Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30409
Diagram: 640
19/08/58 | New to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
2w/e 30/04/60 | Transferred to | 55F (Manningham) | |
3w/e 02/03/63 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
3w/e 30/06/63 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
13/05/84 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
11/05/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
10/05/87 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
10/05/92 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) RCLO | |
01/03/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX | |
25/03/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX |
56208 - original number
54208 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Preserved - more details.
50617 | 56208 | As delivered to 56G - 19th August 1958 | |||||||
50617 | 56208 | Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60 | |||||||
50617 | 56208 | Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 02/03/63 | |||||||
50617 | 56208 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 30/06/63 | |||||||
50603 | 56208 | Noted 12/07/68 - in Leeds City1 | |||||||
50601 | 56208 | Noted 01/04/70 - at York1 | |||||||
50608 | 56208 | Noted 14/08/70 - at Leeds2 | |||||||
50608 | 56208 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Leeds City1 | |||||||
50608 | 56208 | Noted 28/08/1972 - at Scarborough3 | |||||||
50608 | 56208 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster1 | |||||||
50608 | 56208 | Noted 06/08/1974 - at Leeds3 | |||||||
50608 | 56208 | Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot2 | |||||||
50608 | 56208 | Noted 03/04/76 - at Doncaster2 | |||||||
50618 | 56208 | Noted 22/05/76 - at Neville Hill1 | |||||||
50608 | 56208 | Noted circa 01/19774 | |||||||
50608 | 56208 | Noted circa 03/19834 | |||||||
53610 | 54208 | Noted 25/10/19864 | |||||||
B961 | 53608 | 54208 | Formed at BR May-87 | ||||||
B961 | 53608 | 54208 | Listed at BR - Aug-87 | ||||||
B961 | 53608 | 54208 | Listed at BR - Oct-87 | ||||||
B961 | 53608 | 54208 | Listed at BR - 29/02/88 | ||||||
B961 | 53608 | 54208 | Listed at BR - 15/05/89 | ||||||
B961 | 53608 | 54208 | Listed at BR - Jul-91 | ||||||
B961 | 53608 | 54208 | Listed at BR - Aug-91 | ||||||
B961 | 53608 | 54208 | Listed at BR - Dec-91 | ||||||
LO294 | 53165 | 54208 | Listed at LO - 02/07/92 | ||||||
LO294 | 53165 | 54208 | Listed at LO - 24/09/92 | ||||||
LO245 | 51245 | 54208 | Listed at LO - November 1992 | ||||||
LO245 | 51245 | 54208 | Listed at LO - 10/12/92 | ||||||
51245 | 54208 | Noted 13/01/93 - on 19:08 Manchester Piccadilly - Chinley5 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: David Bellamy
A refurbished Class 108 in York station circa 1979, with DTC(L) E56208 is nearest the camera. Graeme Phillips Collection.
The third on a strip of three negatives that seem to show a failure at Bentham (the station is at the other side of the bridge) sometime in 1983. The two-car Class 108 (54208 visible) is pulling away leaving the two-car Met-Camm. Stuart Mackay Collection.
On June 30, 1988, 54208 + 53608 are seen in Yeovil Pen Mill station. Hamish Stevenson.
54208 + 53608 in Weymouth station after arriving on a service from Bristol TM, June 30, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.
54208 + 53608 (set B961) arrives onto Clifton Down station with the 07:07 Severn Beach - Bristol TM service on July 1st, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.
54208 leads Class 108 set B961 (presumably with 53608) into Yate station on the summer of 1989. Michael Mensing.
A Class 108/101 hybrid on the viaduct at Chirk. 54208 leads, the 101 pairing dates it to circa 1992. Ian Docwra.
Stored DMUs at Blackpool North Carriage Sidings. Closest is 54208, which the Roger Harris allocation book notes as being stored there after withdrawal from Longsight in December 1992 till moving to Tyseley circa late January 1994. Alongside is 52048 (S940), noted as being at Blackpool from February till August 1993. Both vehicles would be preserved. Spannerman37025.
The first of a strip of three negatives that seem to show a failure at Bentham (the station is at the other side of the bridge) sometime in 1983. It is a two-car Class 108 (DTSL is 54208) and a two-car Met-Camm. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The second on a strip of three negatives that seem to show a failure at Bentham (the station is at the other side of the bridge) sometime in 1983. A crew member can be seen working under the closest cab of the Met-Camm - possibly isolating the final drive. Only one vehicle number is known, Class 108 DTSL which was 54208. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 108 DMU set No. B961 (53608 and 54208) arrives at Bristol Temple Meads on a service from Severn Beach, 19 September 1987. Brian Creasey.
Class 108 set B961 (53608 + presumably 54208) at Abergavenny with a Shrewsbury - Cardiff service on 13 May 1988. Walter Burt.
Set B961 (53608 + 54208) in Weymouth station on June 30, 1988, after arriving on a service from Bristol. Hamish Stevenson.
Derby class 108 DMU set B961 (presumably 53608 + 54208) seen arriving at Cheltenham Spa from the south in April 1989 Bob Belcher.
Class 108 DMU set number B961 (presumably cars 53608 and 54208) leave Westbury on a Yeovil to Bristol Temple Meads service on 15 May, 1990. Glen Batten.
A depot full of Class 108s. Bristol Bath Road on Sunday 14 April 1991 - closest to the right is set B962 with DMBS 53619, working left B961 (presumably 54208 + 53608) is in the distance, looking freshly painted with the black mask is B979 (presumably 54260 + 53931), side by side with B966 (possibly 54191 visible). The DMBS partially seen on the left is 53614, withdrawn in January that year and in a few months it would arrive at Snailwell for disposal. Stuart Mackay Collection.