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<- 56234 | 56235 | 56236 ->

Vehicle 56235 / 54235

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: 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 50952 during the unknown period are:

21/02/59 New - stored at Warwick pending allocation
Apr-59 Transferred to 6K (Rhyl) - stored pending allocation
Jun-59 Transferred to 9E (Trafford Park)
4w/e 01/06/63 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
3w/e 31/10/65 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
4w/e 04/02/67 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)

Then the allocations for 56235 are:

4w/e 05/04/69 Transferred to 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor)
06/05/73Depot code changeKM
Jan-75Depot code changeKD
15/05/88 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
29/09/91 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
06/07/92 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
28/07/92 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56235 - original number
54235 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50952 56235 As delivered to - 21/02/59 - stabled at Warwick, pending allocation
50951 56235 Noted 20/12/66 - at Manchester Victoria1
50959 56235 Noted 16/08/70 - at Kingmoor1
50951 56235 Noted 01/09/74 - on Kingmoor depot2
50964 56235 Noted 24/08/75 - on Carlisle Kingmoor depot2
50951 56235 Noted 04/09/1976 - Carlisle Kingmoor Open Day Shuttle with 50622 + 56202
50951 56235 Noted 01/04/1977 - at Carlisle 3
50951 56235 Listed at KD - circa Aug-80
53951 54235 Listed at KD - 01/01/85
53951 54235 Noted 30/07/85
53951 54235 Listed at Carlisle Kingmoor - Summer 1986
53951 54235 Noted 01/11/19864
53951 54235 Noted 09/05/1987 - Barrow connection from BR Peterborough-Carlisle excursion
53951 54235 Listed at KD - circa Jan-88
53951 54235 Noted 18/06/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
53951 54235 Noted 23/07/88 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
53951 54235 Noted 06/08/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
53951 54235 Noted 22/10/88 - on 15:04 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service5
53951 54235 Noted 12/11/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
53951 54235 Listed at HT - Feb-89
53951 54235 Noted 06/02/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
53951 54235 Noted 18/02/89 - on 16:30 Sunderland - Hexham service5
53951 54235 Noted 29/03/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
53951 54235 Noted 24/04/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
53951 54235 Noted 29/04/1989 - Connection from Barrow to BR Lancaster-Oban excursion
53951 54235 Noted 06/05/89 - on 13:35 Carlisle - Newcastle service5
53951 54235 Noted 13/05/89 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
53951 54235 Noted 10/06/89 - on 16:27 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
53951 54235 Noted 10/06/89 - on 15:04 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service5
53951 54235 Noted 12/06/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
53951 54235 Noted 12/06/89 - on 18:00 Newcastle - Sunderland - service5
53951 54235 Noted 20/06/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle5
53951 54235 Noted 22/07/89 - on 14:25 Newcastle - Morpeth service5
53951 54235 Noted 31/07/89 - on 10:15 Barrow-in-Furness - Carlisle5
53951 54235 Noted 31/07/89 - on 14:46 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness5
53951 54235 Noted 07/08/89 - on 11:05 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness5
53951 54235 Noted 16/09/89 - on 11:05 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness5
53951 54235 Noted 07/10/89 - on 10:00 Whitehaven - Carlisle5
53951 54235 Noted 11/10/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle5
53951 54235 Noted 06/11/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle5
53951 54235 Noted 25/11/89 - on 14:15 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness5
HT51 53951 54235 Listed at HT - Jul-91
HT51 53951 54235 Listed at HT - Aug-91
53951 54235 Noted 17/08/91 - on 15:15 Newcastle - Carlisle service with 54227 + 539585
53951 54235 Noted 23/11/91 - on 15:00 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness5
LO295 53951 54235 Listed at LO - Dec-91
LO295 53951 54235 Noted circa 02/19924
LO295 53951 54235 Listed at LO - 02/07/92

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

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Carlisle

23rd May 1984

DTS 54235 (presumably with + 53951) is at the end of a Class 108 formation in Carlisle on May 23, 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 108 DMU at an unknown location

20th July 1988

The number of 54235 with the HT depot sticker below. Taken on the 20th July 1988, the vehicle had newly transferred from Kingmoor - Heaton. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 108 DMU at Lancaster

24th January 1992

Set number: LO295

Longsight Class 108 set LO295 (54235 and presumably 53951 in the bay at Lancaster with a service for Barrow on 24-1-92. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 108 DMU at Morecambe

27th March 1992

Set number: LO295

A Derby Class 108 two-car DMU formed of cars M54235 & M53951 was stood at Morecambe Promenade with the Morecambe to Lancaster shuttle service on March 27th 1992. The once busy and extensive former Midland Railway sea-front terminus closed on February 7th 1994. Martyn Hilbert.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 1992

Set number: LO295

LO295 (presumably 53951 + 54235) at Lostock Hall on a Blackpool South to Colne working in 1992. John McIntyre.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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