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Vehicle 56243 / 54243

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 50960 during the unknown period are:

18/04/59 New to Chaddesden - stabled pending allocation
Jun-59 Transferred to 9E (Trafford Park)
4w/e 01/06/63 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
w/e 06/11/65 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
w/e 06/05/67 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)

Then the allocations for 56243 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) - from KD
12/12/91 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton) NXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56243 - original number
54243 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Nov-77 - AWS fitted

56243 was involved in the following incident:

M50961 at Carlisle, 18 Jun 74. It had been involved in a collision with a freight train near Whitehaven on 27/11/73. In this view the cab and all the underframe items have been removed, except the battery boxes.

27/11/73 - Near Whitehaven, LMR

Collision involving Class 108 / Freight

Info from Peter Mullen.

Irregular blockworking allowed a DMU to run into the back of a freight train. Image shows 50961 stripped at Carlisle a few months later David Mant. More Details.

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50960 56243 As delivered to - 18th April 1959 - stabled at Chaddesden sidings pending allocation
51182 56243 Noted 31/07/60 - on a Birmingham New Street - Ramsgate special with 51177 + 56332 / 50307 + 59118 + 50325
50960 56243 Noted 10/08/68 - at Bangor1
50959 56243 Noted 25/08/1973 - at Kingmoor2
50959 56243 Noted 24/08/75 - on Carlisle Kingmoor depot3
50959 56243 Noted 03/04/76 - on 16.06 Whitehaven – Carlisle4
50952 56243 Noted 1st August 1978
50952 56243 Noted 19/11/1978 - on Kingmoor depot5
50959 56243 Listed at KD - circa Aug-80
50959 56243 Noted 11/09/1980 - at Carlisle Citadel5
50959 56243 Noted 22/11/1980 - at Barrow-in-Furness5
50959 56243 Noted 24/01/81 - on 17:56 to Barrow-in-Furness at Carlisle
50959 56243 Noted 27/06/1981 - at Carlisle Citadel5
50959 56243 Noted 19/09/1982 - in Doncaster Works5
53959 54243 Listed at KD - 01/01/85
53959 54243 Noted 28/10/1985 - at Lancaster 5
53959 54243 Noted circa 02/19866
53959 54243 Noted 04/04/1986 - at Lancaster 5
53959 54243 Listed at Carlisle Kingmoor - Summer 1986
53959 54243 Listed at KD - circa Jan-88
53959 54243 Noted 03/06/88
53959 54243 Noted 03/09/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service7
53959 54243 Noted 19/09/88 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
53959 54243 Noted 19/09/88 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
53959 54243 Noted 26/11/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
53959 54243 Listed at HT - Feb-89
53959 54243 Noted 22/03/89 - on 11:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service7
53959 54243 Noted 10/06/89 - on 16:47 Hexham - Sunderland service7
53959 54243 Noted 17/06/89 - on 16:27 Newcastle - Carlisle service7
53959 54243 Noted 17/06/89 - on 15:05 Hexham - Newcastle7
53959 54243 Noted 31/07/89 - on 14:15 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness with 53964 + 54247 and 54265 + 539547
53959 54243 Noted 07/08/89 - on 14:15 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness with 53953 + 542427
53959 54243 Noted 09/08/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service with 53954 + 542657
53959 54243 Noted 09/09/89 - on 10:15 Barrow-in-Furness - Carlisle7
53959 54243 Noted 07/10/89 - on 10:15 Barrow-in-Furness - Carlisle7
53959 54243 Noted 07/10/89 - on 14:15 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness7
53959 54243 Noted 25/11/89 - on 10:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service7
53959 54243 Noted 25/11/89 - on 12:45 Carlisle - Newcastle service7
53959 54243 Noted 19/12/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle7
53959 54243 Noted 04/01/90 - on 14:04 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service7
53959 54243 Noted 04/01/90 - on 14:45 Sunderland - Newcastle service7
53959 54243 Noted 11/01/90 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle7
53959 54243 Noted 03/02/90 - on 14:46 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness7
53959 54243 Noted 21/03/90 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle7
53959 54243 Noted 27/03/90 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle7
HT59 53959 54243 Listed at HT - Jul-91
HT59 53959 54243 Listed at HT - Aug-91
53959 54243 Noted 03/08/91 - on 15:15 Newcastle - Carlisle service7

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Phil Shatford
5: Martin Lumley
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Carnforth

Unknown date

A Class 108 set at Carnforth led by DTS 54243. Undated. Andrew Pilkington.

Class 108 DMU at Tyseley

9th May 1987

Class 108 DTS 54243 at Tyseley on May 9, 1987. Andy Cole.

Class 108 DMU at Newcastle

3rd June 1988

A Class 108 set (54243 + 53959) awaits departure from Newcastle platform 9 with the 17:33 Newcastle - Hexham, 03/06/1988. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Morecambe

19th June 1991

54243 + 53959 in Morecambe station on Wednesday 19 June 1991. David Russon.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 7th July 1983

A Class 108 DMU formed of M53959 + M54243 in Carlisle station on Thursday 7 July 1983. David Russon.

DMU

Date: 22nd June 1988

53959 + 54243 arrive at Newcastle on 22/06/1988 with a service from the Tyne Valley. This was one of the majority of Class 108s transferred from Kingmoor (KD) depot, Carlisle, to Heaton (HT) depot, Newcastle, in May 1988, upon closure of the former. They were still intended for work in Cumbria, but, being based in the north-east, made frequent appearances in the region, especially certain generously timed Carlisle-Newcastle services, presumably to allow them to come to their home depot for maintenance. They finished working in Cumbria in November 1991, replaced by then newly converted Class 153 single car Sprinters. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 17th June 1991

Class 108 vehicles 53959 + 54243 in Lancaster station on Monday 17 June 1991. David Russon.

DMU

Date: 15th December 1991

M54245 (left), E54243 (center), E59249 (right) grounded in C.F.Booths Rotherham 15-12-91. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: December 1991

M54245 (left), E54243 (center), E59249 (right) grounded in CF Booths Rotherham, probably late December 1991. Robert Frise Collection.

DMU

Date: 4th May 1992

Set number: LO603

DMU set LO603 (53968+53243) is seen pulling out of Tal-y-cafn station on the Conway Valley line with the 10.25 Llandudno to Blaenau Ffestiniog on May 4, 1992. By this date the first generation DMU's were in the twilight of their careers and the leading vehicle here 53968 was withdrawn two months later on July 2nd with the trailing vehicle 54243 making it to October 1992. Adrian Nicholls.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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