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Vehicle 51937 / 977806


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

29/10/60 New to 26A (Newton Heath)
w/e 03/06/61 Transferred to 24F (Fleetwood)
4w/e 02/06/62 Transferred to 26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63Depot code change9D
2w/e 11/10/69 Transferred to 8J (Allerton)
4w/e 31/12/72 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
May-73Depot code changeNH
4w/e 05/08/78 Transferred to AN (Allerton)
11/05/86 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
10/05/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
01/10/89 Transferred to CH (Chester) PCHX
30/09/90 Transferred to TS (Tyseley) PTSX
07/07/91 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
29/10/91 Transferred to LE (Swansea Landore) PLEX
15/03/92 Transferred to LA (Laira) PLAX
10/05/92 Transferred to LO (Longsight) RCLO
30/09/92 To departmental stock HT (Heaton)
by Aug-93 Transferred to LO (Longsight)
Oct-93 Withdrawn

Notes

2nd September 1990 - Noted as being in Auto-Gear 108 CH619

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51937 - original number
977806 - from Oct-92 (departmental stock)

Department Use as ADB977806

Sandite / Route Learner From 10/92 to 10/93. Carried set number LO905

Modifications

circa early 1975 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 23/06/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51937 52052 As delivered to 26A - 29th October 1960
51937 52052 Transfer to 24F - w/e 03/06/61
51937 52052 Transfer to 26A - 4w/e 02/06/62
51937 52052 Noted 05/08/66 - at Leeds City1
51937 52052 Noted Autumn 1966 - at Brough on 07:56 Hull - Manchester Exchange1
51937 52052 Noted 20/07/68 - in Manchester Victoria1
51937 52052 Noted 04/06/71 - at Allerton1
51937 52052 Noted 12/09/71 - at Wigan Wallgate1
51937 52052 Noted 04/09/74 - in Liverpool Exchange2
51937 52052 Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria1
51937 52052 Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria1
51937 52052 Noted 01/04/1977 - at Wigan North Western 3
51937 52064 Noted 27/08/1977 - 09.58 Lime Street - Llandudno with 51909-56484 and 51417-564924
51937 52064 Noted 30/09/1977 - 07.11 Warrington Central to Lime Street with 51910-562134
51937 56278 Noted 24/05/80
51937 52048 Noted 31/05/19824
51937 52038 Noted circa 07/19834
51937 52038 Noted 27/03/1984 - at Liverpool Lime Street4
51937 52044 Noted 03/05/85 - at Liverpool Lime Street5
51937 52048 Formation change - NH - 11/05/86
51937 52048 Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986
T212 51937 54231 Listed at TS - Jul-87
T212 51937 54231 Noted circa 07/19874
T212 51937 54231 Noted 04/07/1987 - at Derby - as 8 car set with T331 and T6136
T212 51937 54231 Noted 26/09/87 - at Norwich with TS603 strengthening by B433 on a Birmingham NS – Norwich service2
T202 51937 51934 Noted circa 11/19874
T202 51937 54081 Noted circa 01/19884
51937 54081 Noted 22/03/88 - on 15:36 Crewe - Derby 26 late5
T211 51937 54081 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
51937 54081 Noted 24/04/88 - on 16:00 Nuneaton-Coventry
T211 51937 54081 Noted circa 05/19884
51937 54081 Noted 27/07/88 - on 16:30 Doncaster-Skegness
T211 51937 54081 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
TS211 51937 54081 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
CH619 51937 52058 Noted 2nd September 1990 - Q Train working between Chester & Holyhead
T067 51937 52058 Noted circa 12/19904
T067 51937 52058 Noted circa 05/19914
51937 52058 Listed at LO - Jul-91
LO611 51937 52058 Listed at LO - Aug-91
S937 51937 52058 Listed at LE - Dec-91
LO612 51937 52053 Noted circa 07/19924
LO612 51937 52053 Listed at LO - 02/07/92
LO612 51937 52053 Listed at LO - 24/09/92
905 977806 977807 Listed at LO - 08/11/93 - sandite

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

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Manchester Victoria

26th March 1977

M51937 is the DMBS in this two-car Class 108 set seen at Manchester Victoria on March 26, 1977. Rex Holt.

Class 108 DMU at Chester

8th July 1990

Set number: CH619

Auto-Gear fitted CH619 at Chester 8/7/90, presumably 51937 closest. Ian McDonald.

Class 108 DMU at Exeter St Davids

21st March 1992

Set number: 937

A two-car Class 108 DMU departs from Exeter St Davids station on 21 March 1992. It is formed of 51937 + 52058 which had been transferred from Landore to Laira the previous week. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Laira

23rd April 1992

Set number: 937

Two-car Class 108 DMU set 937 (51937 leading) seen at Laira on 23 April 1992. Andrew Malloy.

Class 108 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

16th July 1992

Set number: LO612

Longsight set LO612, formed with DMBS M51937 and DMCL M52053. Robert Chilton.

Class 108 DMU at Blaenau Ffestiniog

20th July 1992

Set number: LO612

Class 108 set LO612 (DMBS 51937 + DMS 52053) enters Blaenau Ffestiniog with the 2.25pm ex-Llandudno on July 20, 1992. Michael Mensing.

Class 108 DMU at Blaenau Ffestiniog

20th July 1992

Set number: LO612

Class 108 set LO612 (DMBS 51937 + DMS 52053) awaiting departure from Blaenau Ffestiniog on the afternoon of July 20, 1992. Michael Mensing.

Class 108 DMU at Preston

15th August 1992

Set number: LO612

Derby Class 108 (LO612) M51937 & M52053 - Preston Station. A close-up of Class 108 Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M51937 stood in platform 2 at Preston awaiting departure with the 10.23 service to Ormskirk on August 15th 1992. The car had previously been allocated to Landore Depot at Swansea as part of set S937 (with Driving Trailer 52058) during the latter part of 1991, hence the Welsh Dragon emblem on the cab front. Following departmental use, the unit was withdrawn in 1993, but M51937 has survived into preservation and is now part of the two-car Class 108 DMU owned by the Poulton & Wyre Railway based on part of the former Fleetwood line. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 108 DMU at Farington Curve

15th August 1992

Set number: LO612

Complete with a Red Dragon on its cab front, a legacy from its brief sojourn in South Wales operating from Landore Depot during 1991, a Class 108 two-car Derby Lightweight DMU formed of cars 51937 & 52053 was climbing Farington Curve with the 08.31 Preston to Clitheroe service on August 15th 1992. A month after this image was recorded the unit was converted to a departmental Sandite unit. 51937 has survived into preservation at the Poulton & Wyre Railway. Martyn Hilbert.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 30th September 1990

Set number: CH619

Class 108 power-twin CH619 (52058 + 51937) departs from Chester with a Hooton service on 30 September 1990. This was one of the Auto-gear sets - as noted by the small text on the lower left of the cab front. On the same date the set is recorded as being transferred from Chester to Tyseley. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 20th July 1992

Set number: LO612

Class 108 set LO612 (DMS 52053 + DMBS 51937) enters Blaenau Ffestiniog with the 2.25pm ex-Llandudno on July 20, 1992. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 21st July 1992

Set number: LO612

Class 108 set LO612 (DMS 52053 + DMBS 51937) passes by Conway Castle on July 21, 1992. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 2nd September 1992

Set number: 101678

101678 (53746 + 51210) sits beside 51937 of set LO612 at Llandudno, 2/9/92. Gazza Prescott.