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Vehicle 50604 / 53604


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

11/07/58 New to 51A (Darlington)
w/e 03/01/59 Transferred to 56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 30/04/60 Transferred to 55F (Manningham)
2w/e 09/10/65 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
3w/e 20/05/67 Transferred to South Gosforth
May-73Depot code changeGF
w/e 24/10/76 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
13/05/84 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
11/05/86 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
15/03/87 Stored U.
12/04/87 Reinstated BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
26/07/87 Stored U. BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-88 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50604 - original number
53604 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 10/12/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50604 56195 As delivered to 51A - 11th July 1958
50604 56195 Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
50604 56195 Transfer to 50C - 2w/e 09/10/65
50604 56195 Transfer to South Gosforth - 3w/e 20/05/67
50604 59390 50646 Noted 24/03/73 - at Doncaster1
50604 59386 59390 50646 Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle2
50604 59390 50646 Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot3
50604 59383 50646 Noted 29/03/1976 - on 13:10 Newcastle to Middlesborough4
50604 56203 Noted circa 01/19775
50604 56203 Noted 05/01/77 - at Leeds1
50604 56203 Noted 25/02/78 - on 2L57 2120 Doncaster-Leeds with 50619 + 56198
50604 56203 Noted 04/02/79 - on 16:15 Skipton - Leeds6
50604 56203 Noted circa 10/19825
50604 56203 Noted circa 03/19835
53604 54199 Noted circa 05/19865
53604 54199 Noted 14/08/86 - at York3
53604 54199 Noted 19th August 1986
53604 54199 Noted 15/10/19865

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

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Alston

8th September 1967

A Class 108 DMBS (50604) / Class 100 DTC combo is seen at Alston after arrival with 1200 ex-Haltwhistle on Friday 08/09/1967. It would be be nearly nine years before the branch closed in May 1976. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Sheffield

4th September 1979

Refurbished Class 108 DMBS E50604 and a Class 114 are seen in Sheffield station on 4/9/79. David Faircloth.

Class 108 DMU at Darlington

2nd June 1982

Class 108 vehicles E50604 and E56203 form the 17:50 to Saltburn at Darlington on June 2nd, 1982. John Carter.

Class 108 DMU at Vic Berrys

5th June 1988

Class 108 DMBS E53604 at Vic Berrys, Leicester on 5-6-88. Kevin Dowd.

Class 108 DMU at Vic Berrys

5th June 1988

"Em, it won't fit in the skip Sir!" 53604 is raised for easier removal of underframe items, which made for easier stacking. Vic Berry's 5/6/88. Jerry Glover.

Class 108 DMU at Vic Berrys

5th June 1988

E53604 on top of two skips to allow underframe components to be cut off. Vic Berrys, 5th June 1988. Malcolm Clements.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 31st May 1982

E56203 + E50604 with a Hartlepool train in Darlington station on May 31st, 1982. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 31st May 1982

Met-Camm set E56219 + E50256 and Class 108 set E56203 + E50604 in Darlington station on May 31st, 1982. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 11th May 1986

Leeds Neville Hill allocated Class 108 2 car set formed of DTCL E54199 and DMBS E53604 are stabled at Hull Botanic Gardens TMD on the 11th May 1988. Both vehicles are wearing 'Metrotrain' decals and would continue in service for a short while before being scrapped at Vic Berry's Yard in Leicester during June 1988. Bob Woolnough.