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Vehicle 50635 / 53635


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: 30408
Diagram: 544

Allocations

01/10/58 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - 53C closed
Jan-60Depot code change50C
2w/e 10/10/70 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
May-73Depot code changeGF
w/e 06/05/79 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
29/09/85 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
3w/e 20/05/88 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
14/05/90 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road) PBRX
09/01/92 Withdrawn from BR (Bristol Bath Road) PBRX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50635 - original number
53635 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Dec-74 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 20/11/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50634 59247 59382 50635 As delivered to 53C - 1st October 1958
50634 59247 59385 50635 Noted Summer 1964 - at Brough1
50634 59231 59226 50635 Noted 15/08/19702
50634 59247 59382 50635 Transfer to 52J - 2w/e 10/10/70
N422 50635 59247 59381 50636 Noted 28/08/74 - in Newcastle Central (set number on solebar of all vehicles)3
N422 50635 59381 59247 50636 Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 593813
50635 59381 59247 50636 Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central3
50635 59381 59247 50636 Noted 31/03/1976 - at Newcastle 2
50635 Noted 04/09/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle3
50599 59385 50635 Noted circa 05/19824
50599 50635 Noted 08/08/1982 - Worked three round trips Skipton-Embsay
50599 50635 Noted circa 02/19834
53599 53635 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
53599 53635 Noted circa 07/19854
53622 59385 53635 Noted circa 02/19864
53599 59385 53635 Noted 14/08/86 - at York3
53599 59385 53635 Noted 11/09/19864
53599 59385 53635 Noted 26/10/19864
B920 53599 59130 53635 Formed at BR 10/87
B934 53624 59383 53635 Listed at BR - 29/02/1988
B931 53624 59383 53635 Noted circa 03/19884
C984 53224 59383 53635 Formed at CF circa May-88
C984 53224 53635 Listed at CF - 15/05/89
B399 53617 53635 Noted 14/07/90 - on Westbury - Weymouth service
B399 53617 53635 Listed at BR - Jul-91
B399 53617 53635 Listed at BR - Aug-91
spare 53635 Listed at BR - Dec-91

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

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Skipton

8th August 1982

On 8 August 1982 three extraordinary trains ran from Skipton to Embsay on the Yorkshire Dales Railway. This was possible because the main line track was slewed to connect on this day. The stock used comprised Derby-built class 108 DMU cars 50599 and 50635, both new in 1958. The headboard (and the ticket) named the trips as "Yorkham's Flying Banger", they were sponsored by Yorkham's of Blubberhouses in connection with a "real food" festival at Embsay. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 108 DMU at Ilkley

1st August 1984

Class 108 DMS E53635 in Ilkley station on 1st August 1984. Jonathan Hazan.

Class 108 DMU at Frome

1988

Set number: C984

31 152 hauls a three-car 108 DMSL/108 TSL/101 DMBS DMU set at Frome in mid-1988. The closest vehicle appears to be 53635, making this set C984 with 59383 + 53224. Michael Mensing.

Class 108 DMU at Weymouth

Unknown date

Set number: C984

DMU C984 (presumably 53635 + 53224, a 108 / 101 hybrid) and a class 442 5-WES unit at Weymouth. Date unknown, circa late 1980s. Stuart Pearce.

Class 108 DMU at Dundas Aqueduct, Monkton Combe

April 1989

Set number: C984

Class 108/101 hybrid DMU set C984 (53635 and presumably 53224) seen at the Dundas Aqueduct, Monkton Combe, in April 1989. Michael Mensing.

Class 108 DMU at Cardiff Queen Street

30th June 1989

Set number: C984

Class 108/101 hybrid set C984 at Cardiff Queen Street on June 30, 1989. Closest is 53635, presumably with 53224. John Carter.

Class 108 DMU at Bristol Bath Road depot

29th June 1991

Set number: B399

W53635 and presumably W53617 as set B399 stabled on Bristol Bath Road depot on 29 June 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: August 1989

Set number: C984

Hybrid 101/108 DMU set C984 (53224 and presumably 53635) arrives into Barry Island station in August 1989. John Law.

DMU

Date: 21st August 1989

Set number: C984

53224 running as C984 - a 2-car hybrid with a Class 108 (presumably 53635) - at Abercynon where it regains the Taff Vale main line to Pontypridd and Cardiff while operating the Aberdare service on 21/8/89. Mac Winfield.

DMU

Date: 14th July 1990

Set number: B399

Class 108 53617, set number B399, is seen at Weymouth having arrived from Westbury 14.07.1990. This set was allocated to Bristol St Phillips Marsh, hence the B set number, and was partnered by 53635. Andy Cole.