Vehicle 56202 / 54202
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
| 07/08/58 | New to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/60 | Transferred to | 55F (Manningham) | |
| 2w/e 09/10/65 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 2w/e 12/03/66 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 09/03/68 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 16/06/68 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| 3w/e 21/03/76 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 20/05/84 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 10/05/87 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| p/e 27/01/90 | Sector Change to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) PXXZ | |
| 13/02/90 | Withdrawn from | BR (Bristol Bath Road) PZQZ |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56202 - original number
54202 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Mar-74 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 29/04/1976 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50611 | 56202 | As delivered to 56G - 7th August 1958 | |||||||
| 50611 | 56202 | Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60 | |||||||
| 50611 | 56202 | Transfer to 50C - 2w/e 09/10/65 | |||||||
| 50611 | 56202 | Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66 | |||||||
| 50623 | 56202 | Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle1 | |||||||
| N143 | 50622 | 56202 | Noted 28/08/74 - in Newcastle Central (set number on solebar of trailer)2 | ||||||
| N143 | 50622 | 56202 | Noted 28/08/74 - in Newcastle Central (set number on solebar of trailer)2 | ||||||
| 50622 | 56202 | Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle 3 | |||||||
| N143 | 50622 | 56202 | Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number on both vehicles2 | ||||||
| 50622 | 56202 | Noted 03/01/76 - at Newcastle4 | |||||||
| 50622 | 56202 | Noted 04/09/1976 - Carlisle Kingmoor Open Day Shuttle 50951-56235+50622-56202 | |||||||
| 50622 | 56202 | Noted circa 01/19775 | |||||||
| 50622 | 56202 | Noted circa 10/19825 | |||||||
| 53622 | 54202 | Noted circa 10/19835 | |||||||
| 53622 | 54202 | Noted circa 05/19845 | |||||||
| 53622 | 54202 | Noted circa 01/19865 | |||||||
| 53622 | 54202 | Noted 03/05/19865 | |||||||
| B966 | 53618 | 54202 | Listed at BR - Aug-87 | ||||||
| B966 | 53618 | 54202 | Listed at BR - Oct-87 | ||||||
| B966 | 53618 | 54202 | Listed at BR - 29/02/88 | ||||||
| B966 | 53618 | 54202 | Noted circa 04/19885 | ||||||
| B966 | 53618 | 54202 | Listed at BR - 15/05/89 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
12th March 1966
DMUs in Gourock station on March 12, 1966, the last day of semaphore signals. The formation is a three-car Class 107 (right) and a two-car Class 108 (left), the 108 DTC visible seems to be Sc56202 which had been transferred from the NER the previous month and would remain on the ScR for another two years. Corriebob.
1974
Class 108 Driving Trailer Composite (DTCL) no. E56202 is seen at Hexham, waiting to depart for Newcastle in 1974. Graeme Phillips Collection.
14th June 1980
E56202 and E50622 have arrived at Morecambe from Leeds at 17.34 on 14 June 1980. The Art Deco Midland Hotel in the background - I think it hadn't been smartened up then. Tom Burnham.
16th July 1981
56202 is the DTC in this Class 108 set seem at Ilkley on 16/7/81. Chris Lings.
30th April 1986
A two-car Class 108 DMU (E54202 + E53622) waits to leave Lincoln station on 30 April 1986. Andrew Walker.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 12th March 1966
A two-car Class 108 and three-car Class 107 arrive into Gourock with a service from Glasgow on March 12, 1966, the last day of semaphore signals. The DTC on the 108 seems to be 56202, which means the power car closest is almost certainly 50611. They had been transferred from the NER the previous month, the power car has a distinct darker patch under the Sc where the previous prefix had been painted over. Corriebob.
Date: 1966
A Derby twin set (later Class 108) in Corstorphine station in 1966. Scotland had just two driver trailer sets at this time, 50610 + 56201 and 50611 + 56202. Walter Burt.
Date: May 1975
Class 101 DMBS no. E50225 leads a class 101/108 formation at Carlisle in May 1974. The 101 DTCL appears to be E56050 and the Class 108 DTLC E56202. Graeme Phillips Collection.