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 50963 during the unknown period are:
13/06/59 | New to | 24F (Fleetwood) | |
w/e 04/11/61 | Transferred to | 9D (Buxton) | |
Feb-62 | Transferred to | 24F (Fleetwood) | |
4w/e 30/09/62 | Transferred to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
4w/e 02/02/63 | Transferred to | 9D (Buxton) | |
Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9L | |
w/e 12/09/64 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
w/e 06/05/67 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) |
Then the allocations for 56246 are:
4w/e 05/04/69 | Transferred to | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) | |
06/05/73 | Depot code change | KM | |
Jan-75 | Depot code change | KD | |
11/05/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
22/01/89 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
01/10/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
14/05/90 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
02/07/92 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) RCLO |
56246 - original number
54246 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
circa Jul-72 - AWS fitted
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
50963 | 56246 | As delivered to 24F - 13th June 1959 | |||||||
CE361 | 50963 | 56246 | Noted circa Apr-70 | ||||||
50956 | 56246 | Noted 14/08/70 - at Carlisle1 | |||||||
50956 | 56246 | Noted 16/08/70 - at Kingmoor2 | |||||||
50958 | 56246 | Noted 01/09/74 - at Lancaster1 | |||||||
50957 | 56246 | Noted 10/04/1976 - at Carlisle3 | |||||||
50956 | 56246 | Listed at KD - circa Aug-80 | |||||||
50956 | 56246 | Noted 16/01/19824 | |||||||
50982 | 56246 | Noted circa 03/19824 | |||||||
53982 | 54246 | Listed at KD - 01/01/85 | |||||||
53982 | 54246 | Noted circa 10/19854 | |||||||
53982 | 54246 | Noted circa 05/19864 | |||||||
53982 | 54246 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | |||||||
53982 | 54246 | Noted circa 09/19864 | |||||||
53982 | 54246 | Listed at NH - 10/05/87 | |||||||
53982 | 54246 | Noted circa 08/19874 | |||||||
53982 | 54246 | Noted circa 12/19874 | |||||||
53982 | 54246 | Noted 05/12/87 - on 08:54 Manchester Piccadilly - Rose Hill Marple via Hyde Central5 | |||||||
53982 | 54246 | Noted 05/12/87 - on 09:38 Rose Hill Marple - Manchester Piccadilly via Hyde Central5 | |||||||
N611 | 53982 | 54246 | Listed at NH - May 1988 | ||||||
N611 | 53982 | 54246 | Noted circa Jul-88 | ||||||
T203 | 53982 | 54246 | Noted 02/02/89 - at Barnetby | ||||||
T207 | 53982 | 54246 | Noted circa 05/19894 | ||||||
53962 | 54246 | Noted 08/05/89 - on 17:50 Newcastle - Hexham service6 | |||||||
T207 | 53982 | 54246 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | ||||||
CH277 | 53982 | 54246 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 | ||||||
CH277 | 53982 | 54246 | Noted circa 12/19894 | ||||||
LO277 | 53982 | 54246 | Listed at LO - mid May-90 | ||||||
LO277 | 53982 | 54246 | Noted circa 07/19904 | ||||||
LO277 | 53982 | 54246 | Listed at LO - Jul-91 | ||||||
LO277 | 53982 | 54246 | Listed at LO - Aug-91 | ||||||
53982 | 54246 | Noted 07/08/916 | |||||||
LO288 | 53943 | 54246 | Listed at LO - Dec-91 | ||||||
LO288 | 53943 | 54246 | Noted circa 02/19924 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: Graeme Phillips
A Class 108 set in Carlisle station on May 23, 1984, with M54246 closest. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 108 M54246+M53982 at Chinley on the 25th April 1988 with a Manchester Piccadilly-Sheffield service. Kevin Law.
Class 108 set T207 (54246 + presumably 53982) prepares to depart Boston with a service for Skegness on 25th March 1989. Julian Barker.
Class 108 DTCL 54246 leading set CH277, with DMBS 53982 and a three-car 101 and 108 on the Lickey Incline near Bromsgrove on 4/Mar/1990. The set was on an unknown railtour or charter. Robert Chilton.
A Class 108 DMU (the DTCL is 54246) at Ravenglass railway station, Summer Bank Holiday Monday 29 August 1983. Ian 10B.
53982 and 54246 are seen in Southport Carriage Sidings on the 6th July 1986. Jerry Glover.
CH643 SC53185 + W51462, CH642 51426, CH277 M54246 + M53982 (L-R), on Chester depot, 10-5-90. Kevin Dowd.
Class 108 LO277 (M53982 + M54246) at Manchester Piccadilly on June 6, 1990. Nicholas Youngman.
Class 108 DMBS M51424, LO255 - with out of shot M54232 and M53982 / M54246 (LO277) at Manchester Victoria on 26/07/1991. Robert Chilton.