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Vehicle 56210 / 54210

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

19/08/58	New to	56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 30/04/60	Transferred to	55F (Manningham)
2w/e 05/06/65	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
May-73	Depot code change	NL
20/05/84	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
10/05/87	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
p/e 08/06/88	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
p/e 22/06/91	Transferred to	LO (Longsight) PLOX
30/10/91	Withdrawn from	LO (Longsight) PXXZ

Notes

6th September 1958 - 6-car set E50619/56210 + 50615/56206 + 56207/50616 operated a Leeds Publicity Circle excursion to the Wensleydale branch.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56210 - original number
54210 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Jan-75 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 23/12/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50619	56210	As delivered to 56G - 19th August 1958
	50619	56210	Noted 6th September 1958
	50619	56210	Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
	50619	56210	Transfer to 55H - 2w/e 05/06/65
	50614	56210	Noted 21/08/68 - at Leeds City¹
	50614	56210	Noted 06/10/68 - at York¹
	50616	56210	Noted 20/03/71 - at Doncaster¹
	50616	56210	Noted 09/06/73 - at Doncaster²
	50227	56210	Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot²
	50621	56210	Noted 29/11/1975³
	50621	56210	Noted 29/03/1976 - at Leeds³
	50601	56210	Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds¹
	50621	56210	Noted 12/03/1977 - at York ³
	50621	56210	Noted circa 10/1978⁴
	50621	56210	Noted 10/08/80
	50621	56210	Noted 13/08/81
	50621	56210	Noted circa 04/1982⁴
	53621	54210	Noted 30/04/1983 - Leeds⁴
	53621	54210	Noted 17/05/84
	53621	54210	Noted 29/07/85 - at Norwich - a rare BG visitor²
B972	53627	54210	Listed at BR - Aug-87
B972	53627	54210	Listed at BR - Oct-87
B972	53627	54210	Listed at BR - 29/02/88
C972	53627	54210	Transfer to CF - circa May-88 - from BR was B972
C360	53627	54210	Noted 1988
C972	53627	54210	Listed at CF - 15/05/89
spare	54210		Listed at CF - Jun-91
spare	54210		Listed at LO - Jul-91
spare	54210		Listed at LO - Aug-91
LO280	53971	54210	Listed at LO - Aug-91

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

13th August 1981

E56210 + E50621 pass by at Morecambe on the 13th August 1981. Robert Frise.

17th May 1984

E54210 + E53621 pass Shipley with a Bradford Forster Sq. service on the 17th May 1984. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 108 DMU at near Narroways Hill Junction, Bristol

late spring 1988

Set number: C972

Class 108 DMU set C972 (W54210 and presumably W53627) is seen on the Severn Beach branch near Narroways Hill Junction (Bristol) in late spring 1988. Michael Mensing.

1st September 1988

Set number: C972

Class 108 set C972 (W54210 + E53627) seen at Cardiff Central with the 16:52 Chepstow - Cardiff Central service on the 1st September 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

1st September 1988

Set number: C972

Class 108 DMU set C972 (54210 + 53627) arrives into Cardiff Central station on 1 September 1988. Chepstow is on the destination blind. Keith Miller.

11th March 1989

Set number: C972

Class 108 DMU set C972 (presumably W54210 and W53627) is seen at Marshfield on 11 March 1989. Cardiff Central is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 10th August 1980

Morecambe station on the 10th August 1980. The refurbished Class 108 set is formed E50621 + E56210, E56200 + E50606. Partially visible on the left is a 4-car 104 with a 2-car 108. Robert Frise.

Date: 8th June 1981

A Class 108 set seen on the outskirts of Leeds station on the 8th June 1981. The DMBS is unknown but the DTC is noted as 56210. Malcolm Clements.

Date: 1987

Set number: B972

Two-car Class 108 DMU set B972 (presumably 53627 + 54210) seen at Lawrence Hill in early summer 1987. Michael Mensing.

Date: unknown

Set number: C972

C972 (presumably 53627 + 54210) passes by at Bradford on Avon. Date unknown. Tom Clift.

Date: 31st March 1989

A Class 108 set formed of 53627 + 54210 is seen at Maindee West Junction on 31 March 1989 with the 13:55 Cardiff Central - Chepstow service while 156 421 is on the 12:02 Birmingham New Street - Cardiff Central. Robert Thomas.

Date: 15th April 1989

Set number: C972

Class 108 DMU set C972 (presumably W53627 and W54210) is seen at Marshfield on 15 April 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 28th April 1989

Set number: C972

Class 108 set C972 (53627 and presumably 54210) at Newport with the 4.4pm Cardiff C - Chepstow service on 28th April 1989. Michael Mensing.

Date: 21st July 1989

Set number: C972

Derby Class 108 DMBS 53627 with DTS 54210 arrives into Cardiff Queen Street on the hot sunny afternoon of 21 July 1989. Dave Warby.

Date: 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.

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