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Vehicle 56499 / 54499

Class 108

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30602
Diagram: 646

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 51916 during the unknown period are:

11/06/60	New to	6G (Llandudno Junction)
4w/e 31/12/60	Transferred to	8H (Allerton)
Sep-63	Depot code change	8J

Then the allocations for 56499 are:

07/10/83	Transferred to	LO (Longsight)
circa 1984	Transferred to	AN (Allerton)
circa Feb-85	Transferred to	LO (Longsight)
12/05/85	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
29/09/85	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
02/03/86	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
28/09/86	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
15/03/87	Transferred to	ME (Marylebone)
Oct-88	Transferred to	BY (Bletchley)
21/01/92	Transferred to	RG (Reading) NWRX
22/09/92	Withdrawn from	RG (Reading) NWRX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56499 - original number
54499 - from Oct-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Aug-73 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 01/03/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51916	56499			As delivered to 6G - 11th June 1960
	51914	56499			Noted 20/12/66 - at Manchester¹
	51918	56499			Noted 03/05/69 - in Manchester Exchange¹
	51917	56499			Noted 14/08/70 - in Manchester Oxford Road²
	51912	56499			Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight¹
	51947	56499			Noted 27/08/73 - at Liverpool Lime Street¹
	50626	56499			Noted 02/09/73 - in Manchester Oxford Road²
	51421	56499			Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester³
AN286	51421	56499			Noted 04/09/74 - in Liverpool Lime Street, set number on 56499²
	51909	56499			Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly¹
	51912	56499			Noted 10/09/76 - in Allerton station²
	51912	56499			Noted 04/01/77 - in Liverpool Lime¹
	51914	56499			Noted 09/06/1977⁴
	50626	56499			Noted 12/09/1977 - 18.42 Newton-le-Willows to Lime Street with 51421-56498⁴
	50626	56499			Noted 30/09/1977 - 16.50 Lime Street to Allerton⁴
	51908	56499			Noted circa 12/1982⁴
	51908	54499			Noted circa 06/1983⁴
	51916	54499			Noted circa 02/1984⁴
	51916	54499			Listed at LO - 01/01/85
	51906	54499			Noted 14/07/85 - on 18:04 Blackpool North - Liverpool Lime Street
	51916	54499			Listed at Chester - Summer 1986
	51895	54499			Noted 04/05/87 - on the Quaintonian shuttle with 51878 + 54259
	51656	54499			Noted circa 09/1987⁴
	51656	54499			Noted 24/10/1987 - Chiltern Tours Special Train from Aylesbury to Folkestone Harbour 54500-51652 + 54499-51656
	51656	54499			Noted 24/12/1987⁴
	51656	54499			Noted circa 01/1988⁴
	51657	54499			Noted circa 02/1988⁴
	51657	54499			Noted 03/09/1988 - Hertfordshire Railtours Chinnor Tonic second rerun 54499-51657 + 51893-54224
	51661	54499			Noted circa 01/1989⁴
	51849	54499			Noted 26/02/90 - on services from Marylebone with 54381 + 51664⁵
	51663	54499			Noted 17/05/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51671 + 59737 + 59762 + 51887⁵
	51671	59747	54499	51889	Noted 09/06/91 - at Paddington
spare	54499				Listed at RG - 12/08/92

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Aaron Calder

Images:

4th May 1987

54499 sandwiched between 51878 (left) and 51895 (right) at Quainton Road on the Quaintonian, 4/5/87. Robert Frise.

3rd September 1988

The "Chinnor Tonic" railtour which called at Quainton on 3rd September 1988, when the set was 108 DTC + 115 DMBS 51893 + 115 DMBS + 108 DTC 54499 (pictured). Robert Frise.

3rd September 1988

Class 108 DTC 54499 + a 115 DMBS + 115 DMBS 51893 + 108 DTC at Quainton Road with the "Chinnor Tonic" railtour on 3rd September 1988. Robert Frise.

31st March 1990

Derby Class 108 DTCL 54499 newly outshopped in Network SouthEast Livery at Doncaster Works on 31 March 1990. Dave Warby.

