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Vehicle 59249


Class 108

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30412
Diagram: 546

Allocations

08/10/58 New to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
May-73Depot code changeGF
3w/e 02/05/76 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
13/05/84 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
09/10/87 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
27/11/90 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PXXZ

Notes

w/e 23/11/75 - Listed as transferred to NL, later cancelled and remained at GF

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 25/05/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by CF Booth, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50638 59249 59384 50639 As delivered to South Gosforth - 8th October 1958
50630 59383 59249 50639 Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
50599 59383 59249 50639 Noted 11/08/74 - with E51550 + 59570 + 51558 at York
50630 59383 59249 50639 Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central2
50630 59383 59249 50639 Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot2
50630 59249 59390 50641 Transfer to NL - 3w/e 02/05/76
50630 59390 59249 50641 Noted circa 01/19773
50630 59390 59249 50641 Noted 03/09/77 - at Doncaster2
50630 59390 59249 50641 Noted 23/11/80 - on York depot
50641 59383 59249 50630 Noted circa 02/19833
53630 59249 59383 53641 Noted circa 10/19833
53637 59249 59380 53638 Noted 14/09/1985 - R.C.T.S. (West Riding Branch) The South Yorkshireman Railtour
53631 59249 53638 Noted 17/07/86 - at York2
53637 59249 53638 Noted 30/10/19863
53637 59249 53638 Noted 25/04/1987 - RCTS Immingham Docker Railtour
53633 59249 53641 Noted 22/11/87
53633 59249 53641 Noted 30th December 1987
53633 59249 53641 Noted 23rd January 1988
spare 59249 Formation change - NL - w/e 07/02/88
spare 59249 Listed at NL - 2w/e 13/03/88
spare 59249 Listed at NL - early Apr-88
spare 59249 Listed at NL - May-88
503 51813 59249 52077 Formed at NL p/e 17/06/88
52077 59249 51813 Noted 23/06/88 - on 06:22 Cleethorpes - Manchester Piccadilly
503 51813 59249 Listed at NL - Feb-89
51463 59249 53636 Noted 06/06/90 - at Leeds

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 108 DMU at CF Booths

circa 1991

Class 108 E59249 at CF Booths, Rotherham, circa 1991. Robert Frise Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 11th August 1974

A Scarborough service approaches York, made up of Derby 4 car set (with two vans), E50599 + 59383 + 59249 + 50639 coupled to a Met Cam 111, E51550 + 59570 + 51558. 11th August 1974. Paul James.

DMU

Date: 23rd November 1980

A 4-car Class 108 set formed of 50641 59249 59390 50630 seen at York depot on 23/11/80. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 6th June 1990

A Class 101/108 hybrid set formed of 51463 + 59249 + 53636 at Leeds on June 6th 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 15th December 1991

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

DMU

Date: December 1991

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