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Vehicle 51902

Class 108

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30601
Diagram: 634

Allocations

26/03/60	New to	Reddish
Apr-60	Transferred to	9E (Trafford Park)
4w/e 28/05/60	Stored	9E (Trafford Park)
Jun-60	Reinstated	9E (Trafford Park)
4w/e 01/06/63	Transferred to	9A (Longsight)
May 1973	Depot code change	LO
12/05/85	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
30/09/90	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley) PTSX
07/12/90	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) PXXZ

Notes

3rd September 1989 - In 7-car set M51901 + M54231 - M51902 + M54485 - M53925 + M59155 + M52039 that formed 1T40 08:15 Dales Rail special from Stockport to Carlisle and return

Modifications

May-74 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 10/12/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51902	56485	As delivered to Reddish - 26th March 1960
	51902	56251	Noted 11/04/67 - at Manchester Piccadilly¹
	51902	56485	Noted 22/08/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly¹
LT327	51902	56485	Listed at Longsight - circa Jan-71
	51902	56485	Noted 19/09/71 - in Chester station¹
	51902	56485	Noted 09/09/73 - at Chester²
	51902	56485	May-74 - AWS fitted both vehicles
	51902	56485	Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester³
	51902	56485	Noted 04/09/74 - at Chester²
	51902	56485	Noted 08/04/1976 - at Chester ⁴
	51902	56485	Noted 01/02/1977 - Worked 2D59 12.00 Manchester Oxford Road to Chester⁵
	51902	56485	Noted 27/02/1977 - 2D95 08.26 Manchester Piccadilly to Chester⁵
LO313	51902	56485	Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc⁵
LO313	51902	56485	Noted circa 08/1982⁵
	51902	54484	Noted 26/03/1984 - at Chester⁵
	51902	54485	Noted 01/09/84 - at Wolverhampton as ECS with 51913 + 54497
	51902	54485	Listed at LO - 01/01/85
	51902	54485	Noted circa 01/1986⁵
	51902	54485	Noted 05/02/86 - on 06:48 Crewe - Stoke with 51178 + 54335⁶
	51902	54485	Noted 07/02/86 - on 06:48 Crewe - Stoke with 51201 + 54347⁶
	51902	54485	Listed at Chester - Summer 1986
	51902	54485	Noted 07/02/87 - on an afternoon Chester to Manchester Oxford Road service
CH257	51902	54485	Listed at CH - May 1988
CH257	51902	54485	Noted circa Jul-88
CH257	51902	54485	Noted 13/05/89 - on 2E34 08:50 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield
CH257	51902	54485	Noted 3rd September 1989
CH621	51902	52049	Listed at CH - 14/10/89
CH621	51902	52049	Listed at CH - mid May-90

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

Images:

1st September 1984

A Class 108 diesel multiple unit formation passes through Wolverhampton station on what I recorded as an ecs working on 1 September 1984. The individual cars were 51902/54485 + 51913/54497. Lewis Bevan.

28th April 1990

Set number: CH621

Class 108 set No. CH621 (51902 and 52049) departs Manchester Piccadilly working the 15:36 service to Chester on 28 April 1990. Brian Creasey.

late 1990

Set number: T069

Two-car Class 108 DMU set T069 (51902 + 52049) departs Hope station in late 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

29th December 1991

Class 108 DMBS 51902 is seen condemned at Tyseley on 29.12.1991. It had been stripped of all reuseable parts and awaited towing away for scrap. Andy Cole.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: circa 1987

Class 120 parcel conversion 51785 (a former ScR DMBF) seen on Chester depot circa 1987. Class 108 51902 is on the left. Mike Bunker.

Date: 26th November 1988

Set number: CH257

Class 108 DMU CH257 (54485 + 51902) approaches Capenhurst with the 14.49 ex-Chester to Hooton and Helsby, 26-11-88. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 13th May 1989

Set number: CH257

CH257 M54485 + M51902 on 2E34 08:50 Picc to Sheffield at New Mills South Jct, 13-5-89. Kevin Dowd.

Date: 3rd September 1989

Set number: CH371

CH371 M52039 + M59155 + M53925 and CH257 M54485 + M51902 and CH256 M54231 + M51901 on 1T40, the 08:15 Stockport to Carlisle special charter at Stockport on 3-9-89. Kevin Dowd.

Date: late 1990

Set number: T069

Two-car Class 108 DMU set T069 (52049 + 51902) seen in Hope station in late 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: circa 1992

Set number: T031

A Class 108 power car 53644 labeled set T031 is seen on its side at CF Booths scrapyard in Rotherham, circa 1992. Class 108 M51902 is on the left. Robert Frise Collection.

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