Vehicle 51418

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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: 30498
Diagram: 634

Allocations

20/02/60	New to	3E (Monument Lane)
w/e 02/04/60	Transferred to	3C (Ryecroft)
Jun-60	Depot code change	21F
w/e 03/06/61	Transferred to	6A (Chester)
3w/e 02/07/66	Transferred to	8J (Allerton)
06/05/73	Depot code change	AN
18/01/87	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
26/09/90	Withdrawn from	CH (Chester) PZQZ
30/09/90	Transferred to	LA (Laira) PLAX

Notes

Sep-90 - to be re-allocated CH -> LA PLAX but cancelled and withdrawn

Modifications

Nov-73 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 12/09/1980 released in blue/grey livery

51418 was involved in the following incident:

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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.

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Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51418	56273							As delivered to 3E - 20th February 1960
	51418	56273							Noted 22/08/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly1
	51418	56498							Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight1
	51418	56493							Noted 16/09/19772
	51418	56277							Noted circa 08/19822
	51418	56222							Noted circa 11/19822
	51418	54275							Noted circa 07/19832
	51418	54277							Noted 10/12/86 - at Wigan North Western
	51418	54498							Noted circa 07/19872
	51418	54498							Noted 16/01/19882
CH251	51418	54498							Listed at CH - May 1988
CH251	51418	54498							Noted circa May-88
CH251	51418	54498							Noted circa Jul-88
CH620	51418	51568							Listed at CH - 14/10/89
CH351	51418	59688	53977						Listed at CH - mid May-90
CH351	51418	59688	53977						23rd August 1990 - collided with LO265 at Hyde North

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn

Images:

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circa 1988

Set number: CH251

Class 108 set CH251 (presumably 51418 + 54498) at Crewe circa 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

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26th April 1992

Set number: CH351

M51418 of set CH351 seen at Longsight depot during the open day on the 16th April 1992. The set is missing most of the passenger doors. It had been withdrawn following a collision at Hyde North Junction on 23/8/90. Stuart Mackay.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 10th December 1986

54277 (nearest) and 51418 at Wigan North Western on the 10th December 1986. S Gaskell.

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Date: 6th August 1989

Set number: CH607

Class 104 CH607 (M53439 + M53499) and Class 108 CH251 (M54498 + M51418) inside Llandudno Junction depot, 6-8-89. Kevin Dowd.

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Date: 25th July 1990

Set number: CH351

CH351 M53977 + 59688 + M51418 on 2E14 13:36 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield at Buxworth cutting, 25-7-90, with the 108 displaying the welsh dragon and the 101 the HA castle! Kevin Dowd.