Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30466
Diagram: 640
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 50944 during the unknown period are:
24/01/59 | New to | 2D (Coventry) | - pending allocation |
Apr-59 | Transferred to | 3C (Ryecroft) | |
Jun-59 | Transferred to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
Oct-59 | Transferred to | 1E (Bletchley) | |
3w/e 31/01/65 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 8J (Allerton) | |
3w/e 02/06/66 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
4w/e 04/02/67 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) |
Then the allocations for 56227 are:
4w/e 11/11/78 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
Jan-81 | Transferred to | KD (Carlisle Kingmoor) | |
15/05/88 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
09/01/92 | Withdrawn from | HT (Heaton) PHTX | - as spare |
56227 - original number
54227 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
June-74 - AWS fitted
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
50944 | 56227 | Noted January 1959 | |||||||
50944 | 56227 | As delivered to 2D - 24th January 1959 | |||||||
50944 | 56227 | Transfer to 3C - Apr-59 | |||||||
50944 | 56227 | Transfer to 1E - Oct-59 | |||||||
LT320 | 50944 | 56227 | Listed at 9A - circa Jul-70 | ||||||
50944 | 56227 | Noted 15/08/70 - at Chester1 | |||||||
50944 | 56227 | Noted 16/08/70 - at Chester1 | |||||||
50944 | 56227 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight2 | |||||||
50944 | 56227 | Noted 19/09/71 - on Chester depot2 | |||||||
LT320 | 50944 | 56227 | Noted 05/09/73 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
50944 | 56227 | Noted 09/1974 - at Crewe3 | |||||||
50944 | 56227 | Noted 28/08/75 - on Longsight depot1 | |||||||
50944 | 56227 | Noted 20/09/1975 - at Crewe3 | |||||||
50944 | 56227 | Transfer to NH - 4w/e 11/11/78 | |||||||
50974 | 56227 | Noted 29/06/80 - on 16:23 Lancaster to Carnforth with 50960 + 562414 | |||||||
50974 | 56227 | Noted 05/07/80 - at Croston | |||||||
50950 | 56227 | Noted 16/01/19825 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Noted circa 03/19845 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Listed at KD - 01/01/85 | |||||||
53957 | 54227 | Noted 12/07/85 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Listed at Carlisle Kingmoor - Summer 1986 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Listed at KD - circa Jan-88 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Noted 24th January 1988 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Noted 11/08/88 - on 14:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Noted 22/10/886 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Noted 29/10/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Noted 14/01/89 - on 14:32 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Noted 21/01/89 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Listed at HT - Feb-89 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Noted 18/03/89 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Noted 29/03/89 - on 09:10 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Noted 08/04/89 - on 14:32 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Noted 23/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Noted 03/06/89 - on 15:14 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Noted 17/06/89 - on 15:14 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Noted 24/06/89 - on 15:14 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Noted 31/07/89 - on 12:50 Carlisle - Whitehaven6 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Noted 31/07/89 - on 11:00 Whitehaven - Carlisle6 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Noted 31/07/89 - on 14:08 Whitehaven - Carlisle6 | |||||||
53954 | 54227 | Noted 06/10/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6 | |||||||
53954 | 54227 | Noted 21/10/89 - on 15:14 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53954 | 54227 | Noted 24/10/89 - on 11:10 Carlisle - Appleby-in-Westmorland6 | |||||||
53954 | 54227 | Noted 24/10/89 - on 16:15 Carlisle - Appleby-in-Westmorland6 | |||||||
53954 | 54227 | Noted 03/11/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6 | |||||||
53954 | 54227 | Noted 11/11/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Noted 25/11/89 - on 09:02 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Noted circa 12/19895 | |||||||
53950 | 54227 | Noted 12/01/90 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6 | |||||||
53958 | 54227 | Noted 26/06/91 - on a Carlisle - Whitehaven service6 | |||||||
HT50 | 53950 | 54227 | Listed at HT - Jul-91 | ||||||
HT50 | 53950 | 54227 | Listed at HT - Aug-91 | ||||||
53958 | 54227 | Noted 07/08/916 | |||||||
53958 | 54227 | Noted 17/08/91 - on 15:15 Newcastle - Carlisle service with 54235 + 539516 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Graeme Phillips
Class 108 54227+53950 on Carlisle Kingmoor depot on the 16th September 1985. Kevin Law.
A Class 108 DMU in Carlisle station on 18 January 1991 with DTC 54227 closest. John Carter.
54227, M54269, 54263 await their fate in C.F.Booths Rotherham 15-12-91. Kevin Dowd.
54227 on top of M54501(L), M54269(R), C.F.Booths, Rotherham 5-1-92. Kevin Dowd.
With the former Jubilee Mill as a backdrop, a two-car Class 108 DMU formed of cars M50974 (closest) + M56227 was getting underway from Croston with an Ormskirk to Preston service on July 5th 1980. Martyn Hilbert.
Once an everyday sight across the north-west of England, a Class 108 DMU consisting of M53950 (nearest) and M54227 arrives at Lancaster with a service from Morecambe, 12/07/1985. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Class 108 53950 + 54227 at Gateshead Metro Centre, 29-10-1988. Carlisle is on the destination blind. John Carter.
A dirty E53958 and E54227 are seen awaiting departure from Carlisle with a service to Whitehaven on 26/06/91. A fleet of 2-car power-trailer Class 108 DMUs, allocated to Kingmoor (KD) depot, Carlisle, were the mainstay of Cumbrian Coast services for many years. Upon the closure of that depot in May 1988, most were transferred to Heaton (HT) depot, Newcastle, still intended to continue with Cumbrian services (the rest went to Chester (CH) depot for services in north Lancashire). They lasted until November 1991, when finally replaced by then newly-converted Class 153 single car units. Graeme Phillips Collection.
54269, 54227 in C.F.Booths Rotherham 15-12-91. Kevin Dowd.
54240, 54263, M54269, 54227 new arrivals in C.F.Booths Rotherham 15-12-91. Kevin Dowd.