railcar.co.uk
upload
close

Sign In

Not registered?
Forgot Your Password?

<- 56228 | 56229 | 56230 ->

Vehicle 56229

Class 108

BR Diagram 640

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30466
Diagram: 640

Allocations

The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 50946 during the unknown period are:

31/01/59 New to 6K (Rhyl) - pending allocation
Jun-59 Transferred to 26A (Newton Heath)
8w/e 05/09/59 On loan to 27F (Brunswick)
Oct-59 Transferred to 1E (Bletchley)
3w/e 31/01/65 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 8J (Allerton)
3w/e 02/07/66 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
4w/e 04/02/67 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)

Then the allocations for 56229 are:

18/06/72 Withdrawn from 9A (Longsight) - collision damage

56229 was involved in the following incident:

Damaged 50946

08/05/72 - Chester General Station, LMR

Collision and Fire involving Class 108 / Class 24

An oil train ran away and crashed in the station. More Details.

Disposal

Scrapped by J Cashmore, Great Bridge arrived Dec-72 cut circa 1973

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50946 56229 As delivered to 6K - January 1959
50946 56229 Noted mid-March 1959
50946 56229 Transfer to 1E - Oct-59
50946 56229 Noted 05/01/66 - in Birkenhead Woodside station1
50946 56229 Noted 23/11/69 - at Stalybridge1
50946 56229 Noted 22/12/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly1
50946 56229 Noted 02/05/70 - at Sheffield with 50945 + 562281
LT321 50946 56229 Listed at 9A - circa Jul-70
50946 56229 Noted 16/08/70 - at Manchester Piccadilly2
50946 56229 Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight1
50946 56229 Noted 08/05/1972 - At Chester Station when runaway freight train crashed and caught fire. 50946 completely destroyed in the crash and 56229 damaged beyond repair.3

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Chester

28th May 1972

The grounded body of Class 108 DTC M56229 and the remains of Sulzer type 2 D5028 in sidings west of Chester Railway Station on Sunday 28 May 1972. They had been damaged in the major crash, explosion and fire at Chester Railway Station on the 8th May caused by a runaway tanker train. In the background is Brook Street (A56) and "Loyds of Chester" Hotel. Ian 10B.

Class 108 DMU at Chester

1st June 1972

The body of 56229 at Chester on 1st June 1972, damaged in the collision and fire in Chester station on 8 May 1972. The KDH Archive.

                                                                                                                                                                             


➤