Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30409
Diagram: 640
11/07/58 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
w/e 03/01/59 | Transferred to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
3w/e 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
3w/e 02/07/60 | Transferred to | 55F (Manningham) | |
3w/e 02/03/63 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
Dec-67 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
w/e 23/04/78 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
20/05/84 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
11/05/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
01/02/87 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
56190 - original number
54190 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
50599 | 56190 | As delivered to 51A - 11th July 1958 | |||||||
50618 | 56190 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||||
50618 | 56190 | Transfer to 55F - 3w/e 02/07/60 | |||||||
50599 | 56190 | Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 02/03/63 | |||||||
50599 | 56190 | Transfer to South Gosforth - Dec-67 | |||||||
50606 | 56190 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | |||||||
50606 | 56190 | Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle 2 | |||||||
N141 | 50606 | 56190 | Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number on on 506063 | ||||||
50606 | 56190 | Noted 02/03/77 | |||||||
50618 | 56190 | Noted circa 19794 | |||||||
50618 | 56190 | Noted 02/07/82 | |||||||
50618 | 56190 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||||
53618 | 54190 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||||
53618 | 54190 | Noted 18/05/84 | |||||||
53608 | 54190 | Noted circa 08/19864 | |||||||
53608 | 54190 | Noted 22/10/19864 | |||||||
53608 | 54190 | Noted 25/10/19864 | |||||||
53610 | 54190 | Noted 24/12/86 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
E56190 and E50606 changing lines at Pelaw on the 2nd March 1977. Ian Francis.
Derby Works Class 108 DMU 56190 + 50599 at Sheffield, 10th June 1978. Tiptree Jon.
E54190 + E53618 at Bradford Forster Sq on the 18th May 1984. Hamish Stevenson.
A Derby built class 108 dmu comprising of cars 54190 & 53610, are sat in the centre road at Sheffield awaiting their next turn of duty, on Christmas eve 1986. Andrew J Crowther.
Two Class 108 DMU vehicles - E54190 (cab in view) next to E53603 (back end) - in a pile of vehicles awaiting disposal at Snailwell circa 1987/8. RichardMid67.
Class 108s E53603 (left) and E54190 (right) seen in Snailwell on June 5th 1988. Both previously had been stacked from around October 1987. Nicholas Youngman.
A Derby Works image (negative 58/756) showing "Driving Trailer Open Compo. Interior of 2nd Cl. Compt." It was a vehicle from lot 30409 which was the 56190-20 batch circa May 1958. This view looks in the centre saloon looks towards the rear. British Railways.
A Derby Works image (negative 58/758) showing "Driving Trailer Open Compo. Interior of 1st Cl. Compt." It was a vehicle from lot 30409 which was the 56190-20 batch circa May 1958. British Railways.
In September 1973 a South Gosforth allocated Class 108 set sits in Carlisle station. The DMBS is E50606, the DTC appears to be E56190. Mel Smith.
This pair of recently repainted dmus make a pleasant scene standing at the south end of York station on my visit of July 2nd 1982. Norwich based twin sets could turn up just about anywhere it seemed and here Cravens Class 105 set 54 formed of E56440 + E51279 is on the left having arrived as the 10.37 from Sheffield. Derby built set E50618 + E56190 has come in from Doncaster. Gerard Fletcher.
Class 108 E53603 cab facing and E54190 back end of vehicle are seen in the coach stack at Snailwell on October 26th 1987.Also see 5th June 1988 after they were removed from the stack. Nicholas Youngman.