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Vehicle 51914

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: 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-63	Depot code change	8J
06/05/73	Depot code change	AN
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27/04/93	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) NNDX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 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

Images:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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