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Vehicle 50986 / 53986

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

10/10/59	New to	14E (Bedford)	- on loan
Jan-60	Transferred to	14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 30/01/60	Transferred to	14E (Bedford)
4w/e 30/12/61	Transferred to	18A (Toton)
4w/e 02/06/62	Transferred to	24F (Fleetwood)
4w/e 30/09/62	Transferred to	26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63	Depot code change	9D
4w/e 04/02/67	Transferred to	10E (Accrington)
w/e 07/11/70	Transferred to	6A (Chester)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CH
w/e 18/02/78	Transferred to	LO (Longsight)
12/05/85	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
15/05/88	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
14/05/89	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill) PNLX
29/09/91	Transferred to	LO (Longsight) PLOX
09/06/92	Withdrawn from	LO (Longsight) RCLO

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50986 - original number
53986 - from Apr-85 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 03/02/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50986	56269	As delivered to 14E - 10th October 1959 - on loan
	50986	56504	Noted 19/09/71 - on Chester depot¹
	50986	56504	Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester²
	50986	56504	Noted 08/07/1975 - at Wolverhampton ³
	50986	56504	Noted 08/04/1976 - on 09:59 Chester to Holyhead³
	50986	56504	Noted 10/09/76 - on Chester depot⁴
	50986	56504	Noted 27/11/1976 - at Chester³
	50986	56504	Noted 13/04/1977 - Chester⁵
	50986	56221	Transfer to LO - w/e 18/02/78
LO312	50986	56221	Noted circa 05/1982⁵
LO312	50986	56221	Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc⁵
	53986	54221	Noted circa 10/1984⁵
	53986	54221	Listed at LO - 01/01/85
	53986	54221	Noted 17/05/86 - on 09:41 Stockport - Stalybridge⁶
	53986	54221	Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986
	53986	54221	Noted circa 02/1987⁵
	53986	54221	Listed at NH - 10/05/87
N613	53986	54221	Listed at NH - March 1988
	53986	54221	Noted 05/04/1988⁵
CH280	53986	54221	Listed at CH - May 1988
N613	53986	54221	Noted circa Jul-88
	53986	54221	Noted 14/01/89 - on 12.28 Chester-Manchester Oxford Road with 53940 + 54273
NL470	53986	53162	Listed at NL - 05/09/89
	53986	53162	Noted 16/09/89 - at Morecambe
280	53986	54085	Noted 28/12/89 - at Leeds City, set number N616 on 54085⁴
280	53986	54085	Noted 30/03/90 - at Gainsborough Lea Road, set number N616 on 54085
280	53986	54085	Noted 07/08/90 - at Barnetby
	53986	54085	Noted circa 09/1990⁵
	53986	54085	Noted 25/10/90 - on 10:28 Sheffield - Cleethorpes⁷
	53986	54085	Noted 25/10/90 - on 13:24 Cleethorpes - Sheffield⁷
	53986	54221	Noted 20/02/91 - on 22:53 Sheffield - Doncaster⁸
NL263	53986	54221	Listed at NL - Jul-91
NL263	53986	54221	Listed at NL - Aug-91
LO289	53986	54221	Listed at LO - Dec-91

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
7: Graeme Phillips
8: David Bellamy

Images:

9th July 1989

Set number: CH280

Class 108 d.m.u. CH280 (53986 + 54221) 09-07-1989 awaiting its next duty at Bridlington. The set had been transferred from Chester to Neville Hill a few weeks earlier. Gordon Thomson.

16th September 1989

Set number: CH280

Now a Neville Hill vehicle 53986 still carries set number CH280 from its previous allocation. It is paired with Met-Camm 53162 (together they formed set NL470) when seen at Morecambe on the 16th September 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

1990

Set number: 280

A Class 108/101 DMU on a Sheffield service stands at Nottingham station in 1990. Closest is 53986, allocated to Neville Hill, the 280 set number (on the cab and under the vehicle number) is from its previous allocation which was to Chester. Its partner is presumably 54085. Andrew Walker.

30th March 1990

Set number: 280

53986 + 54085 at Gainsborough Lea Road on 30-03-1990. John Carter.

15th May 1990

Set number: 280

Class 108 53986 working with a Class 101 vehicle at Bridlington on May 15, 1990. Now a Neville Hill vehicle, the CH had been painted over on the set number leaving the 280 from its time at Chester depot. John Carter.

15th May 1990

Set number: 280

A Class 108/101 hybrid arrives into Beverley on May 15, 1990, with 53986 at the front. John Carter.

7th August 1990

Set number: 280

Class 108 53986 and Class 101 54085 entering Barnetby on August 7th, 1990. The 108 had previously been part of Chester set CH280, the CH has been painted over. Rex Holt.

8th January 1991

Set number: 280

Nottingham, 8/1/91. 53986, labeled set 280 - note the set number is also under the bodyside vehicle Number. It is formed with a Class 101 labeled set N616! Mike Cooper.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: August 1988

Set number: N613

Class 108 DMU set N613 (presumably 54221 + 53986) at Rose Hill station in August 1988. Walter Burt.

Date: 14th January 1989

Set number: CH273

Class 108 twin sets with CH273 leading formed M54273 + M53940 + M54221 + M53986 at Lostock Gralam on the 14th January 1989 with the 12.28 Chester-Manchester Oxford Road. Kevin Law.

Date: 30th March 1990

Set number: N616

54085 + 53986 at Gainsborough Lea Road on 30-03-90. John Carter.

Date: 8th January 1991

Set number: N616

A Class 101/108 hybrid (presumably 54085 + 53986) caught at Nottingham on the evening of the 8th January 1991. Mike Cooper.

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