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Vehicle 59245


Class 108

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30412
Diagram: 546

Allocations

02/10/58 New to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
May-73Depot code changeGF
2w/e 06/06/76 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
13/05/84 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
03/05/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
04/10/87 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
11/07/88 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
10/06/89 Transferred to CH (Chester) PCHX
01/10/89 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX
09/03/92 Withdrawn from CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 16/06/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50630 59245 59380 50631 As delivered to South Gosforth - 2nd October 1958
50633 59245 59388 50644 Noted 26/08/74 - at Newcastle Central1
N425 50633 59245 59388 50644 Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number three vehicles not 506331
50633 59245 59388 50644 Noted 01/05/1976 - S.L.S. (Newcastle Centre) Alston Farewell Railtour part of tour was combined with service train set 51436-59086-59066-51513
50638 59389 59245 50639 Noted 24/12/76 - on 12:30 FO Brough-Hull with 51213/563932
50637 59389 59245 50638 Noted circa 01/19773
50638 59245 59380 50637 Noted circa 10/19823
50637 59245 59380 50638 Noted circa 03/19833
53637 59245 59380 53638 Noted circa 10/19833
53630 59245 53641 Noted 21/03/86 - at York1
53630 59245 53641 Noted 28/10/19863
108380 52053 59245 52059 Formed at ED Oct-87
108380 52053 59245 52059 Listed at ED - Jan-88
108381 52043 59245 53630 Listed at HA - circa August 1988
53632 59245 53642 Noted 19th April 1989

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

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Ayr depot

circa October 1987

E59245 on Ayr shed. It was transferred from Heaton to Eastfield in early October 1987, and would initially run between DMSs 52053 + 52059 which had been at Ayr for a few months but would also move to Eastfield. The vehicle has very recently been repainted, but still has an E prefix, perhaps suggesting that the inter-regional move was not planned. The Met-Camm centre car alongside seems to have a scotty dog on the bodyside. Andrew McConnell.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 31st August 1975

A Darlington - Shildon "Cavalcade 150" Special at Heighington on 31 August 1975. Leading is a Class 108 four-car formed 50633 + 59245 + 59388 + 50644, followed by a four-car Class 101 with 50141 + 59577 visible, and a three-car Class 101 on the rear. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 6th March 1989

Set number: 381

Class 108 Nos E53642, E59245 and E53632 departing from Glasgow Central on 6th March 1989. Keith Long.