Vehicle 59250
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
| 16/10/58 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| w/e 08/05/77 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 13/05/84 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 03/05/87 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 13/09/87 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 23/09/90 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) PTSX | |
| 29/07/91 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) PTSX |
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 19/07/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50640 | 59250 | 59385 | 50641 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 16th October 1958 | |||||
| 50640 | 59385 | 59250 | 50641 | Noted 04/08/68 - at Leeds City1 | |||||
| 50640 | 59250 | 59385 | 50641 | Noted 21/08/68 - at Leeds City1 | |||||
| 50640 | 59390 | 59250 | 50641 | Noted 01/04/70 - at Whitley Bay1 | |||||
| 50147 | 59382 | 59250 | 50646 | Noted 03/04/711 | |||||
| 50631 | 59250 | 59382 | 50642 | Noted 20/04/1974 - at Newcastle2 | |||||
| 50631 | 59250 | 59382 | 50642 | Noted 28/08/74 - in Newcastle Central3 | |||||
| N420 | 50631 | 59250 | 59382 | 50642 | Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 59382 + 506423 | ||||
| N420 | 50631 | 59250 | 59382 | 50642 | Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number on all vehicles3 | ||||
| 50631 | 59250 | 59382 | 50642 | Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central3 | |||||
| 50631 | 59250 | 59382 | 50642 | Transfer to NL - w/e 08/05/77 | |||||
| 50642 | 59250 | 59382 | 50631 | Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 06.25 Leeds to Manchester Victoria via Huddersfield.4 | |||||
| 53631 | 59250 | 53642 | Noted circa 09/19864 | ||||||
| 53642 | 59250 | 53631 | Noted circa 12/19864 | ||||||
| 51826 | 59250 | 51838 | Noted circa Oct-87 | ||||||
| 51826 | 59250 | 51838 | Noted 22/11/87 | ||||||
| 512 | 52067 | 59250 | 51840 | Formation change - NL - Jan-88 - 59250 (ex-508) replaced 59687 | |||||
| 52067 | 59250 | 51840 | Noted 29/01/88 - on 09:17 Sheffield - Leeds | ||||||
| 51840 | 59250 | 52067 | Listed at NL - early Apr-88 | ||||||
| 52072 | 59250 | 53607 | Noted 04/01/89 - on 16:51 York - Leeds via Harrogate5 | ||||||
| 510 | 53607 | 59250 | 52072 | Listed at NL - Feb-89 | |||||
| 51847 | 59250 | 52085 | Noted 13th May 1989 | ||||||
| 51463 | 59250 | 51808 | Noted 21/08/89 - on 13:02 Leeds - Carlisle5 | ||||||
| NL563 | 51463 | 59250 | 52071 | Listed at NL - 05/09/89 - 52071 "currently replaced by 52082" |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Graeme Phillips
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 19th July 1981
An ex-works 4-car set at York, 19/07/1981, probably 50642 + 59382 + 59250 + 50631 was painted in this livery in June 1981. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 28th August 1985
A four-car Class 108 DMU is not a bad way to traverse the Settle & Carlisle line. A southbound working is caught here at Blea Moor in the summer of 1985. The train will shortly cross Ribblehead viaduct. The closest two vehicles appear to be E53643 + E59250. Andrew Walker.
Date: 29th January 1988
Seen leaving Brightside station is E52067 + E59250 + E51840 - a Class 110 / 108 / 110 hybrid set. It's working the 09:17 Sheffield - Leeds on January 29th 1988. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 9th April 1988
A Class 110 52067 with 51840 and Class 108 trailer 59250 with the 14.02 Lincoln - Sheffield at Woodhouse Junction on 9 April 1988. Dave Warby Collection.
Date: 19th April 1988
DMUs at Sheffield on 19 April 1988. On the right is a Class 111 with 78713 and presumably 78971 partially seen. On the right is a Class 108 TBS - presumably 59250 - with Class 110 DMBC 52067, the Met-Camm DMBS is 51450, its partner unknown. Dave Warby.
Date: 1st August 1988
Class 110 DMBC E52067 leads a 3 car mixed formation into Leeds Station on the 1st August 1988. The remaining vehicles are Class 108 TBSL E59250 and Class 110 DMCL E51840 and all were allocated to Leeds Neville TMD. E59250 survives in preservation at the Severn Valley Railway while E52067 was scrapped at Vic Berrys, Leicester in April 1990 with E51840 following suit at Mayer Newman, Snailwell during August of the same year. Bob Woolnough.
Date: 14th October 1989
This class 101 / 108 / 110 DMU seen in the Harrogate bay at York station on 14/10/1989 has been thrown together with two brake compartments coupled next to each other. The lead vehicle is Class 101 DMBS no. 51463, followed by a Class 108 TBS(L) presumably 59250 and an unknown Class 110 DMS. Graeme Phillips Collection.