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Vehicle 56192 / 54192

Class 108

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30409
Diagram: 640

Allocations

23/05/58	New to	53C (Hull Springhead)
2w/e 09/08/58	Transferred to	56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 30/04/60	Transferred to	55F (Manningham)
05/03/67	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)	- Manningham closed
May-73	Depot code change	NL
13/05/84	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
11/05/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
15/02/87	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
14/06/87	Withdrawn from	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56192 - original number
54192 - from Apr-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

17/05/75 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 16/05/1975 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

50601	56192	As delivered to 53C - 23rd May 1958
50601	56192	Transfer to 56G - 2w/e 09/08/58
50601	56192	Noted late-September 1958 - Manningham depot crew training runs
50601	56192	Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
50601	56192	Noted 05/08/66 - at Leeds City¹
50601	56192	Noted 03/11/66 - at Doncaster¹
50601	56192	Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 25/03/67
50602	56192	Noted 20/08/69 - at Leeds¹
50618	56192	Noted 27/05/70 - at Skipton¹
50601	56192	Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds¹
50601	56192	Noted 11/08/1974 - at Sheffield Midland²
50601	56192	Noted 11/09/75 - at Brough¹
50601	56192	Noted 19/11/75 - at Brough¹
50601	56192	Noted 22/11/75 - at Hull¹
50601	56192	Noted 03/01/76 - at Doncaster
50601	56192	Noted 28/02/76 - at York³
50621	56192	Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds¹
50601	56192	Noted Jun-76 - at Sheffield¹
50601	56192	Noted Sep-76 - at Sheffield¹
50601	56192	Noted circa 01/1977⁴
50601	56192	Noted 23/07/77
50601	56192	Noted 10/08/80 - at Morecambe
53601	54192	Noted circa 10/1983⁴
53601	54192	Noted circa 09/1986⁴
53601	54192	Transfer to BG - 15/02/87 - from NL
53601	54192	Noted 21/03/87 - on 14:20 Scarborough - Hull with 51425 / 51504⁵

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann

Images:

2nd August 1975

E56192 leads a two-car Class 108 with a two-car Met-Camm on the rear working the 16:45 Morecambe - Leeds service seen leaving Skipton on 2 August 1975. Michael Mensing.

23rd July 1977

23/07/1977: Class 108 E50601 E56192 are seen heading out of Newcastle. Does anyone know the history of this unit operating in the north-east? Was it a demonstrator for the refurbishment programme? There are plenty of photos showing unrefurbished Class 108s in the area in blue livery up to around 1977, but this is the only example I've seen in Refurbished livery, as if they were transferred away at refurbishment. Unrefurbished Class 104s and 105s seemed to appear at around the same time as replacements - was the north-east treat like the poor relation and sent tatty units while Yorkshire got the refurbished ones? Graeme Phillips Collection.

8th June 1979

M56192 is the DTC in a 2-car refucbished Class 108 attached to a 3-car Met-Camm in the centre road at Huddersfield on 8 June 1981. A Rolls-Royce powered Met-Camm is in the platform. Malcolm Clements.

22nd March 1986

The BLS organised 'Don & Tees' railtour seen at Darlington on the 22nd March 1986. Chris Lings.

Class 108 DMU at Cleveland Potash Mine, Boulby

22nd March 1986

The Branch Line Society Don & Tees railtour at the Cleveland Potash Mine, Boulby, on 22 March 1986. It was formed of three twins, Class 108s sandwiching a Class 101, the vehicle closest in this image is 54192, presumably paired with 53601. Stuart Mackay Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 10th August 1980

Class 104 4-car set (E50566 + E59191 + E59242 + E50545) and 2-car Class 108 (E56192 + E50601) at Morecambe on 10th August 1980. Robert Frise.

Date: 1st February 1987

E53601 and E54192 arriving at Woodlesford with 2G06 the 1105 Sheffield to Leeds via Barnsley 1st February 1987. Keith Long.

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