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Vehicle 51420

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	14A (Cricklewood)
Apr-60	Transferred to	3C (Ryecroft)
Jun-60	Depot code change	21F
4w/e 03/06/61	Transferred to	6A (Chester)
3w/e 02/07/66	Transferred to	8J (Allerton)
06/05/73	Depot code change	AN
29/03/87	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
04/10/87	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
07/05/89	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill) PNLX
29/07/91	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill) PNLX

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 25/05/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51420	56275	As delivered to 14A - 27th February 1960
	51420	56278	Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City¹
	51420	56271	Noted 03/05/69 - at Manchester Exchange¹
	51420	56496	Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight then later in Manchester Piccadilly¹
	51420	56273	Noted 01/09/72 - in Liverpool Lime Street¹
	51420	56495	Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester²
	51420	56495	Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester²
	51420	56494	Noted 28/08/75 - on Longsight depot³
	51420	56276	Noted 10/09/76 - in Liverpool Lime Street³
	51420	56500	Noted 09/07/1977 - Hauled through Beeston Castle by 40135⁴
	51420	56272	Noted circa 05/1982⁴
	51420	56272	Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria⁴
	51420	54278	Noted circa 06/1983⁴
	51420	54278	Noted 03/01/1984 - at Manchester Picc⁴
	51420	54278	Noted 27/03/1984 - at Liverpool Lime Street⁴
	51420	54278	Noted circa 03/1986⁴
N616	51420	54085	Listed at NH - March 1988
	51420	54085	Noted circa 04/1988⁴
N616	51420	54085	Listed at NH - May 1988
N616	51420	54085	Noted circa Jun-88
N616	51420	54085	Noted circa 11/1988⁴
N616	51420	53630	Noted 03/07/89 - at Leeds
NL458	51420	53630	Listed at NL - 05/09/89
	51420	54221	Noted circa 12/1989⁴
64	51420	54340	Noted 16/06/90 - at Leeds
N616	51420	54056	Noted 29/09/90 - on Tinsley depot open day shuttle, 54056 marked N618
	51420	54056	Noted 24/10/90 - on 12:27 Lincoln - Sheffield⁵
NL237	51420	54248	Listed at NL - Jul-91

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Unknown date

A blue square Derby Lightweight DMU with DMBS M51420 seen in Walsall station in the early 1960s. John Horne Collection.

circa May 1979

A Class 108 DMBS and DTCL and a suburban set on the right freshly painted into refurbished livery in Swindon Works. The slide had a process date of June 1979, the Class 108 DMBS appears to be M51420 - it and M51424 had a refurbished date of 25/5/79 and were the last two Class 108 DMBSs to be painted in this livery at Swindon. Stuart Mackay Collection.

July 1989

Set number: N616

A five-car DMU formation in Llandudno Junction station in July 1989. On the rear, closest, is a Class 108 DMBS (51420) / Class 101 DMSL hybrid, the far set is also a hybrid with a Class 104 centre car (59148) between two Class 108 power cars (52056 + 53930). George Woods.

3rd July 1989

Set number: N616

Set N616 of formed of Class 108s 51420 and 53630 when seen in Leeds station on July 3, 1989. Rex Holt.

late 1980s

Set number: N616

Class 108/101 hybrid N616 at Llandrindod in the late 1980s. The Class 108 DMBS is presumably 51420. David Rowe.

29th September 1990

Set number: N616

51420 (marked N616) + 54056 (marked N618) empties it's passengers at Tinsley during an open day on 29/9/90. Hamish Stevenson.

17th May 1991

A hybrid DMU set with Class 108 DMBS 51420 and Class 101 DTCL 54056 with the 18.46 Sheffield-Lincoln Central at Worksop on 17 May 1991. Dave Warby.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 15th April 1961

A Derby Lightweight DMU formed of M56275 + M51420 at Birmingham New Street on 15 April 1961. The set was allocated to Ryecroft but would soon be transferred to Chester. Michael Mensing.

Date: 23rd July 1988

Set number: N699

The 09.52 Preston - Barrow leaves Carnforth on 23/7/88. Leading unit is 51420/54085 and trailing is the by-then unique cl.100/105 hybrid composed of 53355 and 53812. Leonard Rogers.

Date: 16th April 1989

Set number: N616

At the head of a line-up of First Generation DMU sets stabled between duties in platform 5 at Southport on April 16th 1989, was two-car Class 101/108 hybrid formed of cars E54085 & E51420 (N616). Martyn Hilbert.

Date: July 1989

Set number: CH372

A five-car DMU formation is seen in Llandudno Junction station in July 1989. Closest is set CH372 formed a Class 108 DMBS (53930), a Class 104 TSL (59148) and a Class 108 DMSL (52056). On the rear is a Class 101 DMSL / Class 108 DMBS (51420) hybrid. George Woods.

Date: 6th June 1990

Set number: 64

A hybrid Class 101/108 set formed of 54340 (allocated to Neville Hill but still carrying former Norwich set number 64) and 51420 departs from Leeds station on June 6th, 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

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