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Vehicle 51926

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

27/08/60	New to	26A (Newton Heath)
4w/e 29/10/60	Transferred to	8H (Allerton)
Sep-63	Depot code change	8J
06/05/73	Depot code change	AN
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09/01/92	Withdrawn from	LE (Swansea Landore) PLEX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
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

Images:

11th May 1974

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

31st December 1980

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

1st July 1989

Set number: S939

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

18th June 1990

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

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:

Date: 31st December 1980

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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