9th June 1991

It was not unusual to see a class 115 driving motor and a class 108 driving trailer made up into a two-car set, but in this case it is interesting to see that a class 108 DTCL has been inserted in the centre of a non-gangwayed class 115 4-car set in place of one of the normal trailers (next to 59747). Seen at Paddington on 9/Jun/1991. Robert Chilton.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 4th May 1987

At Quainton Road are 51895 - 54499 - 51878 - 54259 on the Quaintonian, 4/5/87. Robert Frise.

Date: 4th May 1987

51895 - 54499 - 51878 - 54259 on the Quaintonian at Quainton Road, 4/5/87. Robert Frise.

Date: 4th May 1987

51895 - 54499 - 51878 - 54259 prepare to depart Quainton Road on the Quaintonian, 4/5/87. Robert Frise.

Date: 4th May 1987

54259 - 51878 - 54499 - 51895 at Quainton Road on 4/5/87. Robert Frise.

Date: 4th May 1987

54259 - 51878 - 54499 - 51895 departing Quainton Road on 4/5/87. Robert Frise.

Date: 4th May 1987

The Aylesbury - Quainton Road regular charter The Quaintonian seen on the 4th May 1987, formed 51895, 54499, 51878 & 54259. Robert Frise.

Date: 3rd September 1988

The "Chinnor Tonic" railtour arrives at Quainton on 3rd September 1988, when the set was an unknown 108 DTC (pictured) + 115 DMBS 51893 + 115 DMBS + Class 108 DTC 54499. Robert Frise.

Date: 3rd September 1988

The "Chinnor Tonic" railtour at Quainton Road on 3rd September 1988, containing an unknown 108 DTC + 115 DMBS 51893 + 115 DMBS + Class 108 DTC 54499. Robert Frise.

Date: 3rd September 1988

The "Chinnor Tonic" railtour at Quainton Road on 3rd September 1988, containing an unknown 108 DTC + 115 DMBS 51893 + 115 DMBS + Class 108 DTC 54499. Robert Frise.

Date: 3rd September 1988

The "Chinnor Tonic" railtour which called at Quainton on 3rd September 1988, when the set was an unknown 108 DTC (pictured) + 115 DMBS 51893 + 115 DMBS + Class 108 DTC 54499. Robert Frise.

Date: 3rd September 1988

The "Chinnor Tonic" railtour which called at Quainton on 3rd September 1988, when the set was 108 DTC (unknown) + Class 115 DMBS 51893 (pictured) + 115 DMBS + Class 108 DTC 54499. Robert Frise.

Date: 3rd September 1988

The "Chinnor Tonic" railtour which called at Quainton on 3rd September 1988, when the set was 108 DTC + Class 115 DMBS 51893 + 115 DMBS (unknown - pictured) + Class 108 DTC 54499. Robert Frise.

Date: 31st March 1990

Set number: L130

Pressed Steel Class 121 DMBS 55030, BR Derby Class 115 TCL 59764, DMBS 51671 and Class 108 54499 outside Doncaster Works on 31 March 1990. Dave Warby.

Date: 10th November 1990

Three two coach Class 115/108 units (51679 + 54259 / 51657 + 54224 / 54499 + 51652) are seen here at Claydon LN&E Junction on 10 November 1990 with the second Aylesbury to Milton Keynes shopper specials of 1990. The train had travelled via Quainton Road and Calvert and was about to pass Claydon Loop on the way to Bletchley and its destination. The signal on the extreme right shows where the line from Bicester enters the loop which at this time was used by such trains as Whatley to Wolverton stone, the Bath and Bristol to Calvert household rubbish containers and the much-missed Akeman Street fertiliser vans. Peter Tandy.

Date: 9th June 1991

Not a brilliant quality shot, but included because it was unusual to see a class 115 set at Paddington. DMBS 51671 is seen at the rear of a 4-car set made up with 59747, 54499 and 51889 and with Princes Risborough on the destination blind, 9/Jun/1991. Robert Chilton.

Date: 9th June 1991

A work-weary looking class 115 DMBS no. 51889 leading a 4-car set including a class 108 driving trailer (54499) in place of one of the normal trailers, with 59747 and 51671. The set is seen on 9/Jun/1991 leaving the, for a class 115, relatively unusual location of Paddington with the rear power car making quite a smokey departure. By the end of 1991 the leading power car had been withdrawn from service. Robert Chilton.

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