Vehicle 56205 / 54205

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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

28/07/58	New to	51A (Darlington)
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-73	Depot code change	NL
25/03/84	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
28/09/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
10/05/87	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
14/05/90	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX
07/07/91	Transferred to	LO (Longsight) PLOX
30/10/91	Withdrawn from	LO (Longsight) PXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56205 - original number
54205 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 12/06/1975 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50614	56205							As delivered to 51A - 28th July 1958
	50614	56205							Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
	50614	56205							Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 25/03/67
	50614	56205							Noted 09/08/67 - at Hull1
	50614	56205							Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City1
	50619	56205							Noted 21/08/68 - at Leeds City1
	50462	56205							Noted 07/06/1969 - Leeds2
	50614	56205							Noted 20/08/69 - at Leeds1
	50602	56205							Noted 12/12/1969 - Leeds2
	50602	56205							Noted 09/06/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
	50609	56205							Noted 14/08/70 - at Doncaster1
	50601	56205							Noted 11/12/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
	50609	56205							Noted 31/08/71 - at Darlington1
	50609	56205							Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1
	50609	56205							Noted 09/06/73 - at Doncaster4
	50609	56205							Noted 11/08/1974 - at Sheffield Midland5
	50609	56205							Noted 27/08/1974 - at York5
	50609	56205							Noted 27/08/1974 - at Sheffield5
	50609	56205							Noted 29/08/74 - in Sheffield Midland4
	50612	56205							Noted 12/09/75 - at Brough1
	50612	56205							Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds1
	50612	56205							Noted 23/11/76 - at York1
	50612	56205							Noted circa 01/19773
	50612	56205							Noted 27/03/1977 - in Doncaster Works6
	50605	56205							Noted circa 10/19773
	50612	56205							Noted 19/08/1978 - at Leeds City6
	50612	56205							Noted 21/04/1979 - at York6
	50612	56205							Noted 30/09/79 - on 16:15 Skipton - Leeds7
	50612	56205							Noted 09/02/1980 - at Leeds City6
	50612	56205							Noted 01/06/1980 - at Skipton6
	50612	56205							Noted 13/12/1980 - at Leeds City6
	50612	56205							Noted circa 06/19813
	50612	56205							Noted 09/08/1981 - in Doncaster Works6
	50612	56205							Noted circa 03/19833
	53612	54205							Noted 02/05/1983 - at Leeds City6
	53612	54205							Noted circa 07/19833
	53612	54205							Transfer to BG - 25/03/84
	53612	54205							Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds8
B971	53617	54205							Formed at BR circa May-88
B971	53941	54205							Formed at BR p/e 17/06/88
	53941	54205							Noted 02/01/89 - on afternoon Bristol - Severn Beach service
	53941	54205							Noted 27/03/89 - on Bristol TM - Severn Beach services
B971	53941	54205							Listed at BR - 15/05/89
spare	54205								Listed at CF - Jul-91
spare	54205								Listed at CF - Aug-91
LO288	53943	54205							Listed at LO - Aug-91
	53943	54205							Noted 07/08/919

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Gerald Brown
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Martin Lumley
7: Phil Shatford
8: Robert Chilton
9: Graeme Phillips

Images:

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1975

Recently refurbished Class 108 set E56205 + E50612 seen in York station circa late 1975. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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10th April 1976

Refurbished Class 108 with care E56205 leading at Leeds station on 10th April 1976. Bob Belcher.

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2nd July 1977

A two-car refurbished Class 108 DMU (vehicles E56205 and E50605) heads away from Wakefield Kirkgate station with the 15:40 Sheffield - Leeds service on 2 July 1977. Michael Mensing.

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circa 1987

E54205 Class 108 DMU visitor inside Old Oak Common carriage shed. An Eastern region Class 108 2-car DMU seen in the old carriage sheds at Old Oak Common. As it still had its Eastern Region prefix, and Class 108s never worked on Paddington locals, I'm not sure why it ended up here. Note the route destination blind still reading Knaresborough! Chris McKee.

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15th May 1989

Set number: B971

M54205 at Westbury 15-05-89. Vincent Haworth.

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4th August 1989

Set number: B971

Class 108 DMU set B971 (presumably 54205 + 53941) at Newport on 4 August 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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16th January 1990

Set number: B971

Class 108 set B971 (54205 + 53941) is seen in Severn Beach station on January 16, 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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9th January 1991

Set number: C970

Cheltenham Spa, 9/1/91. C970 is led by 54205 on the 10:00 to Cardiff. Mike Cooper.

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27th July 1991

31102 Cricklewood drags 54205 + 54210 + 54258 + 53975 past New Mills South Jct as 5Z41 10:11 Longsight to CF Booths Rotherham 27-9-91. Kevin Dowd.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 2nd July 1977

A two-car refurbished Class 108 DMU (vehicles E50605 and E56205) departs from Wakefield Kirkgate station with the 15:40 Sheffield - Leeds service on 2 July 1977. Michael Mensing.