Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30409
Diagram: 640
28/07/58 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
w/e 03/01/59 | 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 | |
25/03/84 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
28/09/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
10/05/87 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
14/05/90 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX | |
07/07/91 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
30/10/91 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) PXXZ |
56205 - original number
54205 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
50614 | 56205 | As delivered to 51A - 28th July 1958 | |||||||
50614 | 56205 | Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60 | |||||||
50614 | 56205 | Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 25/03/67 | |||||||
50614 | 56205 | Noted 09/08/67 - at Hull1 | |||||||
50614 | 56205 | Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City1 | |||||||
50619 | 56205 | Noted 21/08/68 - at Leeds City1 | |||||||
50614 | 56205 | Noted 20/08/69 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
50609 | 56205 | Noted 14/08/70 - at Doncaster1 | |||||||
50609 | 56205 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Darlington1 | |||||||
50609 | 56205 | Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
50609 | 56205 | Noted 09/06/73 - at Doncaster2 | |||||||
50609 | 56205 | Noted 11/08/1974 - at Sheffield Midland3 | |||||||
50609 | 56205 | Noted 27/08/1974 - at York3 | |||||||
50609 | 56205 | Noted 27/08/1974 - at Sheffield3 | |||||||
50609 | 56205 | Noted 29/08/74 - in Sheffield Midland2 | |||||||
50612 | 56205 | Noted 12/09/75 - at Brough1 | |||||||
50612 | 56205 | Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
50612 | 56205 | Noted 23/11/76 - at York1 | |||||||
50612 | 56205 | Noted circa 01/19774 | |||||||
50605 | 56205 | Noted circa 10/19774 | |||||||
50612 | 56205 | Noted 30/09/79 - on 16:15 Skipton - Leeds5 | |||||||
50612 | 56205 | Noted circa 06/19814 | |||||||
50612 | 56205 | Noted circa 03/19834 | |||||||
53612 | 54205 | Noted circa 07/19834 | |||||||
53612 | 54205 | Transfer to BG - 25/03/84 | |||||||
53612 | 54205 | Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds6 | |||||||
B971 | 53617 | 54205 | Formed at BR circa May-88 | ||||||
B971 | 53941 | 54205 | Formed at BR p/e 17/06/88 | ||||||
53941 | 54205 | Noted 02/01/89 - on afternoon Bristol - Severn Beach service | |||||||
53941 | 54205 | Noted 27/03/89 - on Bristol TM - Severn Beach services | |||||||
B971 | 53941 | 54205 | Listed at BR - 15/05/89 | ||||||
spare | 54205 | Listed at CF - Jul-91 | |||||||
spare | 54205 | Listed at CF - Aug-91 | |||||||
LO288 | 53943 | 54205 | Listed at LO - Aug-91 | ||||||
53943 | 54205 | Noted 07/08/917 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Phil Shatford
6: Robert Chilton
7: Graeme Phillips
Recently refurbished Class 108 set E56205 + E50612 seen in York station circa late 1975. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Refurbished Class 108 with care E56205 leading at Leeds station on 10th April 1976. Bob Belcher.
A two-car refurbished Class 108 DMU (vehicles E56205 and E50605) heads away from Wakefield Kirkgate station with the 15:40 Sheffield - Leeds service on 2 July 1977. Michael Mensing.
E54205 Class 108 DMU visitor inside Old Oak Common carriage shed. An Eastern region Class 108 2-car DMU seen in the old carriage sheds at Old Oak Common. As it still had its Eastern Region prefix, and Class 108s never worked on Paddington locals, I'm not sure why it ended up here. Note the route destination blind still reading Knaresborough! Chris McKee.
M54205 at Westbury 15-05-89. Vincent Haworth.
Class 108 set B971 (54205 + 53941) is seen in Severn Beach station on January 16, 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Cheltenham Spa, 9/1/91. C970 is led by 54205 on the 10:00 to Cardiff. Mike Cooper.
31102 Cricklewood drags 54205 + 54210 + 54258 + 53975 past New Mills South Jct as 5Z41 10:11 Longsight to CF Booths Rotherham 27-9-91. Kevin Dowd.
A two-car refurbished Class 108 DMU (vehicles E50605 and E56205) departs from Wakefield Kirkgate station with the 15:40 Sheffield - Leeds service on 2 July 1977. Michael Mensing.