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Vehicle 51913


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

07/05/60 New to 18A (Toton)
4w/e 31/12/60 Transferred to 8H (Allerton)
Sep-63Depot code change8J
06/05/73Depot code changeAN
08/07/83 Transferred to LO (Longsight)
12/05/85 Transferred to CH (Chester)
14/05/90 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
30/05/91 Withdrawn from LO (Longsight) PLOX

Notes

12th September 1990 - Part of 5Z32 Longsight depot - Doncaster Works (collision-damaged cars running under own power)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 02/05/1980 released in blue/grey livery

51913 was involved in the following incident:


22/8/90 - Hyde North Junction, LMR

Collision involving Class 108 / Class 108

Info from Bill Read

Low speed collision of two Class 108 units. M51913-M54497 and M51418-M59688 (Met Cam 101 centre car)-M53977. 28 passengers required hospital treatment. The driver of the twin unit had passed a red signal. M51418 collapsed upon contact with M51913 and suffered extensive cab, underfloor and bogie damage. All the 108 cars suffered some damage and were criticized as being in poor structural condition. The 101 was undamaged.


Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51913 56496 As delivered to 18A - 7th May 1960
51913 56496 Noted 31/12/69 - in Liverpool Lime Street1
51913 56493 Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight2
51913 56493 Noted 19/09/71 - at Crewe with 51904 + 56487 / 51906 + 56489 / 51917 + 56274 possibly subbing for a Class 304 if the current was switched off between Liverpool and Crewe2
51913 56493 Noted 13/08/1977 - 08.25 Lime Street to Bangor with 51417-56492 and 51918-564963
51913 56493 Noted 24/08/1977 - at Mossley Hill working 07.11 Warrington Central - Lime Street3
51913 56491 Noted 12/09/1977 - 12.07 Lime Street - Warrington Central with 51424-562783
51913 56493 Noted 22/09/1977 - 07.40 Wigan NW to Lime Street with 51901-562793
51913 56495 Noted 04/01/78
51913 56417 Noted 07/07/81 - on Liverpool - Manchester service
51913 56497 Noted circa 06/19823
51913 56276 Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria3
51913 56492 Noted circa 12/19823
51913 56492 Noted circa 02/19833
51913 54497 Noted circa 07/19833
51913 54497 Noted circa 08/19833
51913 54497 Noted circa 01/19843
51913 54497 Noted 01/09/84 - at Wolverhampton as ECS with 51902 + 54485
51913 54497 Listed at LO - 01/01/85
51913 54497 Noted 25/05/86 - on 17:47 Stalybridge - Stockport4
51913 54497 Listed at Chester - Summer 1986
51913 54497 Noted circa 06/19863
51913 54497 Noted circa 01/19873
51913 54497 Noted 13/06/1987 - Chester-Crewe ECS (6-car)5
51913 54497 Noted 16/01/19883
CH265 51913 54497 Noted Apr-88
265 51913 54497 Noted circa 04/19883
CH265 51913 54497 Listed at CH - May 1988
CH265 51913 54497 Noted circa May-88
CH265 51913 54497 Noted circa Jul-88
CH265 51913 54497 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
LO265 51913 54497 Listed at LO - mid May-90
LO265 51913 54497 22nd August 1990 - collided with CH351 at Hyde North

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann
5: Chris Moxon

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Peasley Cross, St Helens

circa 1964

A (blue square) Derby Lightweight twin (M51913 and presumably M56496) thought to be working the shuttle between St Helens Junction and St Helens Shaw Street (now Central). Date unknown, the shuttle ended in June 1965, so the yellow panel dates it to the 1963-5 period. Behind the unit used to be Peasley Cross station which closed in 1951. There are not many passengers on board, and the seat moquette which I can see better on the original scan is the same as that used in the 2nd class of the Marylebone quads (see image 15353) and the Ayrshire Swindon Inter-City sets (image 24623). Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Allerton

7th July 1981

Class 108, M51913 and M56417 passing Allerton depot with a service for Manchester, 7th July 1981. Paul James.

Class 108 DMU at Mickle Trafford Junction

20th November 1983

A DMU formation with Class 108 51913 leading, for Chester at Mickle Trafford Junction, 22-11-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 108 DMU at Hale

January 1984

51913 leads a two-car Class 108 DMU rolling into Hale with a Chester service in late January 1984. Chris Thorp.

Class 108 DMU at CF Booths

Unknown date

With a sprinkling of snow on the ground, M51913 sits in CF Booths at Rotherham with much of its interior ripped out and thrown outside. Circa 1991. Robert Frise Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Derby EDU

15th August 1991

Set number: LO265

Class 108 DMBS 51913 from LO265 is in the air at the EDU at Derby on the 15th Aug 1991. On the left 53015/55929 is under conversion to 977775. John Reddyhoff.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: 9th August 1986

The 10.42 Manchester Victoria-Llandudno at Helsby, 9/8/86. The lengthy formation included 51178, 54335, 51180 & 51913 but other vehicle details got lost as the notes were unclear. Anthony Griffiths.

DMU

Date: 13th June 1987

Chester, 13/6/87. The ECS to Crewe is formed of 54497, 51913, 51188, 54348, 54273 & 53940. The 150's are on the 15.36 Crewe-Llandudno. Anthony Griffiths.

DMU

Date: 31st August 1988

Set number: CH265

Class 108 Set CH265 (presumably 54497 + 51913) approaches Abergele and Pensarm (at 15XX) on Wednesday 31st August 1988. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 20th February 1989

Set number: CH265

Class 108 Derby 2-car DMU 54497+51913 (DTCL+DMBS) set CH265 arrived at Manchester Oxford Road on 20-2-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.