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Vehicle 56199 / 54199

Class 108

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30409
Diagram: 640

Allocations

04/07/58	New to	53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58	Transferred to	53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)	- (53C closed)
Jan-60	Depot code change	50C
4w/e 26/11/60	Transferred to	55F (Manningham)
05/03/67	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)	- Manningham closed
May-73	Depot code change	NL
13/05/84	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
11/05/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
15/03/87	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill)
12/04/87	Reinstated	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
14/06/87	Withdrawn from	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56199 - original number
54199 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 17/06/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50608	56199	As delivered to 53C - 4th July 1958
	50608	56199	Transfer to 55F - 4w/e 26/11/60
	50615	56199	Noted 13/08/1963 - Scarborough¹
	50608	56199	Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 25/03/67
	50607	56199	Noted 21/03/1969 - Leeds¹
	50607	56199	Noted 09/05/1969 - Leeds, on 17.39 service to Skipton¹
	50608	56199	Noted 20/08/69 - at Leeds²
	50600	56199	Noted 14/03/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.³
	50600	56199	Noted 29/04/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.³
	50607	56199	Noted 28/08/1972 - at Scarborough⁴
	50607	56199	Noted 10/04/73 - on 1426 Doncaster - Sheffield
L121	50607	56199	Noted 24/08/74 - at Doncaster, set number carried on solebar of both vehicles⁵
	50607	56199	Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds²
	51443	56199	Noted 20/11/76 - at York²
	50605	56199	Noted 19/08/1978 - at Leeds City⁶
	50605	56199	Noted 21/04/1979 - at Huddersfield⁶
	50605	56199	Noted 20/07/1980 - on Botanic Gardens depot⁶
	50605	56199	Noted 06/09/1980 - at Sheffield Midland⁶
	50605	56199	Noted circa 10/1982³
	50605	56199	Noted circa 02/1983³
	53605	54199	Noted 31/03/1984 - at Leeds City⁶
	53604	54199	Noted circa 05/1986³
	53610	54199	Noted 27/07/86
	53604	54199	Noted 14/08/86 - at York⁵
	53604	54199	Noted 19th August 1986
	53604	54199	Noted 15/10/1986³

Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Gerald Brown
6: Martin Lumley

Images:

9th August 1980

In refurbished livery a Class 108 two-car DMU formed of DTCL E56199 & DMBS E50605, was arriving at Ilkley with a service from Leeds on August 9th 1980. The route from Leeds to Ilkley is now known as the 'Wharfedale Line' and was electrified in 1995. The two tracks on the far left background of this scene were once through lines that ran beyond Ilkley on the route to Skipton via Addingham and Bolton Abbey that was closed in 1965. Martyn Hilbert.

8th June 1981

E56199 closet in a refurbished 108 set on the outskirts of Leeds station, 8th June 1981. Malcolm Clements.

22nd March 1986

The 'Don & Tees' railtour is seen at Boulby Mine with 54199 closest, 22/03/86. Chris Lings.

Class 108 DMU at Hull Botanic Gardens TMD

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.

25th April 1987

A DMU, made up of a Class 108 and 101 pairing with E54199 leading, departs Hull on 25th April 1987. Syd Young.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 9th August 1980

Complete with its oil tail lamp still in position, a refurbished liveried Class 108 two-car DMU formed of cars E50605 & E56199 was stood at Ilkley with a service for Leeds on August 9th 1980. The station still retained its 1950's BR North Eastern Region enamel signage in Tangerine and was also gas-lit. Complete with his shopping in a bag, the driver is walking towards the cab. On the extreme right of this view, where the hole-in-the-wall is located, were once the through platforms in the days when Ilkley was on the route to Skipton via Addingham and Bolton Abbey, the western end of which now forms the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. The line beyond Ilkley closed in 1965. Martyn Hilbert.

Date: 27th July 1986

An impressive 10-car DMU rake led by MetroTrain branded 53610 and 54199, followed by a plain blue class 105 pair and three more two-car class 108 sets heads for York at Kirkham Abbey on 27/Jul/1986. Robert Chilton.

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