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Vehicle 50978 / 53978


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

22/08/59 New to 26A (Newton Heath)
4w/e 28/11/59 Transferred to 14E (Bedford)
5w/e 04/02/61 Transferred to 18A (Toton)
4w/e 01/07/61 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
3w/e 02/07/66 Transferred to 8J (Allerton)
3w/e 01/07/67 Transferred to 10E (Accrington)
Oct-72 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
May-73Depot code changeNH
4w/e 11/11/78 Transferred to LO (Longsight)
12/05/85 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
14/05/89 Transferred to TS (Tyseley) PTSX
01/10/89 Transferred to CH (Chester) PCHX
14/05/90 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
06/07/92 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
28/07/92 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50978 - original number
53978 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 18/08/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50978 56261 As delivered to 26A - 22nd August 1959
50978 56261 Transfer to 18A - Feb-61
50978 56261 Noted 19/12/67 - at Manchester Victoria1
50978 56261 Transfer to LO - 4w/e 11/11/78
50978 56261 Noted 21/08/1979 - at Manchester Piccadilly 2
50978 56261 Noted 24/05/80
LO309 50978 56261 Noted circa 05/19823
LO309 50978 56261 Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc3
50978 56232 Noted circa 12/1982 - Temporary formation operating from Longsight.3
50978 56261 Noted circa 02/19833
53978 56261 Noted 27/08/83 - on 7.24 Chester to Manchester Oxford Road
53978 54261 Listed at LO - 01/01/85
53978 54261 Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986
53978 54261 Listed at NH - 10/05/87
N608 53978 54261 Listed at NH - March 1988
N608 53978 54261 Listed at NH - May 1988
N608 53978 54261 Noted circa Jul-88
N608 53978 54261 Noted circa 04/19893
T210 53978 54261 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
CH274 53978 54261 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
CH274 53978 54261 Noted circa 12/19893
LO274 53978 54261 Listed at LO - mid May-90
LO274 53978 54261 Listed at LO - Jul-91
LO274 53978 54261 Listed at LO - Aug-91
53978 54261 Noted 07/08/914
LO274 53978 54261 Noted circa 09/19913
LO282 53978 54485 Listed at LO - Dec-91
LO282 53978 54485 Listed at LO - 02/07/92

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

August 1982

BR (Derby) Class 108 2-car Local Passenger dmu with DMBS M50978 in Rail Blue & Grey livery with all yellow front ends leaving Manchester (Piccadilly), 08/82. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 108 DMU at Chester

27th August 1983

Class 108 Derby 2-car DMU M53978 + M56261 at Chester with the 7.24 to Manchester Oxford Road on 27-8-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 108 DMU at Grindleford

27th June 1990

Set number: LO274

Leaving Grindleford behind on the 27th June 1990 is a rather battered Longsight allocated Derby Class 108 DMU LO274 (53978 + 54261) on a Sheffield - Manchester local service through the Hope Valley. Andrew J Crowther.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 11th June 1988

Set number: N608

DTS(L) M54261 (presumably with M53978) leads a four-car formation calling at Kent's Bank (Cumbria) with the 12:07 Lancaster-Barrow, 11/6/88. The Class 108s allocated to Carlisle Kingmoor (KD) depot were the mainstay of local services in Cumbria and North Lancashire for many years. In May 1988, shortly before this image was taken, KD closed, and the fleet was split between Heaton (HT) depot at Newcastle for Cumbian Coast / Windermere routes, and Chester (CH) for north Lancashire routes, such as the service illustrated. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 31st July 1988

Set number: 808

A gathering of first & second generation DMU's at Southport on July 31st 1988. Left to right are - Derby Class 108 formed of cars 53978 & 54261, Class 142 142047, Metro-Cammell Class 101 formed of cars 51801 & 51519, whilst in the background former Devon & Cornwall 'Skipper' Class 142 142027 was providing a shuttle service between Southport station and the Steamport Museum during a Diesel Day event. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 29th March 1989

Set number: N664

Newton Heath TMD allocated Class 104 set No. N664 formed of Class 104 DMBS M53442 and DMCL M53516 along with Class 108 set No. N608 formed of DMBS M50978 and DTCL M54261 await departure time from Manchester Victoria Station with an afternoon service to Southport on the 29th March 1989. All four vehicles would be scrapped within two and a half years. Bob Woolnough.

DMU

Date: circa summer 1989

Set number: T210

Class 108 set T210 (54261 and presumably 53978) in Derby station, circa summer 1989. Malcolm Clements.