Vehicle 50961
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
| 18/04/59 | New to | Chaddesden | - stabled pending allocation |
| Jun-59 | Transferred to | 9E (Trafford Park) | |
| Jan-60 | Transferred to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| 4w/e 30/01/60 | Transferred to | 14E (Bedford) | |
| 4w/e 27/02/60 | Transferred to | 9E (Trafford Park) | |
| 4w/e 01/06/63 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 3w/e 31/10/65 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| 4w/e 06/05/67 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 4w/e 05/04/69 | Transferred to | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | KM | |
| 06/01/74 | Withdrawn from | KM (Carlisle Kingmoor) | - Collision damage |
50961 was involved in the following incident:
27/11/73 - Near Whitehaven, LMR
Collision involving Class 108 / Freight
Info from Peter Mullen.
Irregular blockworking allowed a DMU to run into the back of a freight train. Image shows 50961 stripped at Carlisle a few months later David Mant. More Details.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mountelm Ltd, on location at Carlisle Currock
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50961 | 56244 | As delivered to LMR - April 1959 - stabled at Chaddesden sidings pending allocation | |||||||
| 50961 | 56248 | Noted 01/04/70 - at Newcastle1 | |||||||
| 50961 | 56242 | Noted 16/08/70 - at Kingmoor1 | |||||||
| 50961 | 56242 | Noted 17/04/73 - at Carlisle2 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
Images:
18th June 1974
M50961 at Carlisle, 18 Jun 74. It had been involved in a collision with a freight train near Whitehaven on 27/11/73. In this view the cab and all the underframe items have been removed, except the battery boxes. David Mant.