Vehicle 50643 / 53643
Class 108
Builder: BR Derby Works
Type: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30408
Diagram: 544
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50643 - original number
53643 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
50643 was involved in the following incident(s):
Summer 1979 - York, ER
Split Points involving Class 108
Info from Peter Mullen
E50643 slipped the points just south of York station. More Details.
Images:
Date: 1979
E50643 can't decide which way it wants to go, but if it had travelled much further the Wickham set might have had a dented cab. Just south of York station, summer 1979. Peter Mullen.
Date: 1979
E50643 in trouble! Just south of York station, summer 1979. Peter Mullen.
Date: 30th December 1987
A set formed of 53643 + 59113 + 53630 is seen in platform 4b of Leeds station on December 30, 1987. Rex Holt.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 12th December 1987
A two-car Class 111 set and a 108/101/108 hybrid formed 53643 + 59113 + 53630 are seen at Barnsley on 12/12/87 working the 13:53 Leeds - Sheffield service. Stuart Mackay Collection.