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Auto Gear fitted Class 108 DMU (53954 and presumably 54265) at Heysham Harbour station with a service to Morecambe circa 1991. Spannerman37025.
Auto-gear fitted Class 108 53954 at Lancaster, date unknown, it was converted in 1990. Alex Drennan.
53954 at CF Booths (Rotherham) on the 14th March 1992. Note the Auto-Gear legend on the cab. Paul Moxon.
M50955 is the leading car of the 2-car diesel unit forming the 13.25 to Carlisle at Whitehaven sometime in 1975. Tom Burnham.
A two-car Class 108 DMU (DMBS M50955 closest) waits to depart from Lancaster with a Barrow service, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.
25 144 is seen hauling a Class 108 DMU (the DMBS seems to be M50955) at Carlisle circa mid-1970s. It will run around and head away in the opposite direction. Stuart Mackay Collection.
25 144 is seen hauling a Class 108 DMU (the DMBS seems to be M50955) at Carlisle circa mid-1970s. It arrived in the opposite direction and has run around the set. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A 2-Car Class 108 DMU, with M50955 leading passes Cocker Bar, Ulnes Walton with a Preston to Ormskirk Service on New Years Eve, 1982. The Distant Signal is for Preston bound trains approaching Midge Hall. The former main line was singled west of Midge Hall in 1970, all trains now use what was the former Down Line. Martyn Hilbert.
Carlisle allocated Class 108 DMBS M53955 undergoing vacuum tests in Derby Works after overhaul. Undated, the number narrows it down to between June 1983 (53xxx number applied) and it May 1988 when it was transferred to the Eastern Region at Heaton. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A Class 108 DMU (comprising 53955 and 54262) awaits departure from Carlisle with a Cumbrian Coast working while in the background, 86 225 arrives with a Taunton - Edinburgh train. 30 March 1987. Robert28194.
Class 108 53955 is seen on the fuel pumps at Tyseley on 15.05.1988 awaiting refueling. Andy Cole.
A Class 108 DMU at Seascale, Cumbria in 1974. These Class 108 power-trailer sets were the mainstay of Cumbrian Coast services for many years, finally replaced in late 1991. Here, in blue livery, with headcode box and carrying a tail lamp, M50956 is seen departing on the rear of a Carlisle-Barrow-in-Furness service. Graeme Phillips Collection.
M50956 at the head of M56238, M50965, M56248, M50968 and M56251 at Windermere on the 31st July 1978. Robert Frise.
A two-car Class 108 DMU arrives at Attenborough sometime in 1988. The condition on the DMBS cab front and the unusual sizes/locations of the the warning flashes suggests it is 53956 - presumably with 54238. Andrew Walker.
53956 and 54238 are seen approaching Seaham station with the SuO 17:15 Newcastle - Middlesbrough on 18/6/89. Graeme Phillips.
A Class 108 at Moss Lane Junction, Farington (Ormskirk Line). It was a return to the old order on Preston to Ormskirk services on May 16th 1992, as a Class 108 returned to its former stamping ground due to the non-availability of a Class 142 Pacer. LO296, (53956 + 54238) is seen topping the climb from the WCML at Farington Curve Junction as it approaches the site of the former Moss Lane Junction. To the right of the unit a double track connection ran towards Lostock Hall enabling trains from East Lancashire to access Ormskirk and Liverpool. It was closed in 1972. Martyn Hilbert.
With the former Jubilee Mill in the background, Class 108 set LO296 (53956 & 54238) departs from Croston whilst working the 15.08 Ormskirk to Preston on May 16th 1992. Once a familiar sight on these services, this was probably the last visit of a Derby built class 108 to the line. In the intervening years Jubilee Mill has been demolished and a housing development now covers the site. Martyn Hilbert.
With Midge Hall in the far distance, a Class 108 two-car DMU formed of cars 53956 & 54238, was passing the Oil Seed Rape at Cocker Bar with the 16.03 Preston to Ormskirk service on May 16th 1992. Martyn Hilbert.
Standing-in for a failed Class 142 Pacer, the old order returned to the Ormskirk line for possibly the last time on May 16th 1992. A scabby looking Class 108 formed of cars 53956 & 54238 (LO296) was passing through the long-closed platforms at Midge Hall whilst working the 12.23 Preston to Ormskirk service. Martyn Hilbert.
A two-car Class 108 in Windermere station in June 1970. The DMBS appears to be M50957. Mel Smith.