Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30407
Diagram: 543
w/e 21/02/59 | New to | Chaddesden | - stored pending allocation |
Jun-59 | Transferred to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
Oct-59 | Transferred to | 27F (Brunswick) | |
11/09/61 | Transferred to | 8H (Allerton) | - presume moved on closure of Brunswick |
Sep-63 | Depot code change | 8J | |
06/05/73 | Depot code change | AN | |
4w/e 10/07/76 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) | |
12/05/85 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
11/05/86 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
15/06/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
10/05/87 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
p/e 08/06/88 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
07/07/91 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) PLAX | |
09/06/92 | Withdrawn from | LA (Laira) RELA | |
18/09/92 | To departmental stock | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
Sep-93 | Withdrawn |
50629 - original number
53629 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
977820 - from Oct-92 (departmental stock)
Sandite / Route Learner From 10/92 to 9/93. Carried set number A / 923
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
50629 | 56215 | As delivered to - w/e 21/02/59 - stabled at Chaddesden sidings, pending allocation | |||||||
50629 | 56215 | Transfer to 27F - Oct-59 | |||||||
50629 | 56495 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Allerton1 | |||||||
50629 | 56212 | Noted 27/08/73 - at Liverpool Lime Street1 | |||||||
50629 | 56494 | Noted 02/09/73 - in Manchester Oxford Road2 | |||||||
50629 | 56278 | Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester3 | |||||||
50629 | 56278 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Liverpool Lime Street4 | |||||||
50629 | 56501 | Transfer to LO - 4w/e 10/07/76 | |||||||
50629 | 56501 | Noted 21/08/1979 - at Manchester Piccadilly 4 | |||||||
LO299 | 50629 | 56267 | Noted circa 05/19825 | ||||||
LO299 | 50629 | 56267 | Noted 31/05/19825 | ||||||
LO299 | 50629 | 56267 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc5 | ||||||
53629 | 54267 | Noted circa 01/19845 | |||||||
53629 | 54267 | Listed at LO - 01/01/85 | |||||||
53629 | 54267 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | |||||||
B973 | 53629 | 54267 | Listed at BR - Jun-87 | ||||||
B973 | 53629 | 54267 | Listed at BR - Aug-87 | ||||||
B973 | 53629 | 54267 | Listed at BR - Oct-87 | ||||||
B973 | 53629 | 54267 | Listed at BR - 29/02/88 | ||||||
C973 | 53629 | 54267 | Transfer to CF - circa May-88 - from BR was B973 | ||||||
B973 | 53629 | 54267 | Noted 07/07/88 - dragged by 37050 on 2B86 1854 Chepstow - Cardiff | ||||||
C973 | 53629 | 54267 | Noted 02/09/88 - on 11:55 Cardiff - Chepstow | ||||||
C973 | 53629 | 54267 | Listed at CF - 15/05/89 | ||||||
53629 | 54267 | Noted 08/03/90 - on 11:00 Coryton - Radyr6 | |||||||
C973 | 53629 | 54267 | Noted 23/03/90 - at Cardiff Central | ||||||
C973 | 53629 | 54267 | Noted circa 04/19905 | ||||||
P956 | 53629 | Listed at LA - Dec-91 | |||||||
923 | 977820 | 977821 | Listed at CF - 08/11/93 - sandite, Penzance, set A |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: David Bellamy
An official image (Derby Works negative 59/54) of a two-car Derby Lightweight (blue square) posed on the Wirksworth branch, circa February 1959. The vehicles are DMBS M50629 and DTCL M56215. They would initially be stored at Chaddesden Sidings 'pending allocation', then transferred to Newton Heath in June 1959 to begin their working life. British Railways.
A Class 108 DMU in Wigan Wallgate station circa spring 1986. The DMBS closest seems to be 53629 judging by the remnants of the vehicle number written on the front. It was a Newton Heath vehicle until the May timetable change that year when it moved to Tyseley. Brian Ward.
Class 108 set C973 (M53629 + M54267) in Cardiff Central with the 11:55 Cardiff - Chepstow service on 2nd September 1988. Hamish Stevenson.
Class 108 DMU set C973 (53629 + 54267) in Newport station with a Cheltenham - Cardiff service in October 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Sandite set A (977820 + 977821) on the up centre road at Cardiff Central on 10 October 1992. The vehicles were formerly 53629 + 52059. Robert Thomas.
Carrying Bristol set number B973, this is presumably 54267 + 53629 which were transferred to Cardiff about this time. They sit in platform 6 at Crewe station, having worked up from Hereford with the first service of the day. I had worked it up from Hereford and would work it back all stations to Shrewsbury, where I would stable it in Abbey Foregate sidings. The photo was taken sometime between 2nd and 7th May 1988 as I worked the turn for the week. Paul James.
Departing from Newport on 20 February 1989 is two-car Class 108 DMU set C973 (54267 and presumably 53629) working the 13:55 Cardiff Central - Chepstow service. Robert Thomas.
C973 (54267 + 53629) at Cardiff Central 23 March 1990 being passed by 37 702. Sparegang.
The 11:15 to Chepstow departs from Cardiff Central on 15 December 1990. It is formed of two-car Class 108 DMU set C973 containing 54267 and presumably 53629. Robert Thomas.
51435 + 52059 and 53629 + 52053 departing from Exeter St Davids station on 20 July 1991. Keith Miller.