Vehicle 50623 / 53623
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| 21/06/87 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |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 liveryDisposal
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 | 56196 | Noted 08/07/1976 - at Doncaster5 | |||||||
| 50623 | 56194 | Noted circa 01/19776 | |||||||
| 50623 | 56194 | Noted 07/08/1978 - at York 4 | |||||||
| 50623 | 56194 | Noted 03/06/1979 - on Neville Hill depot5 | |||||||
| 50623 | 56194 | Noted 04/09/1980 - at Leeds City5 | |||||||
| 50623 | 56194 | Noted 13/06/1982 - at Sheffield Midland5 | |||||||
| 53623 | 54194 | Noted 30/04/19836 | |||||||
| 53623 | 54194 | Noted circa 10/19836 | |||||||
| 53623 | 54194 | Noted 31/03/1984 - at Leeds City5 | |||||||
| 53623 | 54194 | Noted 21/11/19866 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Martin Lumley
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
17th April 1981
A Class 108 DMU, DMBS E50623 and the DTCL is presumably E56194, in Huddersfield station on Friday 17 April 1981. David Russon.
9th August 1981
A DMU at Skipton on 9 August 1981 with E50623 closest. John Law.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
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.
Date: 8th July 1980
A six-car Class 108 DMU formation, all in the white/blue stripe refurbished livery, heads away from the camera at Flamborough on 8 July 1980. The two-car closest running with the four-car was recorded as E56194 + E50623. Stuart Mackay Collection.