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Vehicle 50945 / 53945


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: 30465
Diagram: 543

Allocations

31/01/59 New to 6K (Rhyl) - pending allocation
Jun-59 Transferred to 26A (Newton Heath)
8w/e 05/09/59 On loan to 27F (Brunswick)
Oct-59 Transferred to 1E (Bletchley)
3w/e 31/01/65 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
4w/e 07/05/66 Transferred to 8J (Allerton)
3w/e 02/07/66 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
4w/e 04/02/67 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
May 1973Depot code changeLO
12/05/85 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
2w/e 14/05/86 Transferred to BY (Bletchley)
15/06/86 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
10/11/86 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
26/07/87 Transferred to LE (Swansea Landore)
15/03/92 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX
29/05/92 Withdrawn from CF (Cardiff Canton) RFXX

Notes

16/11/86 - 51919 + 59543 + 53945, newly arrived at CF were published as transferred CF -> TS but move then cancelled, they remain at Canton as set C900.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50945 - original number
53945 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Sep-87 - Headlamp fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 25/08/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50945 56228 As delivered to 6K - 31st January 1959
50945 56228 Noted mid-March 1959
50945 56228 Transfer to 1E - Oct-59
LT320 50945 56228 Listed at Longsight - circa Dec-69
50945 56228 Noted 02/05/70 - at Sheffield with 50946 + 562291
50945 56228 Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester2
50945 56228 Noted 28/08/75 - on Longsight depot3
50945 56228 Noted 09/19754
50945 56228 Noted 16/01/19825
LO302 50945 56228 Noted circa 05/19825
LO302 50945 56228 Noted 31/05/19825
53945 54228 Noted circa 06/19835
53945 54228 Listed at LO - 01/01/85
53945 54228 Transfer to BY - 2w/e 14/05/86 - from NH
53945 54228 Transfer to TS - 15/06/86 - from BY
TS209 53945 54228 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
C900 51919 59543 53945 Formed at CF circa Dec-86
C900 51919 59123 53945 Noted 31/01/19875
S949 53945 51563 Listed at LE - Aug-87
S949 53945 51563 Listed at LE - Oct-87 - Headlight fitted
S949 53945 52063 Listed at LE - 15/05/89
S949 53945 51563 Noted circa 12/19905
S949 53945 51563 Noted circa 01/19915
S949 53945 51563 Listed at LE - Jul-91
S949 53945 51563 Listed at LE - Aug-91
S949 53945 51563 Listed at LE - Dec-91

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Claydon, Oxfordshire

11th May 1964

M50945 leads a two-car Blue Square Derby Lightweight on an Oxford service seen west of Claydon (Oxfordshire) on 11 May 1964. The vehicle was allocated to 1E (Bletchley) at the time. Michael Mensing.

Class 108 DMU at Plumley

summer 1975

A Class 108 DMU with Longsight-allocated M50945 closest - presumably with long-time partner M56228 - in Plumley station in early summer 1975. Michael Mensing.

Class 108 DMU at Pontarddulais

1989

Set number: S949

Class 108 set S949 (53945 closest) at Pontarddulais station in late spring 1989. Michael Mensing.

Class 108 DMU at Llandrindod

late 1989

Set number: S949

Class 108 set S949 (presumably 53945) in Llandrindod station in the late 1980s. David Rowe.

Class 108 DMU at Llandrindod

late 1989

Set number: S949

Class 108 S949 (presumably 53945) and Class 101 S950 pass at Llandrindod. Undated but the only Class 101 vehicle that seems to have been part of S950 was 53319 in late 1989. David Rowe.

Class 108 DMU at Milford Haven

15th August 1989

Set number: S949

Class 108 Set S949 (presumably 53945 + 51563) with the 19:10 Milford Haven - Swansea awaits time at Milford Haven on Tuesday 15th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

Class 108 DMU at Camarthen

15th August 1989

Set number: S949

Class 108 set S949 (presumably 53945 + 51563) on the 1711 Swansea - Milford Haven waits departure from Camarthen (at 1753) on Tuesday 15th August 1989. Colin Brooks.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 15th August 1989

Set number: S949

Class 108 set S949 (presumably 51563 + 53945) with the 17:11 Swansea - Milford Haven awaiting departure from Carmarthen (at 17:55) on Tuesday 15th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 15th August 1989

Set number: S949

Class 108 Set S949 (presumably 51563 + 53945), taken at 19:00 in Milford Haven station on Tuesday 15th August 1989 after arriving with the 17:11 Swansea - Milford Haven service. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 16th August 1989

Set number: S949

Class 108 set S949 (presumably 51563 + 53945) departs from Llandrindod with the 16:19 Shrewsbury - Swansea service viewed from set S946 on 2M39, the 1528 Swansea - Crewe. Colin Brooks.