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
21/02/59 | New | - stored at Warwick pending allocation | |
19/04/59 | Stored | 6K (Rhyl) | - pending allocation |
Jun-59 | Transfer | 9G (Gorton) | |
4w/e 01/06/63 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
3w/e 31/10/65 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
4w/e 04/02/67 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
4w/e 05/04/69 | Transferred to | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) | |
06/05/73 | Depot code change | KM | |
Jan-75 | Depot code change | KD | |
15/05/88 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
29/09/91 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
06/07/92 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX | |
28/07/92 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX |
19/04/59 - The six 2-car sets stored at Warwick shed (50947-52) were noted passing through Coventry on 19/04/59 hauled by 43005 in the Nuneaton direction, heading for Stoke. They were to have travelled under their own power, but had flat batteries after months of storage.
50951 - original number
53951 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
circa early 1975 - AWS fitted
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
50951 | 56234 | As delivered to - 21st February 1959 - stabled at Warwick, pending allocation | |||||||
50951 | 56235 | Noted 20/12/66 - at Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
CE380 | 50951 | 56242 | Noted circa Apr-70 | ||||||
50951 | 56248 | Noted 16/08/70 - at Kingmoor1 | |||||||
50951 | 56244 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Carlisle1 | |||||||
50951 | 56244 | Noted 04/03/72 - on last service train to Keswick with 50962 + 56236 and SRPS railtour formed 51538 + 59566 + 51468 | |||||||
50951 | 56235 | Noted 01/09/74 - on Kingmoor depot2 | |||||||
50951 | 56242 | Noted 03/04/76 - on 12.30 Lancaster – Carlisle with 50952 + 562653 | |||||||
50951 | 56235 | Noted 04/09/1976 - Carlisle Kingmoor Open Day Shuttle with 50622 + 56202 | |||||||
50951 | 56235 | Noted 01/04/1977 - at Carlisle 4 | |||||||
50951 | 56235 | Listed at KD - circa Aug-80 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Listed at KD - 01/01/85 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 30/07/85 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Listed at Carlisle Kingmoor - Summer 1986 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 01/11/19865 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 09/05/1987 - Barrow connection from BR Peterborough-Carlisle excursion | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Listed at KD - circa Jan-88 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 18/06/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 23/07/88 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 06/08/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 22/10/88 - on 15:04 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 12/11/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Listed at HT - Feb-89 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 06/02/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 18/02/89 - on 16:30 Sunderland - Hexham service6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 29/03/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 24/04/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 29/04/1989 - Connection from Barrow to BR Lancaster-Oban excursion | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 06/05/89 - on 13:35 Carlisle - Newcastle service6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 13/05/89 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 10/06/89 - on 15:04 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 10/06/89 - on 16:27 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 12/06/89 - on 18:00 Newcastle - Sunderland - service6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 12/06/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 20/06/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 22/07/89 - on 14:25 Newcastle - Morpeth service6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 31/07/89 - on 10:15 Barrow-in-Furness - Carlisle6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 31/07/89 - on 14:46 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 07/08/89 - on 11:05 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 16/09/89 - on 11:05 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 07/10/89 - on 10:00 Whitehaven - Carlisle6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 11/10/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 06/11/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 25/11/89 - on 14:15 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness6 | |||||||
HT51 | 53951 | 54235 | Listed at HT - Jul-91 | ||||||
HT51 | 53951 | 54235 | Listed at HT - Aug-91 | ||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 17/08/91 - on 15:15 Newcastle - Carlisle service with 54227 + 539586 | |||||||
53951 | 54235 | Noted 23/11/91 - on 15:00 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness6 | |||||||
LO295 | 53951 | 54235 | Listed at LO - Dec-91 | ||||||
LO295 | 53951 | 54235 | Noted circa 02/19925 | ||||||
LO295 | 53951 | 54235 | Listed at LO - 02/07/92 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Phil Shatford
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Graeme Phillips
The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. Its shows the 12.10 Penrith to Keswick service between Threlkeld and Low Brierly Halt. The 108s are believed to be M50962/56236 (far end) and M56244/50951 (closest), there is also a Met-Camm in the formation at the far end out of view on an SRPS railtour. The KDH Archive.
