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Vehicle 56199 / 54199


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

04/07/58 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
4w/e 26/11/60 Transferred to 55F (Manningham)
05/03/67 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill) - Manningham closed
May-73Depot code changeNL
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15/03/87 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill)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14/06/87 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56199 - original number
54199 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 17/06/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


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

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Ilkley

9th August 1980

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.

Class 108 DMU at Leeds

8th June 1981

E56199 closet in a refurbished 108 set on the outskirts of Leeds station, 8th June 1981. Malcolm Clements.

Class 108 DMU at Boulby Mine

22nd March 1986

The 'Don & Tees' railtour is seen at Boulby Mine with 54199 closest, 22/03/86. Chris Lings.

Class 108 DMU at Hull Botanic Gardens TMD

11th May 1986

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.

Class 108 DMU at Hull, Park Street

25th April 1987

A DMU, made up of a Class 108 and 101 pairing with E54199 leading, departs Hull on 25th April 1987. Syd Young.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 9th August 1980

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.

DMU

Date: 27th July 1986

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.