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Vehicle 50957 / 53957 / 977751

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: 30465
Diagram: 543

Allocations

w/e 28/03/59 New to 6K (Rhyl)
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 06/05/67 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
4w/e 05/04/69 Transferred to 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor)
06/05/73Depot code changeKM
Jan-75Depot code changeKD
15/05/88 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
09/10/91 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton) PHTX
14/11/91 To departmental stock
Feb-92 Withdrawn - route learner

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50957 - original number
53957 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
977751 - from Nov-91 (departmental stock)

Department Use as ADB977751

Sandite / Route Learner From 14/11/91 to 2/92.

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50957 56240 As delivered to 6K - w/e 28/03/59
50957 56234 Noted 25/08/1973 - at Carlisle1
50957 56238 Noted 24/08/75 - on Carlisle Kingmoor depot2
50957 56246 Noted 10/04/1976 - at Carlisle3
50957 56238 Noted 24/04/1976 - at Barrow 3
50957 56238 Noted 06/09/76 - in Carlisle Citadel2
50957 56236 Listed at KD - circa Aug-80
50957 56236 Noted 12/08/80 - at Seascale
50957 56236 Noted circa 03/19824
53957 54236 Listed at KD - 01/01/85
53957 54227 Noted 12/07/85
53957 54236 Noted circa 02/19864
53957 54236 Listed at Carlisle Kingmoor - Summer 1986
53957 54236 Noted 25/05/87 - on 13:37 Millom-Lancaster
53957 54236 Listed at KD - circa Jan-88
53957 54236 Noted 03/08/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
53957 54236 Listed at HT - Feb-89
53957 54236 Noted 04/02/89 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
53957 54236 Noted 18/02/89 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
53957 54236 Noted 25/03/89 - on 15:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5
53957 54236 Noted 25/03/89 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5
53957 54236 Noted 30/03/89 - on 17:45 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5
53957 54236 Noted 15/04/89 - on 15:00 Hexham - Newcastle5
53957 54236 Noted 12/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle5
53957 54239 Noted 15/05/89 - on 18:23 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
53957 54239 Noted 17/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle5
53957 54239 Noted 18/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle5
53957 54239 Noted 13/06/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle5
53957 54236 Noted 07/08/89 - on 12:50 Carlisle - Whitehaven5
53957 54236 Noted 07/08/89 - on 15:40 Carlisle - Whitehaven5
53957 54236 Noted 07/08/89 - on 11:00 Whitehaven - Carlisle5
53957 54236 Noted 07/08/89 - on 14:08 Whitehaven - Carlisle5
53957 54236 Noted 16/08/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
53957 54236 Noted 21/08/89 - on 14:15 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness between 53953 + 54262 and 54238 + 539565
53957 54236 Noted 30/08/89 - on 06:30 Newcastle - Seaham service5
53957 54236 Noted 02/09/89 - on 12:50 Carlisle - Whitehaven5
53957 54236 Noted 02/09/89 - on 14:08 Whitehaven - Carlisle5
53957 54236 Noted 02/09/89 - on 09:02 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
53957 54236 Noted 09/09/89 - on 09:00 Whitehaven - Carlisle5
53957 54236 Noted 09/09/89 - on 11:05 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness5
53957 54236 Noted 16/09/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle5
53957 54236 Noted 16/09/89 - on 09:02 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
53957 54236 Noted 23/09/89 - on 11:05 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness5
53957 54236 Noted 18/10/89 - on 17:00 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5
53957 54236 Noted 28/10/89 - on 17:43 Carlisle - Newcastle service5
53957 54236 Noted 11/11/89 - on 10:00 Whitehaven - Carlisle5
53957 54236 Noted 23/11/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle5
53957 54236 Noted 25/11/89 - on 14:46 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness5
53957 54236 Noted 03/02/90 - on 10:15 Barrow-in-Furness - Carlisle5
53957 54236 Noted 03/02/90 - on 14:15 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness5
53957 54236 Noted 09/02/90 - at Millom5
53957 54236 Noted 18/06/90 - on 09:56 Whitehaven - Carlisle5
53957 54236 Noted 01/08/90 - on 21:10 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
53957 54236 Noted 06/10/90 - on 09:10 Newcastle - Barrow-in-Furness5
HT57 53957 54263 Listed at HT - Jul-91
HT57 53957 54263 Listed at HT - Aug-91
53957 54263 Noted 07/08/915

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Windermere

June 1970

A two-car Class 108 in Windermere station in June 1970. The DMBS appears to be M50957. Mel Smith.

Class 108 DMU at Barrow-on-Furness

25th May 1987

A location less often visited by most modern traction photographers in the 1970s and ‘80s was Barrow-in-Furness. On Monday May 25 1987 53957 + 54236 arrive at the station (which was rebuilt after wartime bomb damage) with the 1337 Millom-Lancaster. Mel Holley.

Class 108 DMU at Millom, Cumbria

9th February 1990

Believed to be an empty coaching stock (ECS) move, cars E53957 E54236 are captured at Millom (Cumbria) on 9/2/90. These were part of the batch of Class 108s that had long been allocated to Kingmoor (KD) depot, Carlisle, but were transferred to Heaton (HT) depot, Newcastle, upon closure of the former in May 1988. They continued to operate Cumbria services until displaced by Class 153s in 1991. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Seaham

13th September 1990

A Class 108 set formed of 53957 and 54236 are seen departing (12 minutes late) from Seaham on the 11:03 Middlesbrough - Hexham, 13/6/90. This was one of the majority of Kingmoor (Carlisle - KD) depot's units that were transferred to Heaton (Newcastle - HT) depot in May 1988 when KD closed (the remainder went to Chester - CH), but still intended for use in Cumbria. Thereafter, these power-trailer sets appeared on certain generously timed Newcastle-Carlisle services, presumably as a means of getting to / from their new depot. They also made occasional appearances on other north-east local services, but their inferior power:weight ratio meant they usually struggled to keep time on Pacer schedules, as was probably the case on the service illustrated. Graeme Phillips.

Class 108 DMU at Sellafield

26th June 1991

A 2-car Class 108 DMU arrives at Sellafield on 26th June 1991. In the background 31312 can be seen in the siding with a nuclear flask wagon. Syd Young.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 12th August 1980

M56236 + M50957 pass along the Cumbrian Coast at Seascale, 12/8/80. Robert Frise.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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