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Vehicle 50962 / 53962

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

25/04/59	New to	Chaddesden	- stabled pending allocation
4w/e 30/05/59	Transferred to	9E (Trafford Park)
Jun-59	Transferred to	24F (Fleetwood)
w/e 04/11/61	Transferred to	9D (Buxton)
w/e 03/02/62	Transferred to	24F (Fleetwood)
4w/e 30/09/62	Transferred to	26A (Newton Heath)
4w/e 02/02/63	Transferred to	9D (Buxton)
Sep-63	Depot code change	9L
w/e 12/09/64	Transferred to	9D (Newton Heath)
w/e 06/05/67	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07/12/90	Withdrawn from	HT (Heaton) PXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50962 - original number
53962 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Dec-75 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

50962	56245	As delivered to LMR - April 1959 - stabled at Chaddesden sidings pending allocation
50962	56236	Noted 04/03/72 - on last service train to Keswick with 56244 + 50951 and SRPS railtour formed 51538 + 59566 + 51468
50962	56224	Noted 01/06/1974 - at Carlisle ¹
50962	56234	Noted 01/09/74 - on Barrow depot²
50962	56239	Noted 24/04/1976 - at Lancaster ¹
50962	56239	Noted 22/05/76 - at Carnforth³
50962	56247	Noted 06/09/76 - in Carlisle Citadel²
50962	56245	Listed at KD - circa Aug-80
50962	56245	Noted 03/01/1981 - At Preston Station⁴
50962	56245	Noted 16/03/82 - at Lancaster with 56242 + 50953.
53962	54245	Noted 30/11/1983 - at Carlisle⁵
53962	54245	Noted circa 03/1984⁵
53962	54245	Noted 12/04/84 - at Blackpool South
53962	54245	Listed at KD - 01/01/85
53962	54245	Listed at Carlisle Kingmoor - Summer 1986
53962	54245	Noted circa 03/1987⁵
53962	54245	Listed at KD - circa Jan-88
53962	54245	Noted 03/09/88⁶
53962	54245	Noted 29/10/88 - on 14:00 Hexham - Sunderland service⁶
53962	54245	Noted 03/12/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁶
53962	54245	Listed at HT - Feb-89
53962	54245	Noted 04/03/89 - on 17:04 Newcastle - Durham service⁶
53962	54245	Noted 04/03/89 - on 17:40 Durham - Newcastle⁶
53962	54245	Noted 18/03/89 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁶
53962	54245	Noted 18/03/89 - on 13:35 Carlisle - Newcastle service⁶
53962	54246	Noted 08/05/89 - on 17:50 Newcastle - Hexham service⁶
53962	54245	Noted 16/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁶
53962	54245	Noted 19/07/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁶
53962	54245	Noted 20/10/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁶
53962	54245	Noted 10/11/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁶
53962	54245	Noted 11/11/89 - on 09:02 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁶
53962	54245	Noted 18/11/89 - on 15:14 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁶
53962	54245	Noted 13/12/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁶
53962	54240	Noted 18/01/90 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁶

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

Images:

4th March 1972

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.

4th March 1972

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.

4th March 1972

On board a Class 108 (believed to be M50962) on the Keswick branch, 4 March 1972. George Woods.

4th March 1972

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.

22nd July 1985

At least two 2-car units are seen at Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, heading to Barrow-in-Furness, 22/07/1985. 53962 leads, presumably paired with 54245. Graeme Phillips Collection.

8th March 1988

Derby Class 108 2-car DMU 53962 + 54245 waits at Millom for Barrow-on-Furness 8-3-88. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

8th March 1988

Derby Class 108 2-car DMU 53962 + 54245 at Millom for Barrow-on-Furness on 8-3-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

9th July 1988

A Class 108 DMU at Carlisle on 09/07/1988. Nearest the camera is M53962, with long-term partner M54245. This pair is one of the majority of DMU vehicles (all Class 108) that had recently been transferred from Kingmoor (KD) depot, Carlisle, to Heaton (HT) depot, Newcastle, upon closure of the former in May 1988, still intended for use in Cumbria (the remaining vehicles went to Chester (CH) depot, for continued operations in rural Lancashire). The fleet had had a long association with Cumbrian services, lasting until 1991 when replaced by then newly converted Class 153 single cars. Graeme Phillips Collection.

3rd November 1988

A Class 108 led by 53962 departs from Carlisle with a Barrow service on November 3rd, 1988. It is presumably paired with long-term partner 54245. John Carter.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 4th March 1972

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.

Date: 4th March 1972

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.

Date: 4th March 1972

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.

Date: 4th March 1972

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.

Date: 4th March 1972

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.

Date: 4th March 1972

Two Class 108 DMUs (believed to be M50951/56244 M56236/50962) in Keswick station on 4 March 1972. George Woods.

Date: 4th March 1972

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.

Date: 4th March 1972

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.

Date: 16th March 1982

Lancaster station contains a 4-car formation of Class 108s made up of two 2-car sets on the 16th March 1982 - 56245 + 50962 + 56242 + 50953. Jerry Glover.

Date: 8th March 1988

Derby Class 108 2-car DMUs at Barrow-in-Furness 8-3-88. 54245 + 53962 are on the left. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 8th March 1988

Derby Class 108 2-car DMUs at Millom 54245 + 53962 on left, unidentified set arriving on right 8-3-88. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 8th March 1988

Derby Class 108 2-car DMU 54245 + 53962 at Millom for Barrow-on-Furness, 8-3-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

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