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Vehicle 51419


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

27/02/60 New to 3E (Monument Lane)
w/e 02/04/60 Transferred to 3C (Ryecroft)
Jun-60Depot code change21F
4w/e 03/06/61 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
3w/e 02/07/66 Transferred to 8J (Allerton)
06/05/73Depot code changeAN
29/03/87 Transferred to CH (Chester)
01/10/89 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX
p/e 22/06/91 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
28/02/92 Withdrawn from LO (Longsight) PLOX

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51419 56274 As delivered to 3E - 27th February 1960
51419 56274 Noted 09/11/69 - at Doncaster inbetween 51416 / 56278 + 52039 / 519221
51419 56492 Noted 04/06/71 - at Allerton1
51419 56498 Noted 01/09/72 - in Liverpool Lime Street1
51419 56212 Noted 10/06/19772
51419 56277 Noted 24/05/80
51419 56500 Noted circa 05/19822
51419 56500 Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria2
51419 56500 Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 07.30 Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Victoria2
51419 56276 Noted circa 12/19822
51419 56276 Noted circa 07/19832
51419 54276 Noted 03/01/1984 - at Manchester Picc2
51419 54277 Noted circa 03/19862
51419 54494 Noted 8th January 1987
51419 54494 Noted 18/07/19872
CH252 51419 54494 Listed at CH - May 1988
CH252 51419 54494 Noted circa Jul-88
51419 54494 Noted 09/08/89 - on 13:02 Warrington Central - Chester3
C977 51419 54273 Noted circa 03/19912
977 51419 54273 Noted 22/05/91 - at Cardiff4
LO281 51419 54273 Listed at LO - Jul-91
LO281 51419 54273 Listed at LO - Aug-91
LO281 51419 54273 Noted circa 09/19912
LO281 51419 54273 Listed at LO - Dec-91

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Graeme Phillips
4: Aaron Calder

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Allerton depot

10th October 1982

51419 and other DMU vehicles in Allerton depot on the 10th October 1982. Chris Lings.

Class 108 DMU at Buxworth

23rd August 1988

Set number: CH252

CH252 (presumably 51419 leading with 54494) at Buxworth on 23/8/88. Walter Burt.

Class 108 DMU at Preston

10th June 1989

Set number: CH252

Substituting for a Class 142, a Derby Class 108 two-car DMU formed of cars M51419 & M54494 was stood in platform 5 at Preston station with a service to Liverpool Lime Street on June 10th 1989. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 108 DMU at Lostock Hall

23rd September 1989

Set number: CH252

A six-car Class 108 formation, with Driving Motor Brake Second M51419 leading (presumably paired with 54494), was passing Lostock Hall Junction with the Carlisle bound Sunday 'Dalesrail' service on September 23rd 1989. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 108 DMU at Leyland

23rd September 1989

Set number: CH252

Three 2-Car Class 108 DMU sets were stood on the Down Fast at Leyland station with a Manchester Victoria to Carlisle 'Dalesrail' service (via Preston, Blackburn & Hellifield) on Sunday September 23rd 1989. The rear set was CH252 formed of cars M51419 & M54494. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 108 DMU at Newport

20th February 1990

Set number: C977

Class 108 DMU set C977 (51419 + 54273) in Newport station on 20 February 1990. Keith Miller.

Class 108 DMU at Manchester Victoria

11th June 1991

Set number: LO281

Class 108 DMU set LO281 departing from Manchester Victoria on 11 June 1991. Keith Miller.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 10th February 1990

Set number: C977

Two-car Class 108 DMU set C977 (54273 and presumably 51419) is seen working the 11:55 Cardiff Central-Chepstow service at Newport on 10 February 1990. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 21st April 1990

Set number: C977

A DMU service from the valleys arrives into Cardiff Central on 21 April 1990 formed of two-car Class 108 set C977. DTSL 54273 leads, it had been allocated to Cardiff for six months but still had an M prefix to the vehicle number, and carries an old set number beneath. The DMBS is presumably 51419. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 22nd May 1991

Set number: C977

Class 108 DMU set C977 (54273 + 51419) arriving into Newport station on 22 May 1991. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 2nd August 1991

Set number: LO281

LO281 at Heysham Port (then called Heysham Sea Terminal) on the 12.40 to Stockport on 2/8/91. From photographs on this site of 51419 and 54273, the front car is neither of them. David Miller.