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Vehicle 56269 / 54269

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 50986 during the unknown period are:

10/10/59	New to	14E (Bedford)	- on loan
Jan-60	Transferred to	14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 30/01/60	Transferred to	14E (Bedford)
4w/e 30/12/61	Transferred to	18A (Toton)
4w/e 02/06/62	Transferred to	24F (Fleetwood)
4w/e 30/09/62	Transferred to	26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63	Depot code change	9D
4w/e 04/02/67	Transferred to	10E (Accrington)

Then the allocations for 56269 are:

Nov-70	Transferred to	6A (Chester)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CH
circa 1984	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
19/01/86	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
14/05/90	Transferred to	LO (Longsight) PLOX
09/01/92	Withdrawn from	LO (Longsight) PLOX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56269 - original number
54269 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 07/05/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50986	56269	As delivered to 14E - 10th October 1959 - on loan
	50929	56269	Noted 19/09/71 - in Chester station¹
	51189	56269	Noted 03/09/73 - at Shrewsbury²
	51182	56269	Noted 04/05/74 - on 12:25 Chester-Rock Ferry with 51178 + 56361
	51182	56269	Noted 04/05/74 - on 17:08 Rock Ferry-Chester
	51182	56269	Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester³
	50938	56269	Noted 20/09/1975 - at Crewe⁴
	50929	56269	Noted circa 05/1982⁵
	50929	56269	Noted circa 10/1982⁵
	53929	54269	Noted circa 04/1983⁵
	53929	54269	Noted 07/08/1983 - at Penmaenmawr⁵
	53929	54269	Noted circa 06/1985⁵
	53929	54269	Transfer to CH - 19/01/86 - from NH
	53929	54269	Noted circa 03/1986⁵
	53929	54269	Noted 14/04/86 - on 17:06 Crewe - Stoke with 51191 + 54340⁶
	53929	54269	Noted 19/04/86 - on 06:48 Crewe - Stoke with 51191 + 54340⁶
	53929	54269	Listed at Chester - Summer 1986
	53929	54269	Noted circa 10/1987⁵
	53929	54269	Noted 16/01/1988⁵
CH270	53929	54269	Listed at CH - May 1988
CH270	53929	54269	Noted circa May-88
CH270	53929	54269	Noted circa Jul-88
CH270	53929	54269	Listed at CH - 14/10/89
CH270	53929	54269	Noted 28/12/89 - in Nottingham Midland²
	53929	54269	Noted 03/03/90 - on a mid-morning Wakefield Westgate - Leeds service
LO270	53929	54269	Listed at LO - mid May-90
LO270	53929	54269	Noted 06/04/1991 - At Chester.⁷
LO270	53929	54269	Noted circa 05/1991⁵
LO270	53929	54269	Listed at LO - Jul-91
LO270	53929	54269	Listed at LO - Aug-91
	53929	54269	Noted 07/08/91⁸

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

Images:

22nd September 1979

Recently repainted Class 108 DTCL M56269 on Chester Depot on 22 September 1979. On the right is Class 120 vehicle M50695. Brian Daniels.

1st June 1988

A Class 108 2-car DMU (54269 + 53929) crossing Mouldsworth Junction with a Chester - Manchester service on 1-6-88. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

1st June 1988

A picturesque scene as Class 108 2-car DMU 54269 + 53929 (DTCL + DMBS) approaches Mouldsworth Junction with a Chester-Manchester service on 1-6-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

circa February 1990

Set number: CH270

A Chester allocated class 108 DMU (unit CH270, vehicles 53929 and 54269) seen arriving into one of the bay platforms at the south end of Shrewsbury station from the Wolverhampton line early in 1990. Bob Belcher.

22nd July 1991

Set number: LO270

Set LO270 at Cuddington on 22/7/91, on the 17.43 Chester to Manchester Piccadilly, stopping with difficulty on wet rails. Presumably 54269 nearest the camera. People not boarding are waiting for Sir Lamiel coming the other way. David Miller.

15th December 1991

Set number: LO270

54269, 54227 in C.F.Booths Rotherham 15-12-91. Kevin Dowd.

1992

Set number: LO270

The trailer car from LO270 - presumably 54269 - awaits the chop at CF Booths circa 1992. Robert Frise Collection.

1992

The trailer car from LO270 - presumably 54269 - awaits the chop at CF Booths circa 1992. To its right is a vehicle from T069. Robert Frise Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 1st June 1988

Set number: 270

Derby Class 108 2-car DMU Manchester bound with a service from Chester at Mouldsworth 1-6-88. The vehicles are 53929 and 54269, the DMBS (closest) carries a tiny set number under the drivers window. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 1989

Set number: CH270

An 8-car formation (4 x 2-car) led by Chester based unit CH270 (presumably 53929 + 54269) heads for Llandudno past Rhyl in 1989. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 15th December 1991

54227, M54269, 54263 await their fate in C.F.Booths Rotherham 15-12-91. Kevin Dowd.

Date: 15th December 1991

54240, 54263, M54269, 54227 new arrivals in C.F.Booths Rotherham 15-12-91. Kevin Dowd.

Date: 5th January 1992

54227 on top of M54501(L), M54269(R), C.F.Booths, Rotherham 5-1-92. Kevin Dowd.

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