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Vehicle 56228 / 54228


Class 108

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30466
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 50945 during the unknown period are:

31/01/59 New to 6K (Rhyl) - pending allocation
Jun-59 Transferred to 26A (Newton Heath)
8w/e 05/09/59 On loan to 27F (Brunswick)
Oct-59 Transferred to 1E (Bletchley)
3w/e 31/01/65 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
4w/e 07/05/66 Transferred to 8J (Allerton)
3w/e 02/07/66 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
4w/e 04/02/67 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)

Then the allocations for 56228 are:

12/05/85 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
2w/e 14/05/86 Transferred to BY (Bletchley)
15/06/86 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
03/05/87 Transferred to ME (Marylebone)
Oct-88 Transferred to BY (Bletchley)
p/e 07/12/91 Sector Change to BY (Bletchley) NNDX
22/04/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) NNDX
27/04/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) NNDX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56228 - original number
54228 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 05/08/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50945 56228 As delivered to 6K - 31st January 1959
50945 56228 Noted mid-March 1959
50945 56228 Transfer to 1E - Oct-59
50946 56228 Noted 19/12/67 - at Manchester Exchange1
50956 56228 Noted 01/01/68 - in Manchester Piccadilly1
LT320 50945 56228 Listed at Longsight - circa Dec-69
50945 56228 Noted 02/05/70 - at Sheffield with 50946 + 562291
LT303 50533 56228 Listed at Longsight - circa Jul-70
50945 56228 Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester2
50945 56228 Noted 28/08/75 - on Longsight depot3
50945 56228 Noted 09/19754
50945 56228 Noted 16/01/19825
LO302 50945 56228 Noted circa 05/19825
LO302 50945 56228 Noted 31/05/19825
LO302 50645 56228 Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc5
53945 54228 Noted circa 06/19835
53945 54228 Listed at LO - 01/01/85
53945 54228 Transfer to BY - 2w/e 14/05/86 - from NH
53945 54228 Transfer to TS - 15/06/86 - from BY
TS209 53945 54228 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
51676 54228 Noted 06/10/19875
51652 54228 Noted 13/03/90 - on services from Marylebone with 54381 + 516646
51652 54228 Noted 02/04/90 - on services from Marylebone with 54259 + 516746
L232 51914 54228 Listed at BY - 24/02/92 - NSE NNDX pool
L232 51914 54228 Listed at BY - 12/08/92
L232 51914 54228 Listed at BY - November 1992 - Sector NNDX

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

Images:

Class 108 DMU at near Lancaster

May 1975

BR (Derby) Class 108 2-car local passenger dmu Nos.E56228 (Class 142) and E50944 (Class 108/2) of the 1958 batch, near Lancaster, on a Lancaster - Morecambe service, 05/75. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 108 DMU at Longsight depot

1st December 1979

Freshly painted into Blue / Grey livery, Class 108 DTCL M56228 is seen on Longsight depot on 1 December 1979. Brian Daniels.

Class 108 DMU at Aylesbury

Unknown date

Class 108 DTC 54228 is working as part of a Class 115 set when seen at Aylesbury in the early 1990s. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: summer 1975

A Class 108 DMU with Longsight-allocated M50945 closest - presumably with long-time partner M56228 - in Plumley station in early summer 1975. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 25th May 1987

Two Class 115/108 hybrids in Aylesbury station, the closest one being 51676 + 54228, on 25 May 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.