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Vehicle 51914

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

07/05/60 New to 18A (Toton)
4w/e 29/10/60 Transferred to 9G (Gorton)
4w/e 31/12/60 Transferred to 8H (Allerton)
Sep-63Depot code change8J
06/05/73Depot code changeAN
21/07/83 Transferred to LO (Longsight)
12/05/85 Transferred to CH (Chester)
29/09/85 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
11/05/86 Transferred to AN (Allerton)
29/03/87 Transferred to BY (Bletchley)
14/05/90 Sector Change to BY (Bletchley) NNDX
21/01/92 Sector Change to BY (Bletchley) NGBX
04/02/92 Sector Change to BY (Bletchley) NNDX
22/04/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) NNDX
27/04/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) NNDX

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 09/06/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51914 56497 As delivered to 18A - 7th May 1960
51914 56497 Transfer to 9G - Oct-60
51914 56499 Noted 20/12/66 - at Manchester1
51914 56495 Noted 03/05/69 - at Manchester Exchange1
51914 56498 Noted 15/08/70 - in Manchester Oxford Road2
51914 56492 Noted 01/09/72 - in Liverpool Lime Street1
51914 56275 Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester3
51914 56499 Noted 09/06/19774
51914 56273 Noted 22/06/1977 - ECS towards Liverpool with 51922-520444
51914 56273 Noted 27/08/1977 - 08.25 Lime Street to Bangor with 51916-56277 and 51918-564964
51914 56273 Noted 04/01/78
51914 56484 Noted 07/06/81 - on Allerton Depot
51914 56497 Noted circa 11/19824
51914 56275 Noted circa 01/19834
51914 54484 Noted circa 09/19834
51914 54484 Noted circa 12/19834
51914 54484 Noted 24th Sep 1984
51914 54484 Listed at LO - 01/01/85
51914 54279 Noted 8th January 1987
51914 54279 Noted 18/02/19874
51914 54279 Transfer to BY - 29/03/87 - from AN
51914 54279 Noted circa 07/19874
51914 54279 Noted circa 10/19874
51914 54279 Noted circa 02/19884
51914 54279 Noted 20/05/88 - on 18.37 Bedford - Bletchley5
51914 54279 Noted 01/10/88 - in Wolverton Works
51914 54279 Noted circa 10/19884
51914 54194 Noted circa 10/19894
51914 54194 Noted circa 12/19904
L232 51914 54228 Listed at BY - 24/02/92 - NSE NNDX pool
L232 51914 54228 Listed at BY - 12/08/92
L232 51914 54228 Listed at BY - November 1992 - Sector NNDX

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

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Kirkham North Junction

10th September 1977

With St Helens on the destination blind, a refurbished Class 108 Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M51914 was leading an eight-car rake of 108's (4 x 2-car sets), passing Kirkham North Junction with an ECS working from Blackpool North on September 10th 1977. The units were running along the now-removed Up station avoiding line. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 108 DMU at Allerton

7th June 1981

Derby Class 108 unit M51914 and M56484 on Allerton Depot, 7th June 1981. Note the left alignment of the BR logo. The Allerton power-trailer sets such as this typically carried the BR logo, its power twins the Merseyside PTE logo. Paul James.

Class 108 DMU at Bletchley

26th September 1987

Inside the shed at Bletchley on 26/9/87 were Class 108 vehicles 51914 & 54279, and Class 127 Parcels set 910. Shayne Lewis.

Class 108 DMU at Tyseley

24th April 1988

51914 Class 108 is seen stabled outside the factory at Tyseley on 24.04.1988. It is on the wheel lathe line. Andy Cole.

Class 108 DMU at Bedford

7th October 1989

A Derby Class 108 DMU with DMBS 51914 and DTSL 54194 arrives into Bedford Midland from Bletchley on 7 October 1989. Dave Warby.

Class 108 DMU at Bletchley

7th October 1989

Derby Class 108 DMBS 51914 paired with DTCL 54194 in Bletchley station while on Bedford duties on 7 October 1989. Dave Warby.

Class 108 DMU at Stewartby

7th April 1990

A 2 car class 108 unit with vehicles 51914 + 54279 is pictured about to stop at Stewartby station on the Bedford to Bletchley line on 7 April 1990. The crossing here was still hand operated by a crossing keeper at this time which indicated that the road here wasn't especially busy. Peter Tandy.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 13th May 1988

Class 122 single unit M55004 awaits departure from Kettering as the 19.14 hrs to Corby on 13 May 1988. On the left of the picture a 2-car Class 108 comprising M51914/M54279 is approaching to form the 18.45 hrs Kettering-Bedford. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: 1st October 1988

Wolverton Works on 1st October 1988 contains NSE liveried 54279 and 51914, as well as the retro-green Cravens. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 7th October 1989

Set number: 108

Derby Class 108 DTSL 54194 and DMBS 51914 in Bletchley station having arrived From Bedford Midland on 7 October 1989. Dave Warby.

DMU

Date: 7th April 1990

The line between Bletchley and Bedford was under the control of mechanical signalling in 1990. On 7 April 2-car class 108 unit 54279 + 51914 arrive at Stewartby from Bletchley with the chimneys of the brickworks prominent in the background Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 7th April 1990

Class 108 2 car set formed of 54279 + 51914 stand in Bletchley station after arriving from Bedford on 7 April 1990. Peter Tandy.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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