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Vehicle 50952 / 53952

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: 30465
Diagram: 543

Allocations

21/02/59	New		- stored at Warwick pending allocation
Apr-59	Transferred to	6K (Rhyl)	- stored pending allocation
Jun-59	Transferred to	9E (Trafford Park)
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)
p/e 13/10/90	Sector Change to	HT (Heaton) PXXZ
07/12/90	Withdrawn from	HT (Heaton) PXXZ

Notes

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.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50952 - original number
53952 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Oct-72 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

50952	56235	As delivered to - 21/02/59 - stabled at Warwick, pending allocation
50952	56236	Noted 31/08/71 - at Carlisle¹
50952	56244	Noted 25/08/1973 - at Carlisle²
50952	56236	Noted 01/09/74 - at Barrow³
50952	59265	Noted 03/04/76 - on 12.30 Lancaster – Carlisle with 50951 + 56242⁴
50952	56244	Noted 07/04/1976 - at Barrow ⁵
50952	56244	Noted 12/03/1977 - at Carlisle ⁵
50952	56243	Noted 1st August 1978
50952	56244	Listed at KD - circa Aug-80
53952	54244	Listed at KD - 01/01/85
53952	54244	Noted circa 10/1985⁶
53952	54244	Listed at Carlisle Kingmoor - Summer 1986
53952	54244	Noted 01/11/1986⁶
53952	54244	Listed at KD - circa Jan-88
53952	54244	Noted 10/09/88⁷
53952	54244	Noted 08/10/88 - on 14:15 Sunderland - Gateshead MetroCentre service⁷
53952	54244	Noted 08/10/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁷
53952	54244	Noted 15/10/88 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service⁷
53952	54244	Noted 12/11/88 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service⁷
53952	54244	Noted 28/01/89 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁷
53952	54244	Listed at HT - Feb-89
53952	54244	Noted 11/03/89 - on 15:04 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service⁷
53952	54244	Noted 11/03/89 - on 15:45 Sunderland - Newcastle service⁷
53952	54244	Noted 22/04/89 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁷
53952	54241	Noted 12/08/89 - on 16:27 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁷
53952	54241	Noted 21/08/89 - on 12:50 Carlisle - Whitehaven⁷
53952	54241	Noted 02/11/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁷
53952	54241	Noted 11/11/89 - on 10:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁷
53952	54241	Noted 11/11/89 - on 12:45 Carlisle - Newcastle service⁷
53952	54241	Noted 18/11/89 - on 14:35 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁷
53952	54241	Noted 25/11/89 - on 11:05 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness⁷
53952	54241	Noted 09/12/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁷
53952	54241	Noted 30/03/90 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁷

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Phil Shatford
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Graeme Phillips

Images:

September 1979

A 2 car class 108 DMU, led by DMBS M50952, approaches Grange over Sands on a Lancaster-Carlisle service, September 1979. John Crooks.

1983

Two two-car Class 108 DMUs with M53952 leading arriving at Carnforth during 1983. Walter Burt.

10th July 1987

A Class 108 DMU formed of 53952 + 54244 ready to work a Barrow service in Carlisle station on 10 July 1987. Keith Miller.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 26th October 1978

A Class 108 DMU formed of M56245 + M50952 stabled between Barrow duties at Lancaster on 26 October 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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