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Vehicle 56245 / 54245


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 50962 during the unknown period are:

25/04/59 New to Chaddesden - stabled pending allocation
4w/e 30/05/59 Transferred to 9E (Trafford Park)
Jun-59 Transferred to 24F (Fleetwood)
w/e 04/11/61 Transferred to 9D (Buxton)
w/e 03/02/62 Transferred to 24F (Fleetwood)
4w/e 30/09/62 Transferred to 26A (Newton Heath)
4w/e 02/02/63 Transferred to 9D (Buxton)
Sep-63Depot code change9L
w/e 12/09/64 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
w/e 06/05/67 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)

Then the allocations for 56245 are:

4w/e 05/04/69 Transferred to 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor)
06/05/73Depot code changeKM
Jan-75Depot code changeKD
15/05/88 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
25/11/90 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill) PNLX
08/04/91 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PHTX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56245 - original number
54245 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Jun-73 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50962 56245 As delivered to LMR - April 1959 - stabled at Chaddesden sidings pending allocation
50964 56245 Noted 16/08/70 - at Kingmoor1
50953 56245 Noted 01/06/1974 - at Carlisle 2
50958 56245 Noted 01/09/74 - at Barrow3
50953 56245 Noted 01/09/74 - on Kingmoor depot3
50954 56245 Noted 24/08/75 - on Carlisle Kingmoor depot3
50960 56245 Noted 28/03/1977 - at Carlisle2
50960 56245 Noted 21/08/1979 - on 09:45 Carlisle to Lancaster, coupled to 50987 & 56270 at Barrow2
50962 56245 Listed at KD - circa Aug-80
50962 56245 Noted 03/01/1981 - At Preston Station4
50962 56245 Noted 16/03/82 - at Lancaster with 56242 + 50953.
53962 54245 Noted 30/11/1983 - at Carlisle5
53962 54245 Noted circa 03/19845
53962 54245 Noted 12/04/84 - at Blackpool South
53962 54245 Listed at KD - 01/01/85
53962 54245 Listed at Carlisle Kingmoor - Summer 1986
53962 54245 Noted circa 03/19875
53962 54245 Listed at KD - circa Jan-88
53962 54245 Noted 03/09/886
53962 54245 Noted 29/10/88 - on 14:00 Hexham - Sunderland service6
53962 54245 Noted 03/12/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
53962 54245 Listed at HT - Feb-89
53962 54245 Noted 04/03/89 - on 17:40 Durham - Newcastle6
53962 54245 Noted 04/03/89 - on 17:04 Newcastle - Durham service6
53962 54245 Noted 18/03/89 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
53962 54245 Noted 18/03/89 - on 13:35 Carlisle - Newcastle service6
53962 54245 Noted 16/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6
53962 54245 Noted 19/07/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
53962 54245 Noted 20/10/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6
53962 54245 Noted 10/11/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6
53962 54245 Noted 11/11/89 - on 09:02 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
53962 54245 Noted 18/11/89 - on 15:14 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
53962 54245 Noted 13/12/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Lancaster

16th March 1982

Lancaster station contains a 4-car formation of Class 108s made up of two 2-car sets on the 16th March 1982 - 56245 + 50962 + 56242 + 50953. Jerry Glover.

Class 108 DMU at Oxenholme

29th December 1982

A Class 108 DMU - M56245 closest - in Windermere station after arriving with the 12:26 from Oxenholme on 29 December 1982. Robert Thomas.

Class 108 DMU at Barrow-in-Furness

8th March 1988

Derby Class 108 2-car DMUs at Barrow-in-Furness 8-3-88. 54245 + 53962 are on the left. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 108 DMU at Millom

8th March 1988

Derby Class 108 2-car DMUs at Millom 54245 + 53962 on left, unidentified set arriving on right 8-3-88. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 108 DMU at Millom

8th March 1988

Derby Class 108 2-car DMU 54245 + 53962 at Millom for Barrow-on-Furness, 8-3-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Class 108 DMU at CF Booths

15th December 1991

M54245 (left), E54243 (center), E59249 (right) grounded in C.F.Booths Rotherham 15-12-91. Kevin Dowd.

Class 108 DMU at CF Booths

December 1991

M54245 (left), E54243 (center), E59249 (right) grounded in CF Booths Rotherham, probably late December 1991. Robert Frise Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 22nd July 1985

At least two 2-car units are seen at Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, heading to Barrow-in-Furness, 22/07/1985. 53962 leads, presumably paired with 54245. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 8th March 1988

Derby Class 108 2-car DMU 53962 + 54245 waits at Millom for Barrow-on-Furness 8-3-88. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 8th March 1988

Derby Class 108 2-car DMU 53962 + 54245 at Millom for Barrow-on-Furness on 8-3-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 9th July 1988

A Class 108 DMU at Carlisle on 09/07/1988. Nearest the camera is M53962, with long-term partner M54245. This pair is one of the majority of DMU vehicles (all Class 108) that had recently been transferred from Kingmoor (KD) depot, Carlisle, to Heaton (HT) depot, Newcastle, upon closure of the former in May 1988, still intended for use in Cumbria (the remaining vehicles went to Chester (CH) depot, for continued operations in rural Lancashire). The fleet had had a long association with Cumbrian services, lasting until 1991 when replaced by then newly converted Class 153 single cars. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 3rd November 1988

A Class 108 led by 53962 departs from Carlisle with a Barrow service on November 3rd, 1988. It is presumably paired with long-term partner 54245. John Carter.