Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30466
Diagram: 640
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 50976 during the unknown period are:
Aug-59 | New to | Chaddesden | - stabled pending allocation |
05/09/59 | Transferred to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
Oct-59 | Transferred to | 27F (Brunswick) | |
11/09/61 | Transferred to | 8H (Allerton) | - Brunswick closed |
Sep-63 | Depot code change | 8J | |
3w/e 01/07/67 | Transferred to | 10E (Accrington) |
Then the allocations for 56259 are:
Oct-72 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
Feb-80 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) | |
12/05/85 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
11/05/86 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
10/12/86 | Transferred to | ME (Marylebone) | |
Oct-88 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) | |
23/12/91 | Withdrawn from | BY (Bletchley) NXXZ |
56259 - original number
54259 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
May-74 - AWS fitted
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
50976 | 56259 | As delivered to Chaddesden - August 1959 - pending allocation | |||||||
50976 | 56259 | Transfer to 27F - Oct-59 | |||||||
50976 | 56259 | Noted 08/09/1975 - 18:55 Ormskirk to Preston1 | |||||||
50973 | 56259 | Noted 28/03/1976 - at Manchester Victoria 1 | |||||||
50976 | 56259 | Noted 07/04/1976 - at Carnforth 1 | |||||||
50976 | 56259 | Noted 09/09/76 - at Wigan NW2 | |||||||
50941 | 56259 | Noted 24/10/1980 - At Chester Station3 | |||||||
50941 | 56259 | Noted 25/10/1980 - At Holyhead3 | |||||||
LO300 | 50941 | 56259 | Noted circa 08/19824 | ||||||
50941 | 56259 | Noted circa 12/19824 | |||||||
53941 | 54259 | Noted circa 06/19834 | |||||||
53941 | 54259 | Listed at LO - 01/01/85 | |||||||
TS205 | 53941 | 54259 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | ||||||
51878 | 54259 | Noted 3rd January 1987 | |||||||
51878 | 54259 | Noted 21/03/1987 - BLS Thames and Trent Railtour 51651-54495 + 54259-51878 + 54222-51654 | |||||||
51878 | 54259 | Noted 04/05/87 - on the Quaintonian shuttle with 51895 + 54499 | |||||||
51878 | 54259 | Noted 25/05/87 - on Quaintonian shuttle with 51651 + 54213 | |||||||
51878 | 54259 | 59652 | 51900 | Noted 16/09/19874 | |||||
51878 | 54259 | Noted circa 11/19874 | |||||||
51878 | 54259 | Noted circa 02/19884 | |||||||
51659 | 54259 | 59731 | 51673 | Noted 10/03/90 - on services to Marylebone5 | |||||
51674 | 54259 | Noted 02/04/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51652 + 542285 | |||||||
51651 | 54259 | Noted circa 05/19904 | |||||||
51669 | 54259 | 59737 | 51670 | Noted circa 11/19914 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Aaron Calder
On Easter Monday, March 31st 1986 a brief patch of sunlight on a dull morning at Midge Hall, as a 4-Car DMU with Class 108 M54259 leading forming 2T06, a day excursion from Ormskirk to Blackpool North, passes Globe Mill with the driver preparing hand the single line token to the signalman at Midge Hall box. In the foreground is the disconnected former Up line taken out of use in 1983. The rear set is a Class 104. Martyn Hilbert.
DMUs passing at Havenhouse on 14 July 1986. On the left is a Class 114, on the right Class 108 set TS205 with 54259 visible. Phil Bevan.
54259 - 51878 - 54499 - 51895 at Quainton Road on 4/5/87. Robert Frise.
54259 - 51878 - 54499 - 51895 departing Quainton Road on 4/5/87. Robert Frise.
54259 - 51878 - 51651 - 54213 on the Chiltern Link (Quaintonian) at Quainton Road, 25/5/87. Robert Frise.
Two Class 108/115 hybrids 54259 + 51878 / 51651 + 54213 on the Chiltern Link (Quaintonian) at Quainton Road on 25 May 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.
At Quainton Road are 51895 - 54499 - 51878 - 54259 on the Quaintonian, 4/5/87. Robert Frise.
51895 - 54499 - 51878 - 54259 on the Quaintonian at Quainton Road, 4/5/87. Robert Frise.
51895 - 54499 - 51878 - 54259 prepare to depart Quainton Road on the Quaintonian, 4/5/87. Robert Frise.
The Aylesbury - Quainton Road regular charter The Quaintonian seen on the 4th May 1987, formed 51895, 54499, 51878 & 54259. Robert Frise.
Class 108/115 hybrids 54213 + 51651 / 51878 = 54259 at Quainton Road on the Chiltern Link (Quaintonian) shuttle, 25/5/87. Stuart Mackay Collection.
54213 - 51651 - 51878 - 54259 on the Chiltern Link (Quaintonian) at Quainton Road, 25/5/87. Robert Frise.
Northolt Junction, near South Ruislip on 8 March 1990. A hybrid Class 115/108 dmu set (51659 + 54259 + 59731 + 51673) approaches working the 14.10 Marylebone - Banbury. Lewis Bevan.
Three two coach Class 115/108 units (51679 + 54259 / 51657 + 54224 / 54499 + 51652) are seen here at Claydon LN&E Junction on 10 November 1990 with the second Aylesbury to Milton Keynes shopper specials of 1990. The train had travelled via Quainton Road and Calvert and was about to pass Claydon Loop on the way to Bletchley and its destination. The signal on the extreme right shows where the line from Bicester enters the loop which at this time was used by such trains as Whatley to Wolverton stone, the Bath and Bristol to Calvert household rubbish containers and the much-missed Akeman Street fertiliser vans. Peter Tandy.