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Vehicle 50943 / 53943


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: 30465
Diagram: 543

Allocations

24/01/59 New to 2D (Coventry) - pending allocation
Apr-59 Transferred to 3C (Ryecroft)
Jun-59 Transferred to 26A (Newton Heath)
Oct-59 Transferred to 1E (Bletchley)
3w/e 31/01/65 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 8J (Allerton)
3w/e 02/07/66 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
4w/e 04/02/67 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
4w/e 04/03/67 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
2w/e 11/10/69 Transferred to 8J (Allerton)
06/05/73Depot code changeAN
29/03/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
02/10/88 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
07/05/89 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill) PNLX
07/07/91 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
02/07/92 Withdrawn from LO (Longsight) RCLO

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50943 - original number
53943 - from 1985 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Feb-72 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 03/06/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

50943 was involved in the following incident:


circa early 1966 - Unknown location

Collision involving Class 108

Info from Vic Smith

56226 sustained collision to the cab, details of the incident unknown. It would spend some time at Patricroft (image on Flickr) before withdrawal in September. Partner 50943 sustained some rear end damage but was repaired and returned to traffic.


Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50943 56226 Noted January 1959
50943 56226 As delivered to 2D - 24/01/59
50943 56226 Transfer to 3C - Apr-59
50943 56226 Transfer to 1E - Oct-59
50943 56226 Noted 05/01/66 - in Manchester Exchange station1
50943 52059 Noted 20/07/68 - in Manchester Victoria1
AN451 50943 52059 Noted 19/10/69
50943 52047 Noted 19/04/73 - on Newton Heath depot2
AN142 50943 52047 Noted 09/09/73 - in Manchester Oxford Road2
50943 52039 Noted 19/04/74 - in Liverpool Lime Street1
50943 52039 Noted 23/02/76 - in Liverpool Lime Street1
50943 52042 Noted 24/04/1976 - at Wigan North Western3
50943 52042 Noted Jun-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1
50943 52047 Noted 04/01/77 - in Liverpool Lime 1
50943 51570 Noted 24/09/1977 - 12.50 Lime Street to Wigan nW with 51417-564924
50943 51570 Noted 27/09/19774
50943 51923 Noted 27/09/1977 - 07.40 Wigan NW to Liverpool with 50935-515724
50943 51570 Noted 30/09/1977 - 16.45 Lime Street - Wigan NW with 50463-59171-505154
50943 52043 Noted circa 01/19834
50943 52048 Noted circa 02/19834
50943 52047 Noted circa 04/19834
50943 51568 Noted circa 04/19834
53943 52037 Noted circa 10/19834
53943 51570 Noted circa 01/19844
53943 52043 Noted circa 07/19844
T211 53943 54277 Noted circa 06/19874
T211 53943 54277 Listed at TS - Jul-87
T211 53943 54277 Noted 26/09/87 - at Norwich2
T201 51927 53943 Noted circa 01/19884
T201 51927 53943 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T214 53943 54061 Noted circa 05/19884
T214 53943 54061 Formed at TS circa May-88
T214 53943 54061 Noted 19/05/88 - at Norwich2
53943 54061 Noted 01/08/88 - on 18:05 Grantham-Boston
N607 53943 54061 Noted circa 11/19884
53943 54346 Noted 30/08/89 - on 15:56 Leeds - Sheffield5
NL252 53943 54346 Listed at NL - 05/09/89
LO288 53943 54205 Listed at LO - Aug-91
53943 54205 Noted 07/08/915
LO288 53943 54246 Listed at LO - Dec-91
LO288 53943 54246 Noted circa 02/19924

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

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Patricroft Depot

circa April 1966

M50943 on Patricroft shed reputedly with rear end damage, side by side with Standard 5 73140, circa April 1966. Ian McDonald Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Wirksworth

23rd May 1987

Set number: T211

Class 108 DMU set T211 (53943 + 54277) at Wirksworth on Saturday 23 May 1987. A large crowd of locals can be seen to the left of the set. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Skipton

5th January 1991

Set number: N607

A three-car Class 108 formed of three brake vehicles including a centre trailer coach (TBSL), was awaiting departure from Skipton with a service to Bradford Forster Square on January 5th 1991. The leading car was M53943 and the rear driving car was M53971. It would appear this was a cobbled together set of serviceable cars in the period when the troublesome Class 142 fleet was giving the first generation DMU fleet an extended period of operation. M53943 was carrying the set number N607 on the cab front, whilst at the rear, M53971 was displaying set number T203. Martyn Hilbert.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 7th September 1987

Set number: T211

On the afternoon of 7 September 1987 two of Tyseley's two-car Class 108 sets led by T211 (54277 and presumably 53943) were photographed climbing the 1/75 of Wilmcote Bank a short distance from Stratford-upon-Avon. The leading DTS was possibly unique at the time as it still had operational headcode blinds although I'm not sure what the code carried on this run represented. Later, on the run to Stratford from Leamington Spa it had changed to display the set number. These shots were a bonus as I was in this spot for a picture of 47628 with the VSOE on its way from Stratford to London Victoria. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 7th September 1987

Set number: T211

Two Class 108s working to Stratford-upon-Avon from Leamington Spa at Wilmcote Bank on 7 September 1987. Closest is set T211 (54277 and presumably 53943) with the DTS displaying the set number on its still working headcode. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 5th January 1991

Set number: T203

With Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) 53971 at the rear, a Neville Hill allocated three-car Class 108 DMU was stood on the Up Main alongside Broughton Road Sidings at Skipton during a reversal with a service from Bradford Forster Square on January 5th 1991. All three vehicles have brake vans, the TBSL is probably E59246, the far DMBS is E53943 which carried set number N607, Martyn Hilbert.