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Vehicle 51424

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

Mar-60	New to	64H (Leith Central)	- on loan from LMR
3w/e 22/10/60	Ex-loan back to	18A (Toton)
5w/e 29/10/60	Transferred to	9G (Reddish)
4w/e 31/12/60	Transferred to	9A (Longsight)
4w/e 01/07/61	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)
14/05/90	Transferred to	LO (Longsight) PLOX
02/07/92	Withdrawn from	LO (Longsight) RCLO

Modifications

Jun-72 - AWS fitted

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:

	51424	56279	As delivered to 64H - March 1960 - on loan from LMR
	51424	56279	Transfer to 18A - 3w/e 22/10/60 - ex-loan
	51424	56279	Transfer to 9A - Dec-60
	51424	56487	Noted 14/04/69 - in Derby¹
	51424	51926	Noted 04/09/74 - in Liverpool Lime Street²
	51424	56497	Noted 20/11/75 - at Brough with 51909/56496¹
	51424	56278	Noted 12/09/1977 - 12.07 Lime Street - Warrington Central with 51913-56491³
	51424	56498	Noted circa 11/1982³
	51424	54222	Noted circa 03/1986³
	51424	54278	Noted circa 02/1987³
	51424	54278	Noted circa 07/1987³
CH255	51424	54232	Noted Apr-88
255	51424	54232	Noted 09/04/1988³
CH255	51424	54232	Listed at CH - May 1988
CH255	51424	54232	Noted circa Jul-88
	51424	54232	Noted 01/10/88 - on 14:53 Sheffield - Chesterfield
CH255	51424	54232	Listed at CH - 14/10/89
LO255	51424	54232	Listed at LO - mid May-90
LO255	51424	54232	Noted circa 07/1990³
LO255	51424	54232	Listed at LO - Jul-91
LO255	51424	54232	Listed at LO - Aug-91
	51424	54232	Noted 07/08/91⁴
LO255	51424	54232	Listed at LO - Dec-91
	51424	54232	Noted 11/04/92 - on 15:43 Chester - Manchester Piccadilly⁵

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

Images:

1960

A brand new 108 (M51424/M56279) at Morningside Road on the Edinburgh suburban circle, heading for Musselburgh. The vehicles were on loan from the LMR to Leith Central between March and October 1960. A ScR Official Picture, courtesy of the AA McLean Collection. British Railways.

28th September 1986

Class 108 DMBS 51424 in Liverpool Lime Street on 28 September 1986. Dave Warby.

29th August 1988

Set number: CH255

On Bank Holiday Monday August 29th 1988, a six-car rake of Class 108 DMUs had arrived at Southport with an additional service from Manchester. The leading car was Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M51424 part of Chester set CH255. The car had been built to Lot.No.30498 at Derby and had been new in March 1960. In 1988, M51424 was partnered with Driving Trailer M54232, the set being transferred to Manchester Longsight Depot in 1990, where it worked it's last period of operation until withdrawn from service in 1992. Both cars were subsequently scrapped by Booth's of Rotherham. Martyn Hilbert.

26th July 1991

Set number: LO255

Class 108 DMBS M51424, LO255 - with out of shot M54232 and M53982 / M54246 (LO277) at Manchester Victoria on 26/07/1991. Robert Chilton.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 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.

Date: 21st May 1991

Set number: LO256

LO256 M54496 + M51901 + LO255 M51424 + M54232 2E24 18:30 Piccadilly to Sheffield at New Mills South Junction 21-5-91. Kevin Dowd.

Date: 1992

Set number: LO255

Class 108 DMU set LO255 (54232 + 51424) passes through Buxworth Cutting sometime in 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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