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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-73	Depot code change	NH
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06/01/93	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX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:

8th June 1991

Set number: LO275

Class 108 DMU set LO275 (53980 + 54256) departing from Manchester Piccadilly station on 8 June 1991. To the right is 08891. Keith Miller.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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.

Date: 6th April 1985

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

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.

Date: October 1991

Set number: LO275

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

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.

Date: 10th June 1993

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

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