59245 Class 108 Trailer Brake Second Lavatory

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Private Site: BSC Scunthorpe

Location History

Private Site: BSC Scunthorpe Jul 90-Present

Current Location

Private Site: BSC Scunthorpe

 

 

Current Status

Stored

 

 

Current Livery

Non Standard Carmine & Cream

 

 

TRA Designation

3

    

Partner Vehicle(s)

56207

 

 

Owner

Appleby-Frodingham Railway Preservation Society

 

 

Website

www.afrps.co.uk

    

Record Last Updated

10 March 2024

    

Preservation Modifications
One corridor connection has been blanked off and a window installed. Interior modifications include the removal of the cage in the brake compartment and the installation of bench seating. It is reported that the vehicle is being rebuilt as an observation car.

Preservation Information
Believed to be the first Class 108 to enter preservation (along with 56207), 59245 was preserved in 1990 specifically to be used as a hauled observation coach, rather than as a traditional DMU.

59250 was quickly repainted into Carmine & Cream, a livery usually associated with hauled coaching stock, and it entered service in the summer of 1991.

For an impressive 30 years 59245, along with partner 56207, provided the primary passenger stock for the Appleby-Frodingham Railway Preservation Society's operation, which centred around operating regular tours around the Scunthorpe Steel Works, usually at weekends, throughout the summer hauled by one of the preserved industrial locomotives in the society's collection.

During the early 2020's, 59250 was withdrawn from service awaiting an overhaul, its duties taken by a collection of brakevans and the newly acquired Class 144 set.

59250 remains in store awaiting overhaul.

Future Plans
Unknown.

 

59245 stabled at Scunthorpe, 25/1/20. John Majka
   

59245/56207 in use as hauled stock having run a trip round the steelworks, 17/8/19. Alex Fowles
   

A clear view of the modified end of 59245 3/8/19. Craig Ladson
   

59245 and 56207 in service, 26/11/12. Q47541M
   

59245 being hauled by a Class 20, 30/4/06. Peter Wreford
   

An earlier view of 59245 operating tours at Scunthorpe, 8/92. Nick Tozer