Class 108 DMU images identified by Vehicle No.
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56249
20th July 1987
A six-car rake, formed of three cl.108 twins, enters Carlisle as e.c.s on 20/7/87. The leading vehicle is 54249; the complete rake was 53954/54264 + 53968/54251 + 53966/54249. The stock will form the 14.15 to Barrow. By the time it reaches Sellafield, it will be 15.56 and five out of the six vehicles are marked as reserved for homegoing BNFL/UKAEA workers. Leonard Rogers.
8th December 1987
High in the Yorkshire Dales at England's highest mainline station, there is still frost on the sleepers just before midday on December 8th 1987 as a two-Car Class 108 DMU with 54249 leading, departs from Dent with the 10.05 Carlisle to Leeds stopping service. Martyn Hilbert.
5th April 1988
Class 108 M54249 (and presumably 53966) with the 19:00 Morecambe - Lancaster awaiting departure at Morecambe (at 1858) on Tuesday 5th April 1988. Colin Brooks.
14th January 1989
Set: CH276
Class 108 54249+53966 at Northwich on the 14th January 1989 with the 12.00 Manchester Oxford Road - Chester service. Kevin Law.
56250
14th October 1978
With the former East Lancashire entrance building in Butler Street on the skyline, a pair of two-car Carlisle Kingmoor allocated Class 108's were stood at the North end of platform 5 at Preston on October 14th 1978. The nearest set was formed of Driving Trailer Composite Lavatory (DTCL) M56250 coupled with Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M50967. The units had bars on the droplights due to limited clearances on the Cumbrian Coast line between Maryport and Carlisle. On February 5th 1988, M56250 was involved in a collision at Carnforth with an engineers wagon, and it ended its days grounded at Carnforth Midland Bottom End Yard until it was scrapped on site. Martyn Hilbert.
5th May 1984
A two-car Class 108 DMU with Driving Trailer 54250 leading (and presumably with DMBS 53967), was accelerating away from Kirkham North Junction on the last lap of its 12 mile journey along the Coast Line with the 10.30 Blackpool South to Kirkham service on May 5th 1984. These were the days when the Coast Line via Lytham was still double track and other than a through working to Manchester Victoria on a Weekday morning and a corresponding return service in an evening, the core service ran between Blackpool South & Kirkham only, with the units utilising the reversing siding located beyond the East end of the platform at Kirkham station. Martyn Hilbert.
23rd March 1987
M54250 + M53967 leads another Class 108 departing from Appleby on March 23, 1987. John Carter.
12th July 1987
DTS(L) M54250 (presumably paired with DMBS 53967) leads a four-car formation passing Settle Junction at 4:07pm with a service bound for Carlisle, 12/7/87. Graeme Phillips Collection.
1988
54250 grounded at Carnforth Midland Bottom End yard in 1988. It, and 53967 to the right, had collided with an engineers wagon on the Up Furness earlier in the year. Andrew Pilkington.
1988
Grounded Class 108 DTC 54250 at Carnforth Midland Bottom End yard in 1988. It had collided with an engineers wagon on the Up Furness earlier in the year, was withdrawn on February 7th 1988 an spent at least a year hidden in the yard behind engineers wagons and would eventually be cut up on site. Andrew Pilkington.
56251
7th April 1979
With its tail lamp in place and the brake van door open, a two-car Class 108 DMU formed of cars M56251 + M50968 was stood at Ormskirk with a service to Preston on April 7th 1979. Martyn Hilbert.
22nd February 1986
With the 309ft high spire of St Walburges Church as a backdrop, a six-car lash-up of Derby Class 108 DMU's were stabled in Croft Street Sidings, adjacent to the Preston PSB and Fylde Junction on February 22nd 1986. The nearest set was formed of cars 53968 & 54251 which at the time were allocated to Carlisle Kingmoor Depot. Martyn Hilbert.
56252
6th October 1986
With two alighted passengers visible, a Carlisle Kingmoor allocated Class 108 DMU formed of cars M54252 & M53969 was departing from Dent with a Leeds to Carlisle service on a very murky October 6th 1986. Dent station was originally closed in May 1970, but reopened on July 14th 1986. Martyn Hilbert.
15th September 1988
Set: CH279
Class 108 set CH279 (54252 + 53969) departs from Manchester Piccadilly station on September 15th, 1988. Rex Holt.
5th January 1992
Set: T215
54252 C.F.Booths, Rotherham 5-1-92. Kevin Dowd.
56253
13th September 1986
Complete with Greater Manchester PTE logo, a Class 108 with former Driving Trailer Composite M54253 at the rear and DMBS M53981 was stood at Parbold whilst working a Southport to Wigan Wallgate service on September 13th 1986. Martyn Hilbert.
5th April 1988
Set: N610
Class 108 Set N610 (presumably 54253 + 53981) with the 15XX Manchester Victoria - Kirkby arrived at Kirkby (at 16XX) on Tuesday 5th April 1988. Colin Brooks.
2nd July 1988
Set: N610
With a thunderstorm and heavy rain receding in the background, First and Second generation DMU's were stood in the South facing bay platforms at Preston Station on July 2nd 1988. In bay 3C was a two-car Derby Class 108 formed of cars M54253 & M53981 that was working services to Ormskirk, whilst alongside in 4C were Class 142's 142 055 & 142 010 with a service to Liverpool Lime Street. Martyn Hilbert.
10th July 1988
A Derby built Class 108 2-car DMU is stabled between duties in Southport carriage sidings on the 10th July 1988. M54253 was a Driving Trailer Composite when built, but had now been downgraded to all second class. Most of the railway infrastructure behind the DMU has now been swept away and replaced by a retail park. Visible are the toilet blocks and the faded maroon & cream staff cabin on the disused excursion platforms, the coal depot, the loco shed, and the stable blocks for the former goods yard. Viva & Marina British Rail vans are parked in the yard. Martyn Hilbert.
1989
Set: T206
Two-car Class 108 DMU set T206 (54253 and presumably 53981) in Loughborough station in summer 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.