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Vehicle 50980 / 53980


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

19/09/59 New to 26A (Newton Heath)
Dec-59 Transferred to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
4w/e 30/12/61 Transferred to 18A (Toton)
4w/e 27/01/62 Transferred to 5D (Cockshute)
Feb-62 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
4w/e 04/02/67 Transferred to 8J (Allerton)
3w/e 30/04/67 Transferred to 10E (Accrington)
3w/e 28/11/70 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
May-71 Transferred to 8J (Allerton)
w/e 07/08/71 Transferred to 10E (Accrington)
Oct-72 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
May-73Depot code changeNH
13/09/81 Transferred to KD (Carlisle Kingmoor)
11/05/86 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
22/01/89 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
01/10/89 Transferred to CH (Chester) PCHX
14/05/90 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
16/12/92 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
06/01/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50980 - original number
53980 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Apr-74 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50980 56263 As delivered to 26A - 19th September 1959
AC351 50980 Noted circa Apr-70 - plus unknown trailer
50980 56264 Noted 04/06/71 - at Liverpool Lime Street1
50980 56264 Noted 26/10/71 - at Preston2
50980 56263 Noted 01/06/1974 - at Preston 3
50980 56263 Noted 01/09/74 - on Barrow depot2
50980 56263 Noted 28/08/75 - on Newton Heath depot2
50980 56263 Noted 08/12/75 - at Preston1
50980 56263 Noted 16/07/1978 - on 17:00 Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton with 50930, 59414 and 515623
50980 56263 Noted 08/09/79 - on an Ormskirk to Preston service
53980 54256 Noted circa 04/19834
53980 54256 Listed at KD - 01/01/85
53980 54256 Noted circa 05/19864
53980 54256 Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986
53980 54256 Listed at NH - 10/05/87
53980 54256 Noted 12/12/19874
N609 53980 54256 Listed at NH - May-88
N609 53980 54256 Noted circa Jul-88
T205 53980 54256 Noted circa 05/19894
T205 53980 54256 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
CH275 53980 54256 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
LO275 53980 54256 Listed at LO - mid May-90
53980 54256 Noted 25/10/905
LO275 53980 54256 Noted circa 05/19914
LO275 53980 54256 Listed at LO - Jul-91
LO275 53980 54256 Listed at LO - Aug-91
53980 54256 Noted 07/08/915
LO275 53980 54256 Listed at LO - Dec-91
53980 54256 Noted 03/04/92 - on 15:50 Manchester Piccadilly - Rose Hill6
53980 54256 Noted 01/06/92 - on 2D76 13:22 Llandudno - Holyhead and 2D83 14:55 Holyhead - Llandudno6
LO275 53980 54256 Listed at LO - 02/07/92
LO275 53980 54256 Listed at LO - 24/09/92
LO275 53980 54256 Listed at LO - November 1992
LO275 53980 54256 Listed at LO - 10/12/92

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

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Manchester Victoria

15th June 1991

Set number: LO275

BR Derby Class 108 DMBS 53980 trails classmate DTS 54256 and a Class 101 3-car set out of Manchester Victoria on 15 June 1991. Dave Warby.

Class 108 DMU at Bamber Bridge

29th June 1991

Set number: LO275

Morning sunlight was reflecting on the windscreen of Longsight allocated set LO275, as it departed from Bamber Bridge with a Preston to Colne service on June 29th 1991. The Class 108 was formed of cars M53980 & M54256 and was passing signal PN486 which was then mounted on the platform. At the time, the station had small stone built shelters on each platform. The one on the eastbound platform was constructed from the stone blocks of the old Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway building that once graced the platform here. The opposite (westbound) platform had a shelter built from imitation stone (concrete) blocks. Both these structures were short-lived, they were replaced by anodised aluminium shelters with small glass panels. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 108 DMU at New Mills Central

13th June 1992

Set number: LO275

Longsight allocated Derby 1959 built Class 108 set LO275, comprising of DMBS 53980 and DTCL 54256 stands at New Mills Central, after operating a turn back service to here from Manchester Piccadilly on 13th June 1992. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 108 DMU at Chester depot

24th January 1993

Set number: LO275

Class 108 DMU set LO275 on Chester depot on 24 January 1993. Closest is DMBS 53980 which had been withdrawn earlier that month. John Law.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 8th September 1979

Two intending passengers greet the arrival of a two-car Class 108 DMU formed of cars M56263 & M50980 as it arrives at Croston with an Ormskirk to Preston service on September 8th 1979. The station although heavily rationalised still retained its LMS concrete lamps on the single remaining operational platform on this one-time main line. The chimney in the background formed part of the brickworks that was once rail-served. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 6th April 1985

A Class 108 formation containing 54256 + 53980 / 53973 + 54263 departs Lancaster for Barrow on 6 April 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 29th July 1991

Set number: LO275

Set LO275, presumably 53980 nearest the camera, at what was then called Heysham Sea Terminal on 29/7/91. It had worked the 10.22 from Stockport and passengers off the ferry from the Isle of Man are seen boarding the 13.40 return. I noted its condition as "tatty". David Miller.

DMU

Date: October 1991

Set number: LO275

Class 108 DMU set LO275 (cars 54256 + 53980) seen at Manchester Deansgate station in October 1991 Bob Belcher.

DMU

Date: 18th September 1992

Set number: 101676

101676 (51205 + 51803) and LO275 (presumably 53980 + 54256) at Stockport, having arrived with the 12:44 from Heysham, 18/9/92. Gazza Prescott.

DMU

Date: 10th June 1993

W52064 + W51933 + 53971 + 54504 + M54490 + M51907 + 53980 + 53XXX stored out of service on Longsight, 10-6-93. Kevin Dowd.