Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30409
Diagram: 640
04/07/58 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
4w/e 26/11/60 | 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) | |
15/03/87 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) | |
12/04/87 | Reinstated | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
14/06/87 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
56199 - original number
54199 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
50608 | 56199 | As delivered to 53C - 4th July 1958 | |||||||
50608 | 56199 | Transfer to 55F - 4w/e 26/11/60 | |||||||
50608 | 56199 | Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 25/03/67 | |||||||
50608 | 56199 | Noted 20/08/69 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
50607 | 56199 | Noted 28/08/1972 - at Scarborough2 | |||||||
50607 | 56199 | Noted 10/04/73 - on 1426 Doncaster - Sheffield | |||||||
L121 | 50607 | 56199 | Noted 24/08/74 - at Doncaster, set number carried on solebar of both vehicles3 | ||||||
50607 | 56199 | Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
51443 | 56199 | Noted 20/11/76 - at York1 | |||||||
50605 | 56199 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||||
50605 | 56199 | Noted circa 02/19834 | |||||||
53604 | 54199 | Noted circa 05/19864 | |||||||
53610 | 54199 | Noted 27/07/86 | |||||||
53604 | 54199 | Noted 14/08/86 - at York3 | |||||||
53604 | 54199 | Noted 19th August 1986 | |||||||
53604 | 54199 | Noted 15/10/19864 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
In refurbished livery a Class 108 two-car DMU formed of DTCL E56199 & DMBS E50605, was arriving at Ilkley with a service from Leeds on August 9th 1980. The route from Leeds to Ilkley is now known as the 'Wharfedale Line' and was electrified in 1995. The two tracks on the far left background of this scene were once through lines that ran beyond Ilkley on the route to Skipton via Addingham and Bolton Abbey that was closed in 1965. Martyn Hilbert.
E56199 closet in a refurbished 108 set on the outskirts of Leeds station, 8th June 1981. Malcolm Clements.
The 'Don & Tees' railtour is seen at Boulby Mine with 54199 closest, 22/03/86. Chris Lings.
Leeds Neville Hill allocated Class 108 2 car set formed of DTCL E54199 and DMBS E53604 are stabled at Hull Botanic Gardens TMD on the 11th May 1988. Both vehicles are wearing 'Metrotrain' decals and would continue in service for a short while before being scrapped at Vic Berry's Yard in Leicester during June 1988. Bob Woolnough.
A DMU, made up of a Class 108 and 101 pairing with E54199 leading, departs Hull on 25th April 1987. Syd Young.
Complete with its oil tail lamp still in position, a refurbished liveried Class 108 two-car DMU formed of cars E50605 & E56199 was stood at Ilkley with a service for Leeds on August 9th 1980. The station still retained its 1950's BR North Eastern Region enamel signage in Tangerine and was also gas-lit. Complete with his shopping in a bag, the driver is walking towards the cab. On the extreme right of this view, where the hole-in-the-wall is located, were once the through platforms in the days when Ilkley was on the route to Skipton via Addingham and Bolton Abbey, the western end of which now forms the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. The line beyond Ilkley closed in 1965. Martyn Hilbert.
An impressive 10-car DMU rake led by MetroTrain branded 53610 and 54199, followed by a plain blue class 105 pair and three more two-car class 108 sets heads for York at Kirkham Abbey on 27/Jul/1986. Robert Chilton.