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Vehicle 56191 / 54191


Class 108

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30409
Diagram: 640

Allocations

23/05/58 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
2w/e 09/08/58 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-73Depot code changeNL
13/05/84 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
28/09/86 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
10/05/87 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
p/e 27/01/90 Sector Change to BR (Bristol Bath Road) PXXZ
13/02/90 Withdrawn from BR (Bristol Bath Road) PZQZ
p/e 21/07/90 Reinstated BR (Bristol Bath Road) PBRX
09/01/92 Withdrawn from BR (Bristol Bath Road) PBRX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56191 - original number
54191 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 25/04/1975 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50600 56191 As delivered to 53C - 23rd May 1958
50600 56191 Transfer to 56G - 2w/e 09/08/58
50606 56191 Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
50600 56191 Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 25/03/67
50616 56191 Noted 15/08/19701
50616 56191 Noted 15/08/19701
50616 56191 Noted 24/10/70 - at Sheffield Midland2
L162 50621 56191 Noted circa 19713
50621 56191 Noted 03/09/1971 - at York4
50621 56191 Noted 27/08/1974 - at York1
50616 56191 Noted 11/1974 - at Leeds 1
50616 56191 Noted 01/11/75 - at Brough2
50612 56191 Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds2
50619 56191 Noted 09/07/1976 - Scarborough-Chester (8-car)5
50616 56191 Noted circa 01/19773
50616 56191 Noted 12/02/77 - at York2
50622 56191 Noted 16/06/1978 - at Doncaster 1
50613 56191 Noted 02/08/79
50613 56191 Noted 16/01/19823
50613 56191 Noted circa 10/19823
50613 56191 Noted circa 03/19833
53613 54191 Noted 07/01/19843
53613 54191 Noted 26/03/1984 - at Lancaster3
53613 54191 Noted circa 10/19863
53613 54191 Noted 21/03/87 - on 16:37 Selby - York6
B963 53613 54191 Listed at BR - Jun-87
B963 53613 54191 Listed at BR - Aug-87
B963 53613 54191 Listed at BR - Oct-87
B963 53613 54191 Listed at BR - 29/02/88
spare 54191 Listed at BR - 15/05/89
B966 53618 54191 Listed at BR - Jul-91
B966 53618 54191 Listed at BR - Aug-91

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Chris Moxon
6: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Shipley

19th April 1976

A two-car refurbished Class 108 DMU (E56191 closest) leaves the east-west chord at Shipley to back into the station. This was the 12:57 Leeds-Skipton on Easter Monday 19 April 1976. Michael Mensing.

Class 108 DMU at Guiseley

22nd June 1976

The 1.08pm Leeds - Ilkley service has just arrived into Guiseley station on June 22, 1976. The refurbished Class 108 DMU contains DTC 56191. Michael Mensing.

Class 108 DMU at Crabley Creek

5th April 1983

A BR Derby-built class 108 2-car set with E56191 leading passes the remote cabin at Crabley Creek shortly before a heavy downpour on 5th April 1983. The box is situated between Brough and Gilberdyke and the train is a York to Hull service. Syd Young.

Class 108 DMU at Westbury

April 1991

Set number: B966

Class 108 DMU set B966 (54191 + 53618) at Westbury with the 12:15 Southampton - Bristol Temple Meads one day in April 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 9th July 1976

An unusual photo showing a very long formation formed neatly of Class 101 & 108 vehicles all carrying the short lived refurbishment livery. The occasion was a schools special from Scarborough to Chester returning through Helsby, 9/7/76. The 8-car formation was 50169/59306/59075/50161, 56191/50619 & 51230/56369. Anthony Griffiths.

DMU

Date: 2nd August 1979

E50613 and E56191 entering Lancaster Castle on the 2nd August 1979. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 1983

DMBS E51541 is seen departing Leeds with the 15:35 Leeds - Skipton local service in 1983, this car was renumbered to E78790 shortly after when one of its two Rolls-Royce engines was removed. Also visible to the right is a Class 110 DMU, and on the left 54191 faces a Met-Camm. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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.