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Vehicle 56214 / 54214

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: 30410
Diagram: 640

Allocations

The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 50628 during the unknown period are:

13/12/58 New to 5D (Cockshute) - pending allocation
4w/e 27/12/58 Transferred to 18A (Toton)
Jun-59 Transferred to 26A (Newton Heath)
Oct-59 Transferred to 27F (Brunswick)
11/09/61 Transferred to 8H (Allerton) - presumed move on closure of Brunswick
Sep-63Depot code change8J

Then the allocations for 56214 are:

4w/e 05/04/69 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
4w/e 31/05/70 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
06/05/73Depot code changeCH
14/05/90 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
25/11/90 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road) PBRX
09/06/92 Withdrawn from BR (Bristol Bath Road) REBR

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56214 - original number
54214 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Nov-72 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 06/11/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50628 56214 As delivered to 5D - 13th December 1958
50628 56214 Transfer to 27F - Oct-59
50628 56214 Transfer to 9A - 4w/e 05/04/69
50628 56214 Transfer to 6A - May-70
50925 56214 Noted 18/04/73 - at Chester1
50927 56214 Noted 08/04/1976 - at Warrington2
50927 56214 Noted 31/07/76 - at Shrewsbury1
50927 56214 Noted 15/07/77 - passing Harlech signal box
50929 56214 Noted 13/09/77 - at Shrewsbury1
50628 56214 Noted 28/08/1979 - on 04:15 Shrewsbury to Machynlleth with 51174,56273, 50931 and 515622
50927 56214 Noted circa 03/19813
50927 56214 Noted circa 05/19823
50927 56214 Noted 11th August 1982
53927 54214 Noted circa 06/19833
53927 54214 Noted 24/09/85 - on 12:50 Chester - Wolverhampton service4
53927 54214 Noted 15/11/85 - on 14:00 Manchester Oxford Road - Chester service (one engine failed, 29 mins late at Chester)4
53927 54214 Listed at Chester - Summer 1986
269 53927 54214 Listed at CH - March 1988
53927 54214 Noted 05/04/19883
CH269 53927 54214 Listed at CH - May 1988
CH269 53927 54214 Noted circa May-88
53927 54214 Noted 16/08/88 - on 22:30 Sheffield-Retford
CH269 53927 54214 Noted circa 11/19883
CH269 53927 54214 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
LO269 53927 54214 Listed at LO - mid May-90
LO269 53927 54214 Noted circa 07/19903
53927 54214 Noted 24/10/90 - on 16:44 Doncaster - Skegness5
53927 54214 Noted 25/10/90 - on 16:44 Doncaster - Skegness5
B978 53927 54214 Listed at BR - Jul-91
B978 53927 54214 Noted circa 08/19913
B978 53927 54214 Listed at BR - Aug-91
B978 53927 54214 Listed at BR - Dec-91
B978 53927 54214 Noted 28/02/92 - at Bristol Temple Meads

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann
5: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Wrexham General

July 1983

Class 108 unit M54214 + M53927 seen at Wrexham General. In 1983 I went on a tour of all the mainline railways of Wales. On the way back from a few days in Tywyn, and a visit to the west coast of Wales, I took a break at Wrexham General, and took this shot of one of the regular Chester based Class 108 DMUs. Chris McKee.

Class 108 DMU at Preston

30th June 1990

Set number: LO269

Following a heavy rain shower, a two-car Class 108 DMU with Driving Trailer Second Lavatory (DTSL) car M54214 at the rear was stood at the north end of platform 5 at Preston on June 30th 1990. The DMBS is presumably 53927. The DMU had arrived from Barrow-In-Furness and after the passengers alighted, was working the short distance ECS to the sidings at Croft Street, adjacent to Preston Power Box. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 108 DMU at Long Dyke Junction

16th February 1991

Set number: 978

A well-laiden Class 108 DMU 2-car set 978 (54214 and presumably 53927) at Long Dyke Junction with a down passenger working on 16 February 1991. Robert Thomas.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 1989

Set number: CH269

Class 108 set CH269 (53927 and presumably 54214) in Buxworth Cutting on the Hope Valley Line in 1989. Walter Burt.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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