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Vehicle 56205 / 54205


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

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-73Depot code changeNL
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30/10/91 Withdrawn from LO (Longsight) PXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56205 - original number
54205 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 12/06/1975 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


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

Images:

Class 108 DMU at York

1975

Recently refurbished Class 108 set E56205 + E50612 seen in York station circa late 1975. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Leeds

10th April 1976

Refurbished Class 108 with care E56205 leading at Leeds station on 10th April 1976. Bob Belcher.

Class 108 DMU at Wakefield Kirkgate

2nd July 1977

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.

Class 108 DMU at Old Oak Common depot

circa 1987

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.

Class 108 DMU at Westbury

15th May 1989

Set number: B971

M54205 at Westbury 15-05-89. Vincent Haworth.

Class 108 DMU at Severn Beach

16th January 1990

Set number: B971

Class 108 set B971 (54205 + 53941) is seen in Severn Beach station on January 16, 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Cheltenham Spa

9th January 1991

Set number: C970

Cheltenham Spa, 9/1/91. C970 is led by 54205 on the 10:00 to Cardiff. Mike Cooper.

Class 108 DMU at New Mills

27th July 1991

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.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 2nd July 1977

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.