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Vehicle 56209 / 54209

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

14/08/58	New 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
09/09/84	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
31/05/87	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
p/e 02/03/91	Sector Change to	BR (Bristol Bath Road) PXXZ
16/05/91	Withdrawn from	BR (Bristol Bath Road) PXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56209 - original number
54209 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 23/05/1975 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50618	56209	As delivered to 56G - 14th August 1958
	50600	56209	Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
	50618	56209	Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 25/03/67
	50612	56209	Noted 20/07/68 - in Leeds City¹
	50612	56209	Noted 06/10/68 - at York¹
	50612	56209	Noted 20/08/69 - at Leeds¹
	50613	56209	Noted 18/09/1971 - at Leeds²
	50613	56209	Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds¹
	50613	56209	Noted 09/06/73 - at Doncaster³
	50613	56209	Noted 05/08/1974 - at York⁴
	50613	56209	Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot³
	50614	56209	Noted 13/06/75
	50614	56209	Noted 12/07/75
	50613	56209	Noted 25/10/75 - at Leeds¹
	50613	56209	Noted 06/12/75 - at Brough¹
	50613	56209	Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds¹
	50613	56209	Noted circa 01/1977⁵
	50616	56209	Noted 07/08/1978 - at York ⁴
	50616	56209	Noted 16/01/1982⁵
	53616	54209	Noted circa 10/1983⁵
	53616	54209	Noted circa 09/1986⁵
	53616	54209	Noted 30/10/1986⁵
	53616	54209	Noted 28th December 1986
B965	53616	54209	New set number at BR - May-87
B965	53616	54209	Listed at BR - Aug-87
B965	53616	54209	Listed at BR - Oct-87
B968	53620	54209	Listed at BR - 29/02/88
B965	53616	54209	Listed at BR - 15/05/89

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

12th July 1975

Class 108 cars E56209 E50614 exhibit the then new DMU Refurbished livery of white with rail blue band at Leeds on 12/07/1975. Graeme Phillips Collection.

9th October 1975

A Class 108 DMU (with DTC E56209) on display in new white livery at York on 9 October 1975. Nigel Menzies.

1987

Set number: B965

Class 108 set B965 consisting of 54209 and 53616 at Bridgwater in 1987. Robert Chilton.

1988

Set number: B965

With the Avon Gorge in the background, Class 108 DMU set B965 (presumably 54209 + 53616) is seen near Sea Mills on the Severn Beach line in late 1988. Michael Mensing.

January 1989

Set number: B965

Set B965 54209 presumably with 53616 at Templecombe. January 1989. Nicholas Youngman Collection.

14th October 1989

Set number: B965

Grabbed from a passing train Class 108 DMU set B965 (54209 and presumably 53616) is seen at Bristol East Junction on 14 October 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

18th November 1989

Set number: B965

Class 108 DMU set B965 (54209 and presumably 53616) in Bristol Temple Meads station on 18 November 1989. The adjacent platform contains 155 334. Nicholas T Smith.

15th June 1991

Class 108 driver trailer 54209 at Snailwell on 15th June 1991. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 13th June 1975

Class 108 cars E50614 E56209 at Leeds, 13/06/1975. Note the miniature headcode display, as this was prior to their abolition in 1976. The photographer's notes suggest this pair of cars was a demonstrator for the DMU refurbishment programme, and it generally operated between Leeds and Sheffield, although the original demonstrator was a 3-car Class 101. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: July 1987

Set number: B965

Class 108 DMU, set B965 (presumably 53616 + 54209), heads for Westbury at Fairwood Junction. July 1987. John Crooks.

Date: 15th August 1987

Set number: L131

Class 121 W55031 leads Class 108 E53616 + E54209 into Westbury with the 17:50 Bristol - Weymouth service on 15 August 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 11th May 1988

Set number: B965

Two Class 108 DMUs - closest being B965 (53616 and presumably 54209) - at Taunton on 11 May 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 6th June 1988

Set number: B965

B965 (presumably 53616 + 54209) on the South Wales main line at Bishton Crossing on 6 June 1988. Bristol is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 1st July 1988

Set number: B965

Class 108 set B965 (53616 + 54209) seen at Hallen Marsh Jct working the 07:55 Weston-Super-Mare - Severn Beach on July 1, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: May 1989

Set number: B965

BR (Derby) Class 108 2-car Local Passenger dmu Set No.B965 consisting of cars No.53616 (Class 108/2) No.E54209 (Class 142) & , refurbished, in Rail Blue & Grey livery with all yellow front ends at Nailsea & Backwell on a Bristol (Temple Meads) - Weston-super-Mare service, 05/89. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: 17th November 1990

Set number: B965

Class 108 DMU set number B965 (presumably cars 54209 & 53616) under the roof at Bristol Temple Meads on 17 November, 1990. Glen Batten.

Date: December 1990

Set number: B965

Class 108 set B965 (believed to consist of cars 53616 + 54209) departs Salisbury in December 1990 with a Bristol service. On the right is Class 50 no. 50 044, named Exeter, and is among the many members of the class that were preserved. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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