Vehicle 59385
Class 108
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30411
Diagram: 547
Allocations
| 16/10/58 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| w/e 06/05/79 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 13/05/84 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 03/05/87 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 20/09/87 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 3w/e 20/05/88 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| p/e 15/07/89 | Transferred to | LE (Swansea Landore) | |
| p/e 09/09/89 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX | |
| p/e 13/10/90 | Sector Change to | CF (Cardiff Canton) PXXZ | |
| 07/12/90 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) PXXZ |
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 08/10/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam at Cardiff Canton
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50640 | 59250 | 59385 | 50641 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 16th October 1958 | |||||
| 50634 | 59247 | 59385 | 50635 | Noted Summer 1964 - at Brough1 | |||||
| 50640 | 59385 | 59250 | 50641 | Noted 04/08/68 - at Leeds City1 | |||||
| 50640 | 59250 | 59385 | 50641 | Noted 21/08/68 - at Leeds City1 | |||||
| 50636 | 59244 | 59385 | 50637 | Noted 15/08/19702 | |||||
| N313 | 50247 | 59385 | 50634 | Noted circa 19713 | |||||
| 50247 | 59385 | 50634 | Noted 02/01/75 - at York4 | ||||||
| N313 | 50247 | 59385 | 50634 | Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number not on 50247 but on other two4 | |||||
| N313 | 50247 | 59385 | 50634 | Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 506344 | |||||
| 59385 | Noted 04/09/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle4 | ||||||||
| 50599 | 59385 | 50635 | Noted circa 05/19823 | ||||||
| 53632 | 59246 | 59385 | 53643 | Noted 16/07/83 - on 14:45 Hull - Leeds | |||||
| 53632 | 59385 | 59246 | 53643 | Noted 19/02/85 - at Doncaster4 | |||||
| 53622 | 59385 | 53635 | Noted circa 02/19863 | ||||||
| 53599 | 59385 | 53635 | Noted 14/08/86 - at York4 | ||||||
| 53599 | 59385 | 53635 | Noted 11/09/19863 | ||||||
| 53599 | 59385 | 53635 | Noted 26/10/19863 | ||||||
| C903 | 51416 | 59385 | 51565 | Listed at CF - Aug-87 | |||||
| C903 | 51416 | 59385 | 51565 | Noted circa 08/19873 | |||||
| B930 | 51416 | 59385 | 51511 | Formed at BR circa 10/87 | |||||
| 51416 | 59385 | 51513 | Noted 12/12/87 - on 10:04 Hereford - Oxford via Worcester and Moreton in Marsh with 51462 / 59382 / 515305 | ||||||
| B930 | 51416 | 59385 | 51511 | Listed at BR - 29/02/1988 | |||||
| C980 | 51416 | 59385 | 51513 | Formed at CF circa May-88 | |||||
| spare | 59385 | Listed at CF - 15/05/89 | |||||||
| spare | 59385 | Listed at LE - 15/05/89 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Gerald Brown
5: Martin Baumann
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 16th July 1983
Class 108 Derby 4-car DMU 53643 + 59385 + 59246 + 53632 in the formation of the 14-45 to Leeds at Hull Paragon on 16-7-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 2nd April 1988
Set number: B960
Class 101/108 hybrid set B930 (presumably 51511 + 59385 + 51416) at Bradford Junction on 2 April 1988. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 5th July 1988
Set number: C980
Hybrid set C980 at Cardiff, 5 July 1988. W51513 is closest, probably with 59385 + 51416. Nigel Menzies.