Vehicle 50966 / 53966
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
| 23/05/59 | New to | 9E (Trafford Park) | |
| Jun-59 | Transferred to | 24F (Fleetwood) | |
| w/e 03/06/61 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
| w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 2w/e 11/05/68 | Transferred to | 10E (Accrington) | |
| w/e 07/02/70 | Transferred to | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) | |
| w/e 07/11/70 | Transferred to | 10E (Accrington) | |
| Oct-72 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
| Jan-81 | Transferred to | KD (Carlisle Kingmoor) | |
| 15/05/88 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 14/05/89 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) PTSX | |
| 01/10/89 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) PNLX | |
| 07/12/90 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) PXXZ | |
| p/e 02/02/91 | Reinstated | NL (Neville Hill) PNLX | |
| 07/07/91 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
| p/e 17/08/91 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX | |
| 22/01/92 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) PLAX | |
| 09/06/92 | Withdrawn from | LA (Laira) RELA |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50966 - original number
53966 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50966 | 56249 | As delivered to 9E - 23rd May 1959 | |||||||
| 50966 | 56484 | Noted 11/04/671 | |||||||
| 50966 | 56249 | Transfer to 12A - w/e 07/02/70 | |||||||
| 50966 | 56249 | Noted 28/08/75 - on Newton Heath depot2 | |||||||
| 50966 | 56249 | Noted 24/04/1976 - at Preston 3 | |||||||
| 50966 | 56249 | Noted 09/08/79 - at Carnforth | |||||||
| 53966 | 54249 | Noted 30/11/19834 | |||||||
| 53966 | 54249 | Listed at KD - 01/01/85 | |||||||
| 53966 | 54249 | Listed at Carlisle Kingmoor - Summer 1986 | |||||||
| 53966 | 54249 | Noted circa 01/19874 | |||||||
| 53966 | 54249 | Listed at KD - circa Jan-88 | |||||||
| CH276 | 53966 | 54350 | Listed at CH - May 1988 | ||||||
| CH276 | 53966 | 54249 | Listed at CH - May-88 | ||||||
| CH276 | 53966 | 54249 | Noted circa Jul-88 | ||||||
| CH276 | 53966 | 54249 | Noted 14/01/89 - on 12.00 Manchester Oxford Road - Chester | ||||||
| T213 | 53966 | 54249 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | ||||||
| T213 | 53966 | 54249 | Noted circa 12/19894 | ||||||
| spare | 53966 | Listed at LO - Jul-91 | |||||||
| spare | 53966 | Listed at LO - Aug-91 | |||||||
| C861 | 53966 | 51512 | Listed at CF - Dec-91 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
9th August 1979
At Carnforth on the 9th August 1979 was a train formed of M50966 + M56249 + M50752 + M50797 + M50765 + M50798. Robert Frise.
30th March 1990
Set number: T213
53966 at Gainsborough Central on 30-03-1990, presumably with 54249. John Carter.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 20th July 1987
A six-car rake, formed of three cl.108 twins, enters Carlisle as e.c.s on 20/7/87. The leading vehicle is 54249; the complete rake was 53954/54264 + 53968/54251 + 53966/54249. The stock will form the 14.15 to Barrow. By the time it reaches Sellafield, it will be 15.56 and five out of the six vehicles are marked as reserved for homegoing BNFL/UKAEA workers. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 5th April 1988
Class 108 M54249 (and presumably 53966) with the 19:00 Morecambe - Lancaster awaiting departure at Morecambe (at 1858) on Tuesday 5th April 1988. Colin Brooks.
Date: 14th January 1989
Set number: CH276
Class 108 54249+53966 at Northwich on the 14th January 1989 with the 12.00 Manchester Oxford Road - Chester service. Kevin Law.