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Vehicle 51911 / 977768

Class 108

BR Diagram 634

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: 30601
Diagram: 634

Allocations

30/04/60 New to 18A (Toton)
Feb-61 Transferred to 8H (Allerton)
Sep-63Depot code change8J
06/05/73Depot code changeAN
circa 1984 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
02/03/86 Transferred to CH (Chester)
14/05/90 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
14/01/92 To departmental stock LO (Longsight)
Feb-94 Withdrawn

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51911 - original number
977768 - from Jan-92 (departmental stock)

Department Use as ADB977768

Sandite / Route Learner From 1/92 to 2/94. Carried set number LO903

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 26/01/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51911 56494 As delivered to 18A - 30th April 1960
51911 56494 Noted 21/08/68 - at Manchester Exchange1
51911 56494 Noted 16/08/70 - at Preston2
51911 56494 Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight then later at Manchester Piccadilly1
AN279 51911 56273 Noted 04/09/74 - in Liverpool Lime Street, 56273 displayed AN2692
51911 56277 Noted 28/08/75 - in Liverpool Lime Street2
51911 56278 Noted 27/09/1976 - at Preston 3
51911 56276 Noted 04/01/77 - in Liverpool Lime1
51911 56276 Noted 04/06/1977 - 18.18 Manchester Victoria to Lime Street with 51417-564924
51911 56276 Noted 10/06/1977 - 16.50 Lime Street to Allerton4
51911 56275 Noted circa 05/19824
51911 56275 Noted circa 09/19824
51911 56493 Noted circa 03/19834
51911 54271 Noted circa 08/19834
51911 54494 Noted circa 01/19844
51911 54496 Noted circa 06/19854
51911 54496 Noted circa 01/19864
51911 54496 Noted 26/04/86 - on 10:50 Shrewsbury - Chester with 53222 + 53337 / 53938 + 544115
51911 54496 Listed at Chester - Summer 1986
51911 54496 Noted 24/07/1986 - at Chester6
51911 54496 Noted 22/04/1987 - at Stoke on Trent6
51911 54496 Noted 05/07/1987 - at Manchester Piccadilly - as 4 car set with 51417-542726
51911 54496 Noted 16/01/19884
CH264 51911 54496 Noted Apr-88
264 51911 54496 Noted circa 04/19884
CH264 51911 54496 Listed at CH - May 1988
CH264 51911 54496 Noted circa May-88
CH264 51911 54496 Noted circa Jul-88
CH264 51911 54496 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
CH264 51911 54496 Noted circa 12/19894
LO264 51911 54489 Listed at LO - mid May-90
51911 54486 Noted 25/01/91 - on 21:03 Sheffield - Manchester Piccadilly7
LO264 51911 54489 Noted circa 05/19914
LO643 51911 53171 Listed at LO - Jul-91
LO643 51911 53171 Listed at LO - Aug-91
LO287 51911 54203 Noted circa 09/19914
903 977750 977768 Listed at LO - 08/11/93 - sandite

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: Robert Chilton
7: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Southport (Chapel Street)

September 1984

M51911 is at the front of these two two-car Class 108 sets (M53983 is on the rear) seen at Southport (Chapel Street) in September 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Manchester Victoria

September 1984

51911 is the DMBS in this Class 108 set seen at Manchester Victoria in September 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Helsby

13th June 1991

Set number: LO643

DMU set LO643 (53171 and 51911) at Helsby station on 13 June 1991. Keith Miller.

Class 108 DMU at CF Booths

11th May 1996

Set number: LO903

Sandite / Route Learner 977768 (ex-51911) at Booths scrap yard, Rotherham on 11th May 1996. S Gaskell.

Class 108 DMU at Rotherham

17th July 1996

Set number: LO903

977768 from set LO903 cab end can be seen. To the left is the rear of 977818 at CF Booth, Rotherham. Telephoto shot from the riverside walk outside on 17th July 1996. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: September 1984

Two two-car Class 108s arriving into Southport station in September 1984. DMBS M53983 is closest, M51911 is at the far end. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 31st August 1991

Set number: LO287

A stranger in the camp at Bilbrook on the Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton line during the morning of 31 August 1991. The 2 car class 108 (LO287, presumably 54203 + 51911) still was allocated to Longsight at this time and I imagine that it had been borrowed by Chester depot to fill in for the lack of a set from Tyseley, the usual source for trains between Wolverhampton and Chester. Much of This line was controlled with mechanical signalling at this time and Bilbrook signalbox is just visible behind the bushes on the right hand side of the line. The destination panel in the unit's cab reads "Chester" although the train isn't far from its Wolverhampton destination. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 17th July 1996

977818 with 977768 from set LO903 behind at CF Booth, Rotherham on 17th July 1996. Nicholas Youngman.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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