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Vehicle 56191 / 54191

Class 108

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30409
Diagram: 640

Allocations

23/05/58	New to	53C (Hull Springhead)
2w/e 09/08/58	Transferred to	56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 30/04/60	Transferred to	55F (Manningham)
05/03/67	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)	- Manningham closed
May-73	Depot code change	NL
13/05/84	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
28/09/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
10/05/87	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
p/e 27/01/90	Sector Change to	BR (Bristol Bath Road) PXXZ
13/02/90	Withdrawn from	BR (Bristol Bath Road) PZQZ
p/e 21/07/90	Reinstated	BR (Bristol Bath Road) PBRX
09/01/92	Withdrawn from	BR (Bristol Bath Road) PBRX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56191 - original number
54191 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 25/04/1975 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50600	56191	As delivered to 53C - 23rd May 1958
	50600	56191	Transfer to 56G - 2w/e 09/08/58
	50606	56191	Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
	50600	56191	Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 25/03/67
	50616	56191	Noted 15/08/1970¹
	50616	56191	Noted 15/08/1970¹
	50616	56191	Noted 24/10/70 - at Sheffield Midland²
L162	50621	56191	Noted circa 1971³
	50621	56191	Noted 03/09/1971 - at York⁴
	50621	56191	Noted 27/08/1974 - at York¹
	50616	56191	Noted 11/1974 - at Leeds ¹
	50616	56191	Noted 01/11/75 - at Brough²
	50612	56191	Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds²
	50619	56191	Noted 09/07/1976 - Scarborough-Chester (8-car)⁵
	50616	56191	Noted circa 01/1977³
	50616	56191	Noted 12/02/77 - at York²
	50622	56191	Noted 16/06/1978 - at Doncaster ¹
	50613	56191	Noted 02/08/79
	50613	56191	Noted 16/01/1982³
	50613	56191	Noted circa 10/1982³
	50613	56191	Noted circa 03/1983³
	53613	54191	Noted 07/01/1984³
	53613	54191	Noted 26/03/1984 - at Lancaster³
	53613	54191	Noted circa 10/1986³
	53613	54191	Noted 21/03/87 - on 16:37 Selby - York⁶
B963	53613	54191	Listed at BR - Jun-87
B963	53613	54191	Listed at BR - Aug-87
B963	53613	54191	Listed at BR - Oct-87
B963	53613	54191	Listed at BR - 29/02/88
spare	54191		Listed at BR - 15/05/89
B966	53618	54191	Listed at BR - Jul-91
B966	53618	54191	Listed at BR - Aug-91

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Chris Moxon
6: Martin Baumann

Images:

19th April 1976

A two-car refurbished Class 108 DMU (E56191 closest) leaves the east-west chord at Shipley to back into the station. This was the 12:57 Leeds-Skipton on Easter Monday 19 April 1976. Michael Mensing.

22nd June 1976

The 1.08pm Leeds - Ilkley service has just arrived into Guiseley station on June 22, 1976. The refurbished Class 108 DMU contains DTC 56191. Michael Mensing.

5th April 1983

A BR Derby-built class 108 2-car set with E56191 leading passes the remote cabin at Crabley Creek shortly before a heavy downpour on 5th April 1983. The box is situated between Brough and Gilberdyke and the train is a York to Hull service. Syd Young.

April 1991

Set number: B966

Class 108 DMU set B966 (54191 + 53618) at Westbury with the 12:15 Southampton - Bristol Temple Meads one day in April 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 9th July 1976

An unusual photo showing a very long formation formed neatly of Class 101 & 108 vehicles all carrying the short lived refurbishment livery. The occasion was a schools special from Scarborough to Chester returning through Helsby, 9/7/76. The 8-car formation was 50169/59306/59075/50161, 56191/50619 & 51230/56369. Anthony Griffiths.

Date: 2nd August 1979

E50613 and E56191 entering Lancaster Castle on the 2nd August 1979. Robert Frise.

Date: 1983

DMBS E51541 is seen departing Leeds with the 15:35 Leeds - Skipton local service in 1983, this car was renumbered to E78790 shortly after when one of its two Rolls-Royce engines was removed. Also visible to the right is a Class 110 DMU, and on the left 54191 faces a Met-Camm. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 14th April 1991

Set number: B962

A depot full of Class 108s. Bristol Bath Road on Sunday 14 April 1991 - closest to the right is set B962 with DMBS 53619, working left B961 (presumably 54208 + 53608) is in the distance, looking freshly painted with the black mask is B979 (presumably 54260 + 53931), side by side with B966 (possibly 54191 visible). The DMBS partially seen on the left is 53614, withdrawn in January that year and in a few months it would arrive at Snailwell for disposal. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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