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Vehicle 56228 / 54228

Class 108

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30466
Diagram: 640

Allocations

The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 50945 during the unknown period are:

31/01/59	New to	6K (Rhyl)	- pending allocation
Jun-59	Transferred to	26A (Newton Heath)
8w/e 05/09/59	On loan to	27F (Brunswick)
Oct-59	Transferred to	1E (Bletchley)
3w/e 31/01/65	Transferred to	6A (Chester)
4w/e 07/05/66	Transferred to	8J (Allerton)
3w/e 02/07/66	Transferred to	9D (Newton Heath)
4w/e 04/02/67	Transferred to	9A (Longsight)

Then the allocations for 56228 are:

12/05/85	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
2w/e 14/05/86	Transferred to	BY (Bletchley)
15/06/86	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
03/05/87	Transferred to	ME (Marylebone)
Oct-88	Transferred to	BY (Bletchley)
p/e 07/12/91	Sector Change to	BY (Bletchley) NNDX
22/04/93	Transferred to	HQ (Headquarters) NNDX
27/04/93	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) NNDX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56228 - original number
54228 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 05/08/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50945	56228	As delivered to 6K - 31st January 1959
	50945	56228	Noted mid-March 1959
	50945	56228	Transfer to 1E - Oct-59
	50946	56228	Noted 19/12/67 - at Manchester Exchange¹
	50956	56228	Noted 01/01/68 - in Manchester Piccadilly¹
LT320	50945	56228	Listed at Longsight - circa Dec-69
	50945	56228	Noted 02/05/70 - at Sheffield with 50946 + 56229¹
LT303	50533	56228	Listed at Longsight - circa Jul-70
	50945	56228	Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester²
	50945	56228	Noted 28/08/75 - on Longsight depot³
	50945	56228	Noted 09/1975⁴
	50945	56228	Noted 16/01/1982⁵
LO302	50945	56228	Noted circa 05/1982⁵
LO302	50945	56228	Noted 31/05/1982⁵
LO302	50645	56228	Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc⁵
	53945	54228	Noted circa 06/1983⁵
	53945	54228	Listed at LO - 01/01/85
	53945	54228	Transfer to BY - 2w/e 14/05/86 - from NH
	53945	54228	Transfer to TS - 15/06/86 - from BY
TS209	53945	54228	Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
	51676	54228	Noted 06/10/1987⁵
	51652	54228	Noted 13/03/90 - on services from Marylebone with 54381 + 51664⁶
	51652	54228	Noted 02/04/90 - on services from Marylebone with 54259 + 51674⁶
L232	51914	54228	Listed at BY - 24/02/92 - NSE NNDX pool
L232	51914	54228	Listed at BY - 12/08/92
L232	51914	54228	Listed at BY - November 1992 - Sector NNDX

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

Images:

May 1975

BR (Derby) Class 108 2-car local passenger dmu Nos.E56228 (Class 142) and E50944 (Class 108/2) of the 1958 batch, near Lancaster, on a Lancaster - Morecambe service, 05/75. Hugh Llewelyn.

1st December 1979

Freshly painted into Blue / Grey livery, Class 108 DTCL M56228 is seen on Longsight depot on 1 December 1979. Brian Daniels.

Unknown date

Class 108 DTC 54228 is working as part of a Class 115 set when seen at Aylesbury in the early 1990s. Stuart Mackay Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: summer 1975

A Class 108 DMU with Longsight-allocated M50945 closest - presumably with long-time partner M56228 - in Plumley station in early summer 1975. Michael Mensing.

Date: 25th May 1987

Two Class 115/108 hybrids in Aylesbury station, the closest one being 51676 + 54228, on 25 May 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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