The 13.15 Keswick-Penrith at Threlkeld on 4th March 1972. Left to right are Sc51538/59566/51468 + M50962/56236 + M56244/50951 - the Met-Camm is on an SRPS railtour. The KDH Archive.
The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. It shows the 15.30 Keswick to Penrith service possibly at Threlkeld. The vehicle are believed to be M50951/56244 + M56236/50962 + Sc51468/59566/51538, the Met-Camm on an SRPS railtour. The KDH Archive.
A Class 108 (it appears to be M50951) at Keswick station on 4th March 1972, ready for the journey to Penrith. The branch closed two days later on the 6th. George Woods.
Keswick station on the last day of services, 4th March 1972. The Class 108 vehicle visible is believed to be be M50951, waiting to depart to Penrith. George Woods.
A Class 108 DMU (believed to be M50951/M56244) in Keswick station on 4 March 1972. George Woods.
Two Class 108 DMUs (believed to be M50951/56244 M56236/50962) in Keswick station on 4 March 1972. George Woods.
Arriving into Penrith are two Class 108s on the Keswick - Penrith service train with a Met-Camm DMU attached on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh on 4th March 1972. The vehicles are believed to be M50951/56244 + M56236/50962 + Sc51468/59566/51538. George Woods.
This two coach class 108 DMU does its best to accommodate the crowds at Skipton, keen to sample the closure-threatened Settle and Carlisle line, August 1985. DMBS 53951 is closest. Ian Docwra.
Two 2-car Class 108 units, with possibly 53951 nearest the camera, are seen in platform 3. These units had for may years worked in Cumbria, mainly on the West Cumbrian coast route to Barrow / Lancaster, but 1991 was to be their final year of operation, being replaced in November of that year with then newly-converted Class 153 single cars. Graeme Phillips Collection.
LO295 (presumably 53951 + 54235) at Lostock Hall on a Blackpool South to Colne working in 1992. John McIntyre.
The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. It shows the 12.10 Penrith to Keswick service between Threlkeld and Low Brierly Halt, formed of two Class 108s, believed to be M50962/56236 and M56244/50951. On the front is a three-car Met-Camm on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh Waverley which joined the service train at Penrith, formed Sc51538/59566/51468. Vehicle numbers from https://flic.kr/p/4JVX9U. The KDH Archive.
The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. It shows the 13.15 Keswick to Penrith service at Threlkeld. Left to right - M50962/56236 and M56244/50951 (numbers from RW Carroll image) - and behind the tree on the left is 51468. The KDH Archive.
The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. It shows the 14.15 Penrith to Keswick service at Threlkeld. The Met-Camm was on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh, attached at Penrith. The vehicles are believed to be Sc51538/59566/51468 + M50962/56236 + M56244/50951 (from https://flic.kr/p/4JVX9U). The KDH Archive.
A Class 108 DMU in Carlisle station on 4 March 1972. Closest is DTC M56244, presumably paired with M50951. George Woods.
Two Class 108 DMUs at Threlkeld station on 4th March 1972. This was the last day of services on the Penrith to Keswick branch, and the vehicles are believed to be M50962/56236 and M56244/50951. George Woods.
Two Class 108 DMUs at Keswick on the last day of services to Penrith on 4 March 1972. The vehicles are believed to be M50962/56236 and M56244/50951. George Woods.
A Met-Camm DMU on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh leads two Class 108s on the Penrith - Keswick service train into Keswick on the last day of services, 4th March 1972. The vehicles are believed to be Sc51538/59566/51468 + M50962/56236 + M56244/50951 (numbers from https://flic.kr/p/4JVX9U). George Woods.
DTS 54235 (presumably with + 53951) is at the end of a Class 108 formation in Carlisle on May 23, 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Longsight Class 108 set LO295 (54235 and presumably 53951 in the bay at Lancaster with a service for Barrow on 24-1-92. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
A Derby Class 108 two-car DMU formed of cars M54235 & M53951 was stood at Morecambe Promenade with the Morecambe to Lancaster shuttle service on March 27th 1992. The once busy and extensive former Midland Railway sea-front terminus closed on February 7th 1994. Martyn Hilbert.