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Vehicle 56239 / 54239

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 50956 during the unknown period are:

14/03/59	New to	5B (Crewe South)
Apr-59	Transferred to	3C (Ryecroft)
Jun-59	Transferred to	9G (Reddish)
4w/e 30/01/60	Transferred to	14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 27/02/60	Transferred to	9E (Trafford Park)
4w/e 01/06/63	Transferred to	9A (Longsight)
3w/e 31/10/65	Transferred to	9D (Newton Heath)
w/e 06/05/67	Transferred to	9A (Longsight)

Then the allocations for 56239 are:

4w/e 05/04/69	Transferred to	12A (Carlisle Kingmoor)
06/05/73	Depot code change	KM
Jan-75	Depot code change	KD
15/05/88	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
29/09/91	Transferred to	LO (Longsight) PLOX
05/10/92	Withdrawn from	LO (Longsight) RFXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56239 - original number
54239 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Jul-72 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50956	56239	As delivered to 5B - 14th March 1959
	50956	56239	Transfer to 3C - Apr-59
	50954	56239	Noted 25/08/1973 - at Carlisle¹
	56239		Noted 01/09/74 - on Kingmoor depot, loose vehicle²
	50960	56239	Noted 24/08/75 - on Carlisle Kingmoor depot²
	50962	56239	Noted 24/04/1976 - at Lancaster ³
	50962	56239	Noted 22/05/76 - at Carnforth⁴
	50958	56239	Noted 14/08/1976 - in Derby Litchurch Lane Works⁵
	50958	56239	Noted 31/07/78 - at Lancaster
	50958	56239	Noted 19/11/1978 - on Kingmoor depot⁵
	50958	56239	Noted 16/04/1979 - at Carlisle Citadel⁵
	50958	56239	Noted 05/05/1980 - on Kingmoor depot⁵
	50958	56239	Listed at KD - circa Aug-80
	50958	56239	Noted 11/09/1980 - at Carlisle Citadel⁵
	50958	56239	Noted 22/11/1980 - at Carlisle Citadel⁵
	50958	56239	Noted 20/04/1981 - on Kingmoor depot⁵
	53958	54239	Listed at KD - 01/01/85
	53958	54239	Noted 08/06/1985 - L.N.E.R. Society Railtours The Settle & Carlisle Express Railtour Carnforth-Cumbrian Coast-Carlisle option
	53958	54239	Noted 23/05/1986 - at Carlisle Citadel ⁵
	53958	54239	Listed at Carlisle Kingmoor - Summer 1986
	53958	54239	Noted 11/04/1987⁶
	53958	54239	Noted 22/12/1987 - at Carlisle Citadel ⁵
	53958	54239	Listed at KD - circa Jan-88
	53958	54239	Noted 17/08/88⁷
	53958	54239	Noted 22/10/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁷
	53958	54239	Noted 28/10/88 - on 12:28 Newcastle - Hexham service⁷
	53958	54239	Noted 17/12/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁷
	53958	54239	Listed at HT - Feb-89
	53958	54239	Noted 04/02/89 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁷
	53958	54239	Noted 04/03/89 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁷
	53958	54239	Noted 13/05/89 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service⁷
	53958	54239	Noted 13/05/89 - on 17:50 Newcastle - Hexham service⁷
	53957	54239	Noted 15/05/89 - on 18:23 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁷
	53957	54239	Noted 17/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁷
	53957	54239	Noted 18/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁷
	53957	54239	Noted 13/06/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁷
	53958	54239	Noted 26/06/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁷
	53958	54239	Noted 08/07/89 - on 15:14 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁷
	53958	54239	Noted 23/09/89 - on 12:56 Whitehaven - Carlisle⁷
	53958	54239	Noted 23/09/89 - on 14:15 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness⁷
	53958	54239	Noted 29/09/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁷
	53958	54239	Noted 16/10/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁷
	53958	54239	Noted 24/10/89 - on 09:02 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁷
	53958	54239	Noted 24/10/89 - on 11:05 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness⁷
	53958	54239	Noted 25th October 1989
	53958	54239	Noted 18/12/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁷
	53958	54239	Noted 18/12/89 - on 16:47 Hexham - Sunderland service⁷
	53950	54239	Noted 18/04/90 - on 06:30 Newcastle - Seaham service⁷
	53950	54239	Noted 18/04/90 - on 19:15 Newcastle - Whitehaven⁷
	53950	54239	Noted 18/06/90 - on 14:15 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness with 53956 + 54238⁷
	53950	54239	Noted 18/06/90 - on 10:07 Dumfries - Carlisle⁷
	53950	54239	Noted circa 02/1991⁶
HT58	53958	54239	Listed at HT - Jul-91
	53950	54239	Noted 27/07/91 - on 15:15 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁷
HT58	53958	54239	Listed at HT - Aug-91
LO297	53958	54239	Listed at LO - Dec-91
LO297	53958	54239	Noted circa 02/1992⁶
	53958	54239	Noted 25/04/1992 - at Longsight Open Day⁵
	53958	54239	Noted 03/06/92 - on 14:54 Wigan - Chester⁸
LO297	53958	54239	Listed at LO - 02/07/92
	53958	54239	Noted 04/07/92 - on 16:38 Manchester Piccadilly - Sheffield⁸
LO297	53958	54239	Listed at LO - 24/09/92

