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Vehicle 51926

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

27/08/60 New to 26A (Newton Heath)
4w/e 29/10/60 Transferred to 8H (Allerton)
Sep-63Depot code change8J
06/05/73Depot code changeAN
4w/e 05/08/78 Transferred to CH (Chester)
4w/e 20/01/79 Transferred to AN (Allerton)
11/05/86 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
10/05/87 Transferred to BX (Buxton)
02/08/87 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
15/11/87 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
11/07/88 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
14/05/89 Transferred to LE (Swansea Landore) PLEX
09/01/92 Withdrawn from LE (Swansea Landore) PLEX

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 03/11/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51926 52041 As delivered to 26A - 27th August 1960
51926 52041 Transfer to 8H - 4w/e 29/10/60
51926 56494 Noted 19/04/74 - in Liverpool Lime Street1
51926 52041 Noted 01/06/1974 - at Warrington Bank Quay2
51424 51926 Noted 04/09/74 - in Liverpool Lime Street3
51926 52037 Noted 11/01/75 - with 51928 + 52049 at Wigan
51926 52046 Noted 28/08/75 - at Allerton3
51926 52038 Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Victoria1
51926 52041 Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria1
51926 52041 Transfer to AN - 4w/e 20/01/79
51849 59723 51926 Noted circa 06/19824
51926 51572 Noted circa 11/19824
51856 59720 51926 Noted circa 01/19834
51926 52043 Noted circa 02/19834
51926 51570 Noted circa 04/19834
51926 52044 Noted circa 08/19834
51926 52042 Noted 29/03/1984 - on Blackpool - Liverpool service with 53934-520434
51926 52047 Noted circa 07/19844
51926 52042 Formation change - NH - 2w/e 14/05/86
51926 59532 52042 Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986
51926 59532 52042 Listed at BX - Jun-87
51926 59532 52042 Noted 05/07/1987 - at Manchester Piccadilly5
51926 59532 52042 Noted 09/07/19874
108386 51926 59697 53631 Listed at ED - Jan-88
386 51926 59697 53631 Noted circa 05/19884
51926 59697 53631 Noted 06/07/88 - on 14.43 Dunblane – Glasgow QS6
108386 51926 59697 53631 Listed at HA - circa August 1988
386 51926 59697 53631 Noted 15th February 1989
S953 51926 53631 Listed at LE - 15/05/89
S939 51926 53631 Noted circa 12/19904
S939 51926 53631 Listed at LE - Jul-91
S939 51926 53631 Listed at LE - Aug-91
S939 51926 53631 Listed at LE - Dec-91

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Phil Shatford

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Liverpool Exchange

11th May 1974

Two two-car Class 108 DMUs in Liverpool Exchange station on 11 May 1974 with M51926 closest. Alistair Ness.

Class 108 DMU at Longsight depot

31st December 1980

M51926 (with M52037 behind) faces another Class 108 painted in refurbished livery at Longsight on the 31st December 1980. Malcolm Clements.

Class 108 DMU at Shrewsbury

1st July 1989

Set number: S939

Class 108 set S939 (51926 leads, presumably with 53631) at Shrewsbury on July 1, 1989. John Carter.

Class 108 DMU at Crewe

18th June 1990

Class 108 51926 is seen arriving at Crewe on 18.06.1990 while carrying BR blue and grey livery. Andy Cole.

Class 108 DMU at Shrewsbury

3rd April 1991

Set number: S939

Swansea allocated Class 108 DMU set S939 (51926 + 53631) departing Shrewsbury on 3 April 1991. Phil Bevan.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 31st December 1980

M52037 (paired with M51926) seen at Longsight on the 31st October 1980. Malcolm Clements.

DMU

Date: July 1988

Set number: 101307

An unconventional sight in Waverley platform 17 in July 1988 is Derby Lightweight class 108 53631 which spent its first 30 years on the North Eastern region, initially as part of a 4 car set. Drafted in to Scotland in 1987 it is seen here on one end of set 386, a hybrid formed of a BRCW class 110 centre car and a later class 108 51926. When ScR had enough of them, the 108s were tidied up and ran as a pair on the Central Wales line based at Landore while the centre car was withdrawn from Haymarket. On the right is the more common sight of a Met Camm triple 101307 (51231 + 59688 + 53189). Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: July 1988

Set number: 101364

Different DMUs at Dalmeny. Three different classes of DMU in two trains crossing at Dalmeny in July 1988. On the left is Met Camm class 101364 (53242+59080+53268), while the hybrid set (386) on the right is Derby class 108s 51926 and 53631 sandwiching a BRCW class 110 centre car 59697. Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: July 1988

Set number: 101364

I'm on the phone! DMU activity at Dalmeny in July 1988. The driver of Met Camm class 101364 (53242 + 59080 + 53268) is on the phone to control, while the hybrid set (386) approaching on the right is Derby class 108s 51926 and 53631 sandwiching a BRCW class 110 centre car 59697. Identifying power cars on TBSL sets where both are DMSs can be tricky, in this case it is made easier by 53242 having a different radius to the lower left corner of the black mask around the cab windows. Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: 20th September 1988

Set number: 386

Class 108/110 hybrid set 386 (presumably 51926 + 59697 + 53631 at North Queensferry on 20 September 1988. Mike McDonald.

DMU

Date: 1st July 1989

Set number: S939

Class 108 DMU set S939 (53631 and presumably 51926) rolls into Church Stretton station on 1st July 1989. John Carter.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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