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Vehicle 52053 / 977807

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: 30660
Diagram: 638

Allocations

18/02/61	New to	26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63	Depot code change	9D
2w/e 11/10/69	Transferred to	8J (Allerton)
4w/e 31/12/72	Transferred to	9D (Newton Heath)
May-73	Depot code change	NH
10/05/87	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
Sep-87	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
11/07/88	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
01/10/89	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX
14/05/90	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Oct-93	Withdrawn

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

52053 - original number
977807 - from Oct-92 (departmental stock)

Department Use as ADB977807

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

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 21/07/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

52053 was involved in the following incident:

Date unknown - Haymarket Depot, ScR

Derailment involving Class 108

Info from John Reddyhoff

Class 108 set 380 apparently hit the buffers at the south end of the depot and continued for another 60ft. Image John Reddyhoff. More Details.

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51938	52053		As delivered to 26A - 18th February 1961
	51938	52053		Noted 19/12/67 - at Wigan Wallgate¹
AN148	51938	52053		Noted 19/10/69
	50933	52053		Noted 01/09/72 - in Liverpool Lime Street¹
	51933	52053		Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria²
	51938	52053		Noted 28/08/75 - on Newton Heath depot³
	51938	52053		Noted 27/02/76 - in Liverpool Lime Street¹
	51943	52053		Noted circa 04/1980⁴
NH144	50476	52053		Noted circa 05/1982⁴
NH144	50476	52053		Noted circa 10/1982⁴
	52053	59225	52059	Noted circa 06/1983⁴
	53445	52053		Noted circa 12/1983⁴
	53445	52053		Noted 27/03/1984 - on Wigan to Kirkby service⁴
	53445	52053		Noted circa 06/1985⁴
	53478	52053		Formation change - NH - Aug-85
	51920	59065	52053	Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986
108380	52053	59245	52059	Formed at ED Oct-87
108380	52053	59245	52059	Listed at ED - Jan-88
108380	52053	59248	52059	Formation change - circa Mar-88
108380	52053	59248	52059	Listed at HA - circa August 1988
380	52053	59248	52059	Noted 3rd January 1989
	52053	59248	52059	Transfer to CF - 01/10/89 - from HA (set 380)
C396	51133	52053		Noted circa 04/1990⁴
826	53223	59561	52053	Noted circa 08/1990⁴
P826	53204	59380	52053	Listed at LA - Aug-91
spare	52053			Listed at LA - 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: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

16th July 1983

Class 104 trailer E59225 in all blue livery is sandwiched between class 108 power twins M52053 nearest and M52059 at Manchester Victoria on 16th July 1983 having arrived on a service from Blackpool North Kevin Law.

2nd November 1985

A five-car DMU formation consisting of Class 108/104 hybrid M52053 & M53478 coupled to a 3-Car Swindon Cross-Country set, was stood on the Up Fast at Leyland station with a Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service on November 2nd 1985. Martyn Hilbert.

4th April 1986

Class 108 DMS M52053 disappears beneath the bridge that takes the B5247 Bretherton Road across the line, as it departs from Croston whilst working the 17.25 Ormskirk to Preston on April 4th 1986. It is working with a Class 104 DMBS - probably 53478. Martyn Hilbert.

Unknown date

Set number: 380

Class 108 set 380 seems to have collided with the buffers, pushing them about 60ft. No date, but it's at the south end of Haymarket depot. The power cars should be 52053 and 52059. John Reddyhoff.

Unknown date

Set number: 380

Class 108 set 380 seems to have collided with the buffers, pushing them about 60ft. No date, but it's at the south end of Haymarket depot, and this is probably 52053. John Reddyhoff.

Unknown date

Set number: 380

Class 108 set 380 being recovered after running off the end of a siding. No date, but it's in the coal yard at the south end of Haymarket depot, and this is probably 52053. John Reddyhoff.

13th August 1990

Set number: 826

Class 108/Met-Camm hybrid set 826 in Exmouth station on August 13, 1990, with 52053 closest and 53223 at the far end. John Carter.

16th July 1992

M52053 with 54239 behind. I later went on to have the pleasure of driving 52053 during the time it was owned by the DMU group I am a shareholder of, until it was sold on. Robert Chilton.

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.

21st July 1992

Set number: LO612

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

November 1994

Set number: LO905

977807 (ex-52053) on a low loader at the Derby RTC, November 94. Tim Stubbs.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 2nd March 1985

Class 104/108 hybrid 2-car DMU 53445 + 52053 (DMBS + DMC), Manchester Victoria with the 08-55 to Blackburn 2-3-85. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 24th May 1985

Two DMUs twins - a Class 104/108 hybrid (53445 and presumably 52053) and a Class 104 at Bolton on 24 May 1985. Chris Thorp.

Date: circa October 1987

E59245 on Ayr shed. It was transferred from Heaton to Eastfield in early October 1987, and would initially run between DMSs 52053 + 52059 which had been at Ayr for a few months but would also move to Eastfield. The vehicle has very recently been repainted, but still has an E prefix, perhaps suggesting that the inter-regional move was not planned. The Met-Camm centre car alongside seems to have a scotty dog on the bodyside. Andrew McConnell.

Date: 5th July 1989

An unusual view of the west end of Waverley station, Edinburgh, on the morning of 5/7/89. No trains were moving this day - it was the day of one of the weekly strikes staged by the NUR that summer. Almost every platform is filled with stabled stock. From left to right there are : an HST in plat.19, 52053 coupled to 59248 and 52059 (108 380) in plat.18, a Mk.2 DVT (9709) in plat.17, 53260 coupled to 59042 and 51241 (101 315) in plat.16, nothing visible in plat.15, 150 244 in plat.14, 53933 (coupled to 51566) in plat.13, 53164(cl.101) coupled to 59800(cl.107) and 53733, forming 120 535, in plat.12 and another HST in plat.11. Leonard Rogers.

Date: 20th February 1990

Set number: C396

Hybrid DMU st C396 formed of Class 116 DMBS 51153 and Class 108 DMSL 52053 passes through Newport station on 20 February 1990. Keith Miller.

Date: 13th August 1990

Set number: 826

Three-car Met-Camm/Class 108 set 826 in Exmouth station on August 13, 1990, with 53223 closest and 52053 at the far end. John Carter.

Date: 20th July 1991

Set number: 879

51435 + 52059 and 53629 + 52053 departing from Exeter St Davids station on 20 July 1991. Keith Miller.

Date: 16th July 1992

Set number: LO612

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

Date: 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.

Date: 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.

Date: 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.

Date: 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.

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