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Martin Lumley
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Graeme Phillips
8: David Bellamy

Images:

circa 1976

A Class 108 set, M56239 closest, on a Barrow service in Whitehaven station. Date unknown - probably 1976. Walter Burt Collection.

March 1976

BR (Derby) Class 108 2-car Local Passenger dmu Nos. E56239 + E50964 in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends departing Carlisle (Citadel) on a service to Whitehaven and Workington, 03/76. Hugh Llewelyn.

31st July 1978

M56239 is at Lancaster with M50958 on 31st July 1978. On the left is M51940 + M52055. Robert Frise.

15th June 1980

With the former Midland Railway route to Wennington and Settle Junction curving away to the right, a four-car Class 108 DMU formation was running over former the Furness Railway route from Barrow as they approached Carnforth Station Junction with a Barrow-in-Furness to Preston service on June 15th 1980. The leading car complete with its first class saloon was Driving Trailer Composite Lavatory (DTCL) M56239 coupled to Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M50958, with M56270 & M50987 behind. The large footbridge spanning all the tracks was once the pedestrian entrance to Carnforth MPD. At the time, Newton Heath & Carlisle Kingmoor allocated Class 108's were synonymous on stopping services along the former Furness Railway route from Carnforth to Barrow and along the Cumbrian Coast to Carlisle. Martyn Hilbert.

Unknown date

A two-car Class 108 DMU with DTSL M56239 seen in Preston station circa early 1980s. Paul Redmond.

18th June 1991

08926 stabled alongside Class 108 vehicles 54239 + 53950 at Carlisle on Tuesday 18 June 1991. David Russon.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: March 1976

BR (Derby) Class 108 2-car Local Passenger dmu Nos.E50964 (Class 108/2) & E56239 (Class 142) in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends arriving at Carlisle on a service from Whitehaven and Workington, 03/76. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: March 1976

The Joint LNWR/CR Carlisle (Citadel) Station, with a BR (Derby) Class 108 2-car dmu Nos. M50964 (108/2) & M56239 (142) of the 1959 batch on a Whitehaven service, 03/76. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: 18th June 1991

Stabled at Carlisle on Tuesday 18 June 1991 are Class 108 vehicles 53950 + 54239. David Russon.

Date: 5th July 1991

The Sellafield worker's 'peak' service train from Barrow in Furness, formed of 'Derby Lightweight' M53950 and M54239, arrives at Ravenglass, the 07:38 departure through to Carlisle, 5th July 1991. Gordon Edgar.

Date: 6th February 1992

Set number: LO297

53958 + 54239 set LO297 arrive at Manchester Piccadilly, February 6, 1992. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 3rd April 1992

Set number: LO297

Two-car Class 108 DMU set LO297 (53958 + 54239) in Rose Hill Marple station having arrived with the 15:50 ex-Manchester Piccadilly on 3 April 1992. Derek Hoskins.

Date: 16th July 1992

M52053 with 54239 behind. I later went on to have the pleasure of driving 52053 during the time it was owned by the DMU group I am a shareholder of, until it was sold on. Robert Chilton.

Date: September 1992

Set number: LO297

A Class 108 (sel LO297, presumably 53958 + 54239) and a Class 101 at Birkett Common in September 1992. George Woods.

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