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 50961 during the unknown period are:
18/04/59 | New to | Chaddesden | - stabled pending allocation |
Jun-59 | Transferred to | 9E (Trafford Park) | |
Jan-60 | Transferred to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
4w/e 30/01/60 | Transferred to | 14E (Bedford) | |
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) | |
4w/e 06/05/67 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) |
Then the allocations for 56244 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) | |
p/e 13/10/90 | Sector Change to | HT (Heaton) PXXZ | |
07/12/90 | Withdrawn from | HT (Heaton) PXXZ |
56244 - original number
54244 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Apr-75 - AWS fitted
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
50961 | 56244 | As delivered to LMR - April 1959 - stabled at Chaddesden sidings pending allocation | |||||||
50951 | 56244 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Carlisle1 | |||||||
50951 | 56244 | Noted 04/03/72 - on last service train to Keswick with 50962 + 56236 and SRPS railtour formed 51538 + 59566 + 51468 | |||||||
50952 | 56244 | Noted 25/08/1973 - at Carlisle2 | |||||||
50959 | 56244 | Noted 01/06/1974 - at Carlisle3 | |||||||
50959 | 56244 | Noted 01/09/74 - on Kingmoor depot4 | |||||||
50952 | 56244 | Noted 07/04/1976 - at Barrow 3 | |||||||
50952 | 56244 | Noted 12/03/1977 - at Carlisle 3 | |||||||
50952 | 56244 | Listed at KD - circa Aug-80 | |||||||
53952 | 54244 | Listed at KD - 01/01/85 | |||||||
53952 | 54244 | Noted circa 10/19855 | |||||||
53952 | 54244 | Listed at Carlisle Kingmoor - Summer 1986 | |||||||
53952 | 54244 | Noted 01/11/19865 | |||||||
53952 | 54244 | Listed at KD - circa Jan-88 | |||||||
53952 | 54244 | Noted 10/09/886 | |||||||
53952 | 54244 | Noted 08/10/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53952 | 54244 | Noted 08/10/88 - on 14:15 Sunderland - Gateshead MetroCentre service6 | |||||||
53952 | 54244 | Noted 15/10/88 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service6 | |||||||
53952 | 54244 | Noted 12/11/88 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service6 | |||||||
53952 | 54244 | Noted 28/01/89 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53952 | 54244 | Listed at HT - Feb-89 | |||||||
53952 | 54244 | Noted 11/03/89 - on 15:04 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service6 | |||||||
53952 | 54244 | Noted 11/03/89 - on 15:45 Sunderland - Newcastle service6 | |||||||
53952 | 54244 | Noted 22/04/89 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53960 | 54244 | Noted 07/08/89 - on 11:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53960 | 54244 | Noted 21/08/89 - on 10:15 Barrow-in-Furness - Carlisle6 | |||||||
53960 | 54244 | Noted 21/08/89 - on 14:46 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness6 | |||||||
53954 | 54244 | Noted 09/09/89 - on 06:59 Carlisle - Newcastle service with 53956 + 542386 | |||||||
53960 | 54244 | Noted 28/09/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6 | |||||||
53960 | 54244 | Noted 07/10/89 - on 09:02 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53960 | 54244 | Noted 07/10/89 - on 11:05 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness6 | |||||||
53960 | 54244 | Noted 24/10/89 - on 10:15 Barrow-in-Furness - Carlisle6 | |||||||
53960 | 54244 | Noted 24/10/89 - on 14:15 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness with 53950 + 542656 | |||||||
53960 | 54244 | Noted 11/11/89 - on 14:46 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness6 | |||||||
53960 | 54244 | Noted 07/12/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6 | |||||||
53960 | 54244 | Noted 28/12/89 - on 14:15 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness with 53955 + 542626 | |||||||
53963 | 54244 | Noted 18/06/90 - on 11:43 Carlisle - Whitehaven6 | |||||||
53963 | 54244 | Noted 18/06/90 - on 09:00 Whitehaven - Carlisle6 | |||||||
53963 | 54244 | Noted 18/06/90 - on 14:46 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness6 | |||||||
53969 | 54244 | Noted 22/09/90 - at Carlisle |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Graeme Phillips
A Class 108 DMU in Carlisle station on 4 March 1972. Closest is DTC M56244, presumably paired with M50951. George Woods.
The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. It shows the 12.10 Penrith to Keswick service between Threlkeld and Low Brierly Halt, formed of two Class 108s, believed to be M50962/56236 and M56244/50951. On the front is a three-car Met-Camm on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh Waverley which joined the service train at Penrith, formed Sc51538/59566/51468. Vehicle numbers from https://flic.kr/p/4JVX9U. The KDH Archive.
The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. Its shows the 12.10 Penrith to Keswick service between Threlkeld and Low Brierly Halt. The 108s are believed to be M50962/56236 (far end) and M56244/50951 (closest), there is also a Met-Camm in the formation at the far end out of view on an SRPS railtour. The KDH Archive.
The 13.15 Keswick-Penrith at Threlkeld on 4th March 1972. Left to right are Sc51538/59566/51468 + M50962/56236 + M56244/50951 - the Met-Camm is on an SRPS railtour. The KDH Archive.
The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. It shows the 13.15 Keswick to Penrith service at Threlkeld. Left to right - M50962/56236 and M56244/50951 (numbers from RW Carroll image) - and behind the tree on the left is 51468. The KDH Archive.
The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. It shows the 14.15 Penrith to Keswick service at Threlkeld. The Met-Camm was on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh, attached at Penrith. The vehicles are believed to be Sc51538/59566/51468 + M50962/56236 + M56244/50951 (from https://flic.kr/p/4JVX9U). The KDH Archive.
The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. It shows the 15.30 Keswick to Penrith service possibly at Threlkeld. The vehicle are believed to be M50951/56244 + M56236/50962 + Sc51468/59566/51538, the Met-Camm on an SRPS railtour. The KDH Archive.
Two Class 108 DMUs at Threlkeld station on 4th March 1972. This was the last day of services on the Penrith to Keswick branch, and the vehicles are believed to be M50962/56236 and M56244/50951. George Woods.
Two Class 108 DMUs at Keswick on the last day of services to Penrith on 4 March 1972. The vehicles are believed to be M50962/56236 and M56244/50951. George Woods.
A Class 108 DMU (believed to be M50951/M56244) in Keswick station on 4 March 1972. George Woods.
Two Class 108 DMUs (believed to be M50951/56244 M56236/50962) in Keswick station on 4 March 1972. George Woods.
A Met-Camm DMU on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh leads two Class 108s on the Penrith - Keswick service train into Keswick on the last day of services, 4th March 1972. The vehicles are believed to be Sc51538/59566/51468 + M50962/56236 + M56244/50951 (numbers from https://flic.kr/p/4JVX9U). George Woods.
Arriving into Penrith are two Class 108s on the Keswick - Penrith service train with a Met-Camm DMU attached on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh on 4th March 1972. The vehicles are believed to be M50951/56244 + M56236/50962 + Sc51468/59566/51538. George Woods.
A Class 108 DMU formed of 53952 + 54244 ready to work a Barrow service in Carlisle station on 10 July 1987. Keith Miller.
Derby built class 108 53969 and 54244, at Carlisle on the 22nd September 1990. Paul Bettany.