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<- 56196 | 56197 | 56198 ->

Vehicle 56197 / 54197

Class 108

BR Diagram 640

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

04/07/58 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
w/e 03/01/59 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-73Depot code changeNL
13/05/84 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
11/05/86 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
10/05/87 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
05/06/92 Withdrawn from BR (Bristol Bath Road) REBR

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56197 - original number
54197 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Jun-74 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 01/11/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50606 56197 As delivered to 53C - 4th July 1958
50599 56197 Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
50606 56197 Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 25/03/67
51442 56197 Noted 26/05/69 - at Brough1
50462 56197 Noted 15/08/19702
50462 56197 Noted 16/08/70 - at Leeds1
L158 50598 56197 Noted circa 19713
50598 56197 Noted 19/04/71 - in Leeds City4
50598 56197 Noted 15/08/1971 - at Neville Hill5
50598 56197 Noted 01/09/72 - in Leeds City1
50603 56197 Noted 17/04/74 - at Leeds1
50619 56197 Noted 29/08/74 - in Hull Paragon4
50619 56197 Noted 14/01/76 - at Brough1
50619 56197 Noted 06/03/76 - at Hull1
50619 56197 Noted circa 01/19773
50619 56197 Noted 30/03/77 - at Brough1
50619 56197 Noted 12/08/77 - at Morecambe with E50227 + E56070
50619 56197 Noted circa 10/19823
50612 56197 Noted circa 02/19833
53602 54197 Noted 30/04/1983 - Leeds3
53602 54197 Noted circa 01/19863
53602 54197 Noted 19th August 1986
53602 54197 Noted 24/10/19863
53602 54197 Noted 01/12/19863
53602 54197 Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds6
B960 53602 54197 New set number at BR - May-87
B960 53602 54197 Listed at BR - Aug-87
B960 53602 54197 Listed at BR - Oct-87
B960 53602 54197 Listed at BR - 29/02/88
B960 53602 54197 Listed at BR - 15/05/89
B960 53602 54197 Listed at BR - Jul-91
B960 53602 54197 Listed at BR - Aug-91
B960 53602 54197 Noted circa 08/19913
B960 53602 54197 Listed at BR - Dec-91

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Gerald Brown
5: Jeremy Goodyear
6: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Hull Botanic Gardens

17th October 1978

E56197 at Hull Botanic Gardens on 17th October 1978. David Mant.

Class 108 DMU at Westbury

15th August 1987

Set number: B960

Class 108 DMU set B960 (54197 and presumably 53602) brings an evening Swindon to Warminster train into Westbury on 15 August 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 108 DMU at between Newport and Cardiff

8th April 1988

Class 108 formed of 54197 + 53602 between Newport and Cardiff on 8 April 1988. Robert Chilton.

Class 108 DMU at Sparkford

1989

Set number: B960

Class 108 set B960 (presumably 54197 + 53602) is seen at Sparkford in 1989. Michael Mensing.

Class 108 DMU at Newport

27th April 1991

Set number: B960

Class 108 set B960 (54197 and presumably 53602) at Newport with an up passenger service on 27 April 1991. Robert Thomas.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 10th August 1977

E50227 + E56070 with Class 108 E56197 + E50619 at Morecambe on the 12th August 1977 on a Leeds working. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 27th August 1979

E50293 sits beside E56197 at Scarborough, 27/8/79. Jerry Glover.

DMU

Date: November 1987

Set number: B960

Symmetrical Strangers, almost. On the left we can see a surprise visitor to Westbury in November 1987, class 108 twin set B960 on a Weymouth to Bristol working. Formed of 53602 + 54197, these had been Yorkshire vehicles from new, but reallocated to Bristol just a few months earlier. The BRCW class 118 DMU on the right had been a Devon / Cornwall unit from new, but was reallocated to Cardiff in 1986 where it gained the Red Dragon branding. It was moved to Bristol a month before this photo was taken, the set number changing to B480 when it was seen at Westbury on a Bristol to Weymouth service, the numbers were W51327 + W59470 + W51312. Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: November 1987

Set number: B960

From Yorkshire to Westbury. A surprise visitor to Westbury in November 1987 was class 108 set B960 on a Weymouth to Bristol working. Formed of 53602 + 54197, these had been Yorkshire vehicles from new, but reallocated to Bristol just a few months earlier. Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: 1st July 1988

Set number: B960

53602 + 54197 (set B960) heads out of St Andrew's Road station with the 07:13 Bristol TM - Severn Beach service on July 1st, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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