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Vehicle 50931 / 53931


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: 30460
Diagram: 543

Allocations

19/12/59 New to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
w/e 02/01/60 Transferred to 6D (Chester Northgate)
Jan-60 Transferred to 6A (Chester) - Northgate closed
06/05/73Depot code changeCH
14/05/90 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
25/11/90 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road) PBRX
09/01/92 Withdrawn from BR (Bristol Bath Road) PBRX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50931 - original number
53931 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa early 1975 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50931 51568 As delivered to 6G - 19th December 1959
50931 51568 Noted 19/09/71 - on Chester depot1
50931 51565 Noted 13/04/1977 - 2D87, 14.17 Llandudno Junction to Llandudno2
50931 59414 51565 Noted 30/08/1977 - Worked 17.25 Crewe - Llandudno service, seen at Prestatyn.2
50931 59414 51565 Noted 09/09/77 - at Aberystwyth3
50931 50189 Noted 19/12/1977 - 2J80, 11.28 Birkenhead North to Wrexham Central2
50931 51562 Noted 28/08/1979 - on 04:15 Shrewsbury to Machynlleth with 50628, 56214, 51174 and 562734
50931 51562 Noted circa 03/19812
50931 51562 Noted circa 05/19822
50931 51562 Noted circa 10/19822
50931 51562 Noted 02/04/1983 - LNER Society Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog and return section of Conway Valley Express Railtour 56175-50535 + 53228-54055 + 50358-56113 + 50931-51562
53931 51562 Noted circa 06/19832
53931 51562 Noted 12/09/85 - at Machynlleth
53931 51562 Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 - Relief set
53931 54350 Noted 12/12/19872
CH271 53931 54278 Listed at CH - May 1988
CH261 53931 54260 Noted circa May-88
CH271 53931 54260 Noted circa May-88
CH271 53931 54260 Noted circa Jul-88
CH271 53931 54260 Noted circa 11/19882
CH271 53931 54260 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
53931 54260 Noted 28/10/89 - on 10:02 Warrington Central - Chester5
LO271 53931 54260 Listed at LO - mid May-90
B979 53931 54260 Listed at BR - Jul-91
B979 53931 54260 Listed at BR - Aug-91
B979 53931 54260 Listed at BR - Dec-91

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

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Wrexham

22nd April 1979

Two Class 108 DMUs (the closest being Chester-allocated 50931 + 51562) in Wrexham General station on 22 April 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Wolverhampton

28th September 1979

Class 108 DMU 50931 at Wolverhampton on 28/09/79, on the right is 47 147. Steve Jones.

Class 108 DMU at Blaenau Festiniog

4th April 1985

A Class 108 set with 53931 closest seen in Blaenau Festiniog station on the 4th April 1985. Chris Lings.

Class 108 DMU at Bescot

25th February 1987

This image was taken at Bescot on 25 February 1987 and shows a 2 coach class 108 comprising vehicles 53931 + 51562. I was told on the day that the unit was being used as a route learning special covering various lines in this part of the world. DMUs were not especially common here at the time as all local trains to Walsall were in the hands of EMUs so I'm glad that I used a frame of colour transparency film on it. Peter Tandy.

Class 108 DMU at Machynlleth

6th July 1988

Set number: 271

Set (CH)271 at Machynlleth on 6 July 1988. The DMBS is 53931, presumably paired with 54260. Nigel Menzies.

Class 108 DMU at Hunts Cross

10th April 1989

Set number: CH271

Class 108 DMU set CH271 (53931 + 54260) at Hunts Cross, 10/4/89. Sparegang.

Class 108 DMU at Manchester Oxford Road

10th April 1989

Set number: CH271

Class 108 DMU set CH271 (53931 + 54260) at Manchester Oxford Road, 10/4/89. Sparegang.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 12th September 1985

In this shot at Machynlleth on 12/9/85, 51562 is paired with 53931. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 6th December 1986

A DMU formation containing 54355 + 51180 / 51562 + 53931 arrives into Crewe station on 6 December 1986. All were allocated to Chester depot. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 6th July 1988

Set number: T332

Suburban set T332 (presumably 53073 + 59598 + 53865) with a Class 108 (53931 + presumably 54260) behind at Machynlleth on 6th July 1988. Nigel Menzies.

DMU

Date: 6th July 1988

Set number: T332

Suburban set T332 (presumably 53073 + 59598 + 53865) with a Class 108 (53931 + presumably 54260) behind at Machynlleth on 6th July 1988. Nigel Menzies.

DMU

Date: 10th April 1989

Set number: CH271

Class 108 DMU set CH271 (54260 + 53931) at Hunts Cross, 10/4/89. Sparegang.

DMU

Date: 14th April 1991

Set number: B962

A depot full of Class 108s. Bristol Bath Road on Sunday 14 April 1991 - closest to the right is set B962 with DMBS 53619, working left B961 (presumably 54208 + 53608) is in the distance, looking freshly painted with the black mask is B979 (presumably 54260 + 53931), side by side with B966 (possibly 54191 visible). The DMBS partially seen on the left is 53614, withdrawn in January that year and in a few months it would arrive at Snailwell for disposal. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: April 1992

Set number: B979

Mistimed. Of course in retrospect, I should have waited a couple of moments for these alighting passengers to pass before releasing the shutter. It's evening one day in April 1992, and a first generation dmu (set B979, presumably 54260 + 53931) is about to get away from Bedminster station, Bristol. Most likely this is a service for Weston-super-Mare but the destination blind has not been set. That's my Raleigh "Royal" touring cycle leaning against the lamp post when it was brand new. It's still going strong today, but sadly those panniers, which gave many years of sterling service, do not survive. Tom Harper.