Vehicle 50605 / 53605
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: 30406
Diagram: 543
Allocations
| 27/06/58 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| w/e 03/01/59 | Transferred to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| 3w/e 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 3w/e 02/07/60 | Transferred to | 55F (Manningham) | |
| 2w/e 05/06/65 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 2w/e 09/10/65 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 3w/e 20/05/67 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| w/e 13/02/77 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 13/05/84 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 22/07/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| Mar-85 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50605 - original number
53605 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Jan-75 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated circa 06/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50605 | 56196 | As delivered to 51A - 27th June 1958 | |||||||
| 50605 | 56196 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||||
| 50605 | 56196 | Transfer to 55F - 3w/e 02/07/60 | |||||||
| 50605 | 56196 | Transfer to 55H - 2w/e 05/06/65 | |||||||
| 50605 | 56196 | Transfer to 50C - 2w/e 09/10/65 | |||||||
| 50605 | 56196 | Noted Jul-66 - at Brough1 | |||||||
| 50605 | 56196 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 3w/e 20/05/67 | |||||||
| 50605 | 56203 | Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central2 | |||||||
| 50605 | 56205 | Noted circa 10/19773 | |||||||
| 50605 | 56199 | Noted circa 10/19823 | |||||||
| 50605 | 56199 | Noted circa 02/19833 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
21st July 1958
Whitby station on July 21st, 1958. Less than a month old, E50605 (presumably with 56196) is at the front of the 5.40pm Whitby - Middlesbrough service, formed of a two-car 108 and two-car 101. They are awaiting the arrival of the 4.25pm ex-Scarborough before they depart as a combined train. Michael Mensing.
2nd July 1977
A two-car refurbished Class 108 DMU (vehicles E50605 and E56205) departs from Wakefield Kirkgate station with the 15:40 Sheffield - Leeds service on 2 July 1977. Michael Mensing.
9th August 1980
Complete with its oil tail lamp still in position, a refurbished liveried Class 108 two-car DMU formed of cars E50605 & E56199 was stood at Ilkley with a service for Leeds on August 9th 1980. The station still retained its 1950's BR North Eastern Region enamel signage in Tangerine and was also gas-lit. Complete with his shopping in a bag, the driver is walking towards the cab. On the extreme right of this view, where the hole-in-the-wall is located, were once the through platforms in the days when Ilkley was on the route to Skipton via Addingham and Bolton Abbey, the western end of which now forms the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. The line beyond Ilkley closed in 1965. Martyn Hilbert.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 2nd July 1977
A two-car refurbished Class 108 DMU (vehicles E56205 and E50605) heads away from Wakefield Kirkgate station with the 15:40 Sheffield - Leeds service on 2 July 1977. Michael Mensing.
Date: 9th August 1980
In refurbished livery a Class 108 two-car DMU formed of DTCL E56199 & DMBS E50605, was arriving at Ilkley with a service from Leeds on August 9th 1980. The route from Leeds to Ilkley is now known as the 'Wharfedale Line' and was electrified in 1995. The two tracks on the far left background of this scene were once through lines that ran beyond Ilkley on the route to Skipton via Addingham and Bolton Abbey that was closed in 1965. Martyn Hilbert.