Vehicle 50600
Class 108
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: 30406
Diagram: 543
Allocations
| 23/05/58 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
| 2w/e 09/08/58 | Transferred to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/60 | Transferred to | 55F (Manningham) | |
| 05/03/67 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | - Manningham closed |
| 10/08/70 | Withdrawn from | 55H (Neville Hill) | - collision damage |
50600 was involved in the following incident:
17/07/70 - Kirkstall Junction, Leeds
Collision involving Class 108 / Loco-hauled freight
A Keighley to Leeds ECS working (a four-car DMU) hit the rear of the 16:57 Workington to Tinsley freight train. Leading car E50600 was extensively damaged, torn from its bogies and forced up against the underside of a road bridge. More details and accident report at http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=6364.
Disposal
Scrapped by J Hornby & Sons, on location at Neville Hill
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50600 | 56191 | As delivered to 53C - 23rd May 1958 | |||||||
| 50600 | 56191 | Transfer to 56G - 2w/e 09/08/58 | |||||||
| 50600 | 56209 | Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60 | |||||||
| 50600 | 56191 | Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 25/03/67 | |||||||
| 50600 | 56206 | Noted 17/07/70 - on Keighley to Leeds ECS working with another two-car set, involved in accident at Kirkstall |
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