Vehicle 50623 / 53623

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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

14/11/58	New to	53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58	Transferred to	53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)	- (53C closed)
w/e 03/01/59	Transferred to	56G (Hammerton Street)
3w/e 19/03/60	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
Oct-61	On loan to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
3w/e 30/12/61	Ex-loan back to	51A (Darlington)
Nov-63	On loan to	16C (Derby Etches Park)
w/e 07/12/63	Ex-loan back to	51A (Darlington)
4w/e 04/01/64	Transferred to	South Gosforth
Feb-64	Depot code change	52J
3w/e 29/02/64	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
4w/e 02/01/65	Transferred to	52J (South Gosforth)
28/02/65	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
w/e 05/03/66	Transferred to	67A (Corkerhill)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
3w/e 17/06/67	On loan to	52J (South Gosforth)
2w/e 01/07/67	Transferred to	52J (South Gosforth)
May-73	Depot code change	GF
2w/e 25/07/76	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
09/09/84	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
21/06/87	Withdrawn from	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

Notes

31/05/87 - reallocated from BG to BR then move cancelled.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50623 - original number
53623 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Jun-74 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 01/10/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50623	59389	50645						As delivered to 53C - 14th November 1958
	50623	59387	50645						Transfer to 50C - Oct-61
	50623	59387	50642						Transfer to 51A - w/e 07/12/63 - ex-loan
	50623	59387	50645						Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 04/01/64
	50623	59387	50645						Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 29/02/64
	50623	59390	50646						Transfer to 52J - 4w/e 02/01/65
	50623	59390	50646						Transfer to 51A - 28/02/65
	50623	59387	50642						Noted 11/09/65 - at Darlington1
	50623	56196							Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
	50623	56202							Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle2
	50623	56196							Noted 26/08/74 - at Newcastle Central3
N144	50623	56196							Noted 29/08/74 - at Thornaby, set number on solebar of 506233
	50623	56196							Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle 4
	50623	56196							Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot3
	50623	56196							Noted 08/09/1975 - at Newcastle4
N144	50623	56196							Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central, set number only on 506233
	50623	56194							Noted circa 01/19775
	50623	56194							Noted 07/08/1978 - at York 4
	53623	54194							Noted 30/04/19835
	53623	54194							Noted circa 10/19835
	53623	54194							Noted 21/11/19865

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

Images:

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9th August 1981

A DMU at Skipton on 9 August 1981 with E50623 closest. John Law.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 27th June 1971

Sunday 27/06/1971 at Whitby, and the main station platforms are filled with a total of eight DMU vehicles of classes 101 and 108. The Class 101 DTC on the left is from the small batch of twelve sets the that had the mounting plate for the top marker light (but no top light). The leading Class 108 vehicle on the right is E50623, which was allocated to 52J / South Gosforth, Newcastle, at the time. It carries Tyne Rail graphics on the cab front and also the body side, and these incorporated unofficial vehicle names, which, in the case of E50623, was 'Cushie Butterfield'. For a full list of all the short-lived names, click the link to Graeme's flickr page. Graeme Phillips Collection.