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Vehicle 51933

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

08/10/60	New to	26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63	Depot code change	9D
2w/e 11/10/69	Transferred to	8J (Allerton)
06/05/73	Depot code change	AN
w/e 05/11/76	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
w/e 20/08/78	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
3w/e 19/05/79	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
10/05/87	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
04/10/87	Transferred to	LA (Laira)
05/10/92	Transferred to	LO (Longsight) RCLO
01/02/93	Transferred to	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
04/02/93	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

Notes

w/e 01/05/77 - 51932/5 52048/9 listed as transferred to CH w/e 1/5/77, move then cancelled

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 24/07/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51933	52048	As delivered to 26A - 8th October 1960
	51933	52048	Noted Autumn 1966 - at Brough on 07:56 Hull - Manchester Exchange¹
	51933	52048	Noted 20/07/68 - at Preston¹
AN143	51933	52048	Noted 19/10/69
	51933	52043	Noted 12/09/71 - at Wigan Wallgate¹
	51933	52053	Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria²
	51933	52048	Noted 04/03/73 - at Sheffield¹
	51933	52037	Noted 29/08/1974 - at Liverpool Lime Street²
AN276	51933	52037	Noted 04/09/74 - in Liverpool Lime Street, set number only displayed on 51933³
	51933	52037	Noted 04/09/74 - on Allerton depot³
	51933	51571	Noted 28/08/75 - at Allerton³
	51933	52039	Noted 23/06/1977 - 19.50 Lime Street to Wigan NW⁴
	51933	52039	Noted 29/06/1977 - 21.50 Lime Street to Wigan NW⁴
	51933	52063	Noted circa 05/1982⁴
NH157	51933	52063	Noted circa 10/1982⁴
	51933	52063	Noted 13/10/1982 - Noted at Manchester Victoria⁴
	51933	52063	Noted circa 06/1985⁴
	51933	52063	Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986
T203	51933	52054	Listed at TS - Jul-87
TS203	51933	52054	Noted circa 07/1987⁴
P955	51933	52054	Formed at LA circa 10/87
P955	51933	52054	Listed at LA - Oct-87
P955	51933	52054	Listed at LA - Nov-87
P955	51933	52054	Noted 04/04/1988⁴
P955	51933	52054	Listed at LA - 08/08/88
P955	51933	52054	Listed at LA - 15/05/89
955	51933	52054	Noted circa 08/1990⁴
P955	51933	52054	Listed at LA - Jul-91
P955	51933	52054	Listed at LA - Aug-91
P955	51933	52054	Listed at LA - Dec-91
P955	51933	52054	Listed at LA - 02/07/92
P955	51933	52054	Listed at LA - 24/09/92
LO618	51933	52054	Listed at LO - November 1992
	51933	52054	Noted 04/12/92 - on 10:18 Manchester Piccadilly - Rose Hill⁵
LO618	51933	52054	Listed at LO - 10/12/92

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: David Bellamy

Images:

circa 1987

Set number: TS203

A Class 108 DMU stabled on Derby Etches Park depot. It seems to be set TS203 with 51933 closest which would date it to circa 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

1989

Set number: 955

In Spring 1989 Class 108 DMU set (P)955, presumably 51933 + 52054, is seen passing the Taunton Cider Company premises at Norton Fitzwarren. "Paignton" is on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.

16th January 1990

Set number: 955

Class 108 set 955 - formed of 51933 + 52054 - is seen after arriving into Exmouth station on 16/1/90. Stuart Mackay Collection.

31st March 1990

Class 108 DMBS 51933 + DMSL 52054 outside Doncaster Works on 31 March 1990. Dave Warby.

24th January 1993

Set number: LO618

Class 108 DMU set LO618 on Chester depot on 24 January 1993 with DMBS 51933 closest. It would be placed in store a week later and withdrawn a few days after that. John Law.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 22nd August 1987

Set number: T203

A typical British summer’s day (22 August 1987) sees class 108 unit T203 (presumably 52054 + 51933) arriving at Coventry from Nuneaton. Robert28194.

Date: 31st May 1988

Set number: P955

A worn looking Derby Class 108 two-car DMU formed of cars 52054 & presumably 51933 (Plymouth Laira Set P955), was stood at Starcross with the 16.45 Exmouth to Paignton service on May 31st 1988. With the transfer of the Devon & Cornwall Class 142 'Skipper' fleet North, a number of first generation DMU sets went as replacements. Many of the sets were past their best with cars cobbled together from serviceable examples around the country, and were a stop-gap until Class 150/2 & Class 155 Sprinters were constructed in enough quantities to allow the ageing DMU fleet to be finally retired in the period 1989-1990. Martyn Hilbert.

Date: 11th June 1988

Set number: P955

Class 108 2-car DMU LA set P955 (52054+51933) on the sea wall at Teignmouth with the 09-15 Paignton - Exeter Central service on 11-6-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Date: circa 1990

Set number: 955

Set 955 (presumably 52054 + 51933) reversing direction at Bere Alston on the Gunnislake Branch in Devon, circa 1990. Glen Batten.

Date: 28th April 1990

Set number: 955

CRS 'China Clay Rambler' at Pontsmill, 28/04/90, formed of a two and three-car Class 108, set 955 at this end (52054 and presumably 51933). A classic Cornish DMU railtour is seen at the northern extremity of the the Pontsmill branch. This short freight only branch and once part of the 1841 built Treffry Tramway left the Newquay branch just north of St.Blazey and served the English China Clay Co. Pontsmill kiln driers. The area was once a hive of activity for the local mineral traffic with several incline planes in the area but this dwindled down to just the china clay from the 1960's which in turn ceased two years after this photo was taken. The last train of dried clay leaving on 21/04/92. The line faced an uncertain future but did live on into the late 1990's as the preferred spot to stable the Royal Train overnight when Prince Charles visited his Duchy of Cornwall. Adrian Nicholls.

Date: 28th April 1990

Set number: 955

CRS 'China Clay Rambler' tour at Fowey Docks. Cornwall. 28/04/90. The 2+3-car class 108 DMU formation used on the Cornish Railway Society "China Clay Rambler" railtour is seen in the china clay covered Carne Point Yard at Fowey Docks. Most tours that traversed the Fowey branch never got beyond the BR/ECC Ltd boundary but the CRS seemed to be able to reach parts of the network nobody else could. This tour was a freight only track bashers dream as it also visited Nanpean Wharf at Drinnick Mill, another rare location for a railtour to penetrate along with other such delights as the Par Harbour, St.Dennis ballast tip, Parkandillack, Pontsmill and part of the closed Carbis Wharf branch. Closest is set 955, 52054 and presumably 51933. Adrian Nicholls.

Date: 13th August 1990

Set number: 871

Exeter St Davids on the 13th August 1990 contains Class 108s 51933 (left) and 53639 (right). John Carter.

Date: 25th August 1990

Set number: 955

Class 108 DMU set 955 (52054 + 51933) approaching Teignmouth station off the sea wall on 25 August 1990. Keith Miller.

Date: 10th June 1993

W52064 + W51933 + 53971 + 54504 + M54490 + M51907 + 53980 + 53XXX stored out of service on Longsight, 10-6-93. Kevin Dowd.

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