrawal in September. Partner 50943 sustained some rear end damage but was repaired and returned to traffic.
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
50943 | 56226 | Noted January 1959 | |||||||
50943 | 56226 | As delivered to 2D - 24/01/59 | |||||||
50943 | 56226 | Transfer to 3C - Apr-59 | |||||||
50943 | 56226 | Transfer to 1E - Oct-59 | |||||||
50943 | 56226 | Noted 05/01/66 - in Manchester Exchange station1 | |||||||
50943 | 52059 | Noted 20/07/68 - in Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
AN451 | 50943 | 52059 | Noted 19/10/69 | ||||||
50943 | 52047 | Noted 19/04/73 - on Newton Heath depot2 | |||||||
AN142 | 50943 | 52047 | Noted 09/09/73 - in Manchester Oxford Road2 | ||||||
50943 | 52039 | Noted 19/04/74 - in Liverpool Lime Street1 | |||||||
50943 | 52039 | Noted 23/02/76 - in Liverpool Lime Street1 | |||||||
50943 | 52042 | Noted 24/04/1976 - at Wigan North Western3 | |||||||
50943 | 52042 | Noted Jun-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1 | |||||||
50943 | 52047 | Noted 04/01/77 - in Liverpool Lime 1 | |||||||
50943 | 51570 | Noted 24/09/1977 - 12.50 Lime Street to Wigan nW with 51417-564924 | |||||||
50943 | 51570 | Noted 27/09/19774 | |||||||
50943 | 51923 | Noted 27/09/1977 - 07.40 Wigan NW to Liverpool with 50935-515724 | |||||||
50943 | 51570 | Noted 30/09/1977 - 16.45 Lime Street - Wigan NW with 50463-59171-505154 | |||||||
50943 | 52043 | Noted circa 01/19834 | |||||||
50943 | 52048 | Noted circa 02/19834 | |||||||
50943 | 52047 | Noted circa 04/19834 | |||||||
50943 | 51568 | Noted circa 04/19834 | |||||||
53943 | 52037 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||||
53943 | 51570 | Noted circa 01/19844 | |||||||
53943 | 52043 | Noted circa 07/19844 | |||||||
T211 | 53943 | 54277 | Noted circa 06/19874 | ||||||
T211 | 53943 | 54277 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | ||||||
T211 | 53943 | 54277 | Noted 26/09/87 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
T201 | 51927 | 53943 | Noted circa 01/19884 | ||||||
T201 | 51927 | 53943 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | ||||||
T214 | 53943 | 54061 | Noted circa 05/19884 | ||||||
T214 | 53943 | 54061 | Formed at TS circa May-88 | ||||||
T214 | 53943 | 54061 | Noted 19/05/88 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
53943 | 54061 | Noted 01/08/88 - on 18:05 Grantham-Boston | |||||||
N607 | 53943 | 54061 | Noted circa 11/19884 | ||||||
53943 | 54346 | Noted 30/08/89 - on 15:56 Leeds - Sheffield5 | |||||||
NL252 | 53943 | 54346 | Listed at NL - 05/09/89 | ||||||
LO288 | 53943 | 54205 | Listed at LO - Aug-91 | ||||||
53943 | 54205 | Noted 07/08/915 | |||||||
LO288 | 53943 | 54246 | Listed at LO - Dec-91 | ||||||
LO288 | 53943 | 54246 | Noted circa 02/19924 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Graeme Phillips
M50943 on Patricroft shed reputedly with rear end damage, side by side with Standard 5 73140, circa April 1966. Ian McDonald Collection.
Class 108 DMU set T211 (53943 + 54277) at Wirksworth on Saturday 23 May 1987. A large crowd of locals can be seen to the left of the set. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A three-car Class 108 formed of three brake vehicles including a centre trailer coach (TBSL), was awaiting departure from Skipton with a service to Bradford Forster Square on January 5th 1991. The leading car was M53943 and the rear driving car was M53971. It would appear this was a cobbled together set of serviceable cars in the period when the troublesome Class 142 fleet was giving the first generation DMU fleet an extended period of operation. M53943 was carrying the set number N607 on the cab front, whilst at the rear, M53971 was displaying set number T203. Martyn Hilbert.
On the afternoon of 7 September 1987 two of Tyseley's two-car Class 108 sets led by T211 (54277 and presumably 53943) were photographed climbing the 1/75 of Wilmcote Bank a short distance from Stratford-upon-Avon. The leading DTS was possibly unique at the time as it still had operational headcode blinds although I'm not sure what the code carried on this run represented. Later, on the run to Stratford from Leamington Spa it had changed to display the set number. These shots were a bonus as I was in this spot for a picture of 47628 with the VSOE on its way from Stratford to London Victoria. Peter Tandy.
Two Class 108s working to Stratford-upon-Avon from Leamington Spa at Wilmcote Bank on 7 September 1987. Closest is set T211 (54277 and presumably 53943) with the DTS displaying the set number on its still working headcode. Peter Tandy.
With Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) 53971 at the rear, a Neville Hill allocated three-car Class 108 DMU was stood on the Up Main alongside Broughton Road Sidings at Skipton during a reversal with a service from Bradford Forster Square on January 5th 1991. All three vehicles have brake vans, the TBSL is probably E59246, the far DMBS is E53943 which carried set number N607, Martyn Hilbert.