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 50986 during the unknown period are:
10/10/59 | New to | 14E (Bedford) | - on loan |
Jan-60 | Transferred to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
4w/e 30/01/60 | Transferred to | 14E (Bedford) | |
4w/e 30/12/61 | Transferred to | 18A (Toton) | |
4w/e 02/06/62 | Transferred to | 24F (Fleetwood) | |
4w/e 30/09/62 | Transferred to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9D | |
4w/e 04/02/67 | Transferred to | 10E (Accrington) |
Then the allocations for 56269 are:
Nov-70 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
06/05/73 | Depot code change | CH | |
circa 1984 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
19/01/86 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
14/05/90 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
09/01/92 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) PLOX |
56269 - original number
54269 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
50986 | 56269 | As delivered to 14E - 10th October 1959 - on loan | |||||||
50929 | 56269 | Noted 19/09/71 - in Chester station1 | |||||||
51189 | 56269 | Noted 03/09/73 - at Shrewsbury2 | |||||||
51182 | 56269 | Noted 04/05/74 - on 12:25 Chester-Rock Ferry with 51178 + 56361 | |||||||
51182 | 56269 | Noted 04/05/74 - on 17:08 Rock Ferry-Chester | |||||||
51182 | 56269 | Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester3 | |||||||
50938 | 56269 | Noted 20/09/1975 - at Crewe4 | |||||||
50929 | 56269 | Noted circa 05/19825 | |||||||
50929 | 56269 | Noted circa 10/19825 | |||||||
53929 | 54269 | Noted circa 04/19835 | |||||||
53929 | 54269 | Noted 07/08/1983 - at Penmaenmawr5 | |||||||
53929 | 54269 | Noted circa 06/19855 | |||||||
53929 | 54269 | Transfer to CH - 19/01/86 - from NH | |||||||
53929 | 54269 | Noted circa 03/19865 | |||||||
53929 | 54269 | Noted 14/04/86 - on 17:06 Crewe - Stoke with 51191 + 543406 | |||||||
53929 | 54269 | Noted 19/04/86 - on 06:48 Crewe - Stoke with 51191 + 543406 | |||||||
53929 | 54269 | Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 | |||||||
53929 | 54269 | Noted circa 10/19875 | |||||||
53929 | 54269 | Noted 16/01/19885 | |||||||
CH270 | 53929 | 54269 | Listed at CH - May 1988 | ||||||
CH270 | 53929 | 54269 | Noted circa May-88 | ||||||
CH270 | 53929 | 54269 | Noted circa Jul-88 | ||||||
CH270 | 53929 | 54269 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 | ||||||
CH270 | 53929 | 54269 | Noted 28/12/89 - in Nottingham Midland2 | ||||||
53929 | 54269 | Noted 03/03/90 - on a mid-morning Wakefield Westgate - Leeds service | |||||||
LO270 | 53929 | 54269 | Listed at LO - mid May-90 | ||||||
LO270 | 53929 | 54269 | Noted 06/04/1991 - At Chester.7 | ||||||
LO270 | 53929 | 54269 | Noted circa 05/19915 | ||||||
LO270 | 53929 | 54269 | Listed at LO - Jul-91 | ||||||
LO270 | 53929 | 54269 | Listed at LO - Aug-91 | ||||||
53929 | 54269 | Noted 07/08/918 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
7: Dave Warby
8: Graeme Phillips
Recently repainted Class 108 DTCL M56269 on Chester Depot on 22 September 1979. On the right is Class 120 vehicle M50695. Brian Daniels.
A Class 108 2-car DMU (54269 + 53929) crossing Mouldsworth Junction with a Chester - Manchester service on 1-6-88. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
A picturesque scene as Class 108 2-car DMU 54269 + 53929 (DTCL + DMBS) approaches Mouldsworth Junction with a Chester-Manchester service on 1-6-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
A Chester allocated class 108 DMU (unit CH270, vehicles 53929 and 54269) seen arriving into one of the bay platforms at the south end of Shrewsbury station from the Wolverhampton line early in 1990. Bob Belcher.
Set LO270 at Cuddington on 22/7/91, on the 17.43 Chester to Manchester Piccadilly, stopping with difficulty on wet rails. Presumably 54269 nearest the camera. People not boarding are waiting for Sir Lamiel coming the other way. David Miller.
54269, 54227 in C.F.Booths Rotherham 15-12-91. Kevin Dowd.
The trailer car from LO270 - presumably 54269 - awaits the chop at CF Booths circa 1992. Robert Frise Collection.
The trailer car from LO270 - presumably 54269 - awaits the chop at CF Booths circa 1992. To its right is a vehicle from T069. Robert Frise Collection.
Derby Class 108 2-car DMU Manchester bound with a service from Chester at Mouldsworth 1-6-88. The vehicles are 53929 and 54269, the DMBS (closest) carries a tiny set number under the drivers window. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
An 8-car formation (4 x 2-car) led by Chester based unit CH270 (presumably 53929 + 54269) heads for Llandudno past Rhyl in 1989. Graeme Phillips Collection.
54227, M54269, 54263 await their fate in C.F.Booths Rotherham 15-12-91. Kevin Dowd.
54240, 54263, M54269, 54227 new arrivals in C.F.Booths Rotherham 15-12-91. Kevin Dowd.
54227 on top of M54501(L), M54269(R), C.F.Booths, Rotherham 5-1-92. Kevin Dowd.