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
11/07/58 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
w/e 03/01/59 | Transferred to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
2w/e 30/04/60 | Transferred to | 55F (Manningham) | |
05/03/67 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | - Manningham closed |
May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
22/04/84 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
11/05/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
01/02/87 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
50603 - original number
53603 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Nov-74 - AWS fitted
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
50603 | 56194 | As delivered to 51A - 11th July 1958 | |||||||
50603 | 56194 | Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60 | |||||||
50603 | 56194 | Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 25/03/67 | |||||||
50603 | 56208 | Noted 12/07/68 - in Leeds City1 | |||||||
50603 | 56194 | Noted 27/05/70 - at Keighley1 | |||||||
50603 | 56194 | Noted 24/10/70 - at Sheffield Midland1 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 04/09/71 - at York1 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Leeds2 | |||||||
50603 | 56197 | Noted 17/04/74 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 27/08/1974 - at Doncaster3 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 29/08/74 - in Sheffield Midland4 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 08/09/75 - at Doncaster1 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 16/09/75 - at Hull1 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 17/01/76 - at Brough1 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 10/04/76 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted circa 01/19775 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 05/01/77 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 08/1979 - at York working a service to Hull, unusually from Up Main Platform. | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted 19/05/80 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted circa 10/19825 | |||||||
50603 | 56198 | Noted circa 03/19835 | |||||||
53603 | 54198 | Noted 07/01/19845 | |||||||
53603 | 54198 | Transfer to BG - 22/04/84 - from NL | |||||||
53603 | 54198 | Noted circa 11/19855 | |||||||
53603 | 59383 | 53237 | Noted circa 05/19865 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
Refurbished Class 108 E50603 and E56198 at Knottingley with a Goole service on 5 June 1979. Brian Daniels.
50603 seen between Mirfield & Thornhill Junction on the 19th May 1980, paired with 56198. Malcolm Clements.
A Class 108 DMU formed of E50603 + E56198 is seen at Harrogate on 28 January 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 108 DMBS E53603 seen in Snailwell on June 5, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
A Class 108 DMU formed of E56198 + E50603 at Knottingley on 5 June 1979. Brian Daniels.
Class 108s E53603 (left) and E54190 (right) seen in Snailwell on June 5, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.