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Vehicle 59385

Class 108

BR Diagram 547

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30411
Diagram: 547

Allocations

16/10/58 New to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
May-73Depot code changeGF
w/e 06/05/79 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
13/05/84 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
03/05/87 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
20/09/87 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
3w/e 20/05/88 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
p/e 15/07/89 Transferred to LE (Swansea Landore)
p/e 09/09/89 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX
p/e 13/10/90 Sector Change to CF (Cardiff Canton) PXXZ
07/12/90 Withdrawn from CF (Cardiff Canton) PXXZ

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 08/10/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam at Cardiff Canton

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50640 59250 59385 50641 As delivered to South Gosforth - 16th October 1958
50634 59247 59385 50635 Noted Summer 1964 - at Brough1
50640 59385 59250 50641 Noted 04/08/68 - at Leeds City1
50640 59250 59385 50641 Noted 21/08/68 - at Leeds City1
50636 59244 59385 50637 Noted 15/08/19702
N313 50247 59385 50634 Noted circa 19713
50247 59385 50634 Noted 02/01/75 - at York4
N313 50247 59385 50634 Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number not on 50247 but on other two4
N313 50247 59385 50634 Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 506344
59385 Noted 04/09/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle4
50599 59385 50635 Noted 04/09/1980 - at Leeds City5
50599 59385 50635 Noted circa 05/19823
50599 59385 50635 Noted 13/06/1982 - at Doncaster5
50632 59385 50643 Noted 19/09/1982 - at Goole5
50632 59385 50643 Noted 02/04/1983 - at Sheffield Midland5
53632 59246 59385 53643 Noted 16/07/83 - on 14:45 Hull - Leeds
53632 59385 59246 53643 Noted 19/02/85 - at Doncaster4
53622 59385 53635 Noted circa 02/19863
53599 59385 53635 Noted 14/08/86 - at York4
53599 59385 53635 Noted 11/09/19863
53599 59385 53635 Noted 26/10/19863
C903 51416 59385 51565 Listed at CF - Aug-87
C903 51416 59385 51565 Noted circa 08/19873
B930 51416 59385 51511 Formed at BR circa 10/87
51416 59385 51513 Noted 12/12/87 - on 10:04 Hereford - Oxford via Worcester and Moreton in Marsh with 51462 / 59382 / 515306
B930 51416 59385 51511 Listed at BR - 29/02/1988
C980 51416 59385 51513 Formed at CF circa May-88
spare 59385 Listed at CF - 15/05/89
spare 59385 Listed at LE - 15/05/89

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Gerald Brown
5: Martin Lumley
6: Martin Baumann

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 16th July 1983

Class 108 Derby 4-car DMU 53643 + 59385 + 59246 + 53632 in the formation of the 14-45 to Leeds at Hull Paragon on 16-7-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 2nd April 1988

Set number: B960

Class 101/108 hybrid set B930 (presumably 51511 + 59385 + 51416) at Bradford Junction on 2 April 1988. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 5th July 1988

Set number: C980

Hybrid set C980 at Cardiff, 5 July 1988. W51513 is closest, probably with 59385 + 51416. Nigel Menzies.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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