Vehicle 51927
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
| 03/09/60 | 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 | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| circa Aug-84 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| 10/05/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 02/10/88 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 26/11/89 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
| 14/05/90 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
| 30/09/90 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) PTSX | |
| 11/06/92 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) RDTS |
Modifications
Aug-71 - AWS fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51927 | 52042 | As delivered to 26A - 3rd September 1960 | |||||||
| 51927 | 52042 | Transfer to 8H - 4w/e 29/10/60 | |||||||
| 51927 | 52042 | Noted 05/01/66 - in Birkenhead Woodside station1 | |||||||
| 51927 | 56488 | Noted 20/12/661 | |||||||
| 51927 | 52044 | Noted 1st August 1970 | |||||||
| 51927 | 52044 | Noted 14/08/70 - in Manchester Oxford Road2 | |||||||
| 51927 | 51570 | Noted 30/10/71 - in Liverpool Lime Street1 | |||||||
| 51927 | 52047 | Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester3 | |||||||
| 51927 | 52047 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Liverpool Lime Street4 | |||||||
| 51927 | 52047 | Noted 04/09/74 - at Bolton2 | |||||||
| 51927 | 51570 | Noted 28/08/75 - at Edge Hill2 | |||||||
| 51927 | 52045 | Noted 05/01/77 - at Hall Road1 | |||||||
| 51927 | 52040 | Noted 12th July 1979 | |||||||
| NH156 | 51927 | 52049 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria5 | ||||||
| 51927 | 52049 | Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 08.11 Blackburn to Man Vic.5 | |||||||
| 51927 | 52049 | Noted circa 04/19835 | |||||||
| 51927 | 59168 | 52049 | Noted circa 04/19835 | ||||||
| 51927 | 59168 | 52049 | Noted 20/04/19835 | ||||||
| 51927 | 59168 | 52049 | Noted 26/11/1983 - RCTS Mersey Mariner Railtour 51927-59168-52049 + 53812-53355 + 51939-52054 | ||||||
| BX488 | 51927 | 59390 | 52049 | Noted circa 10/19845 | |||||
| BX488 | 51927 | 59390 | 52049 | Noted circa 11/19845 | |||||
| BX490 | 51927 | 59390 | 52049 | Noted circa 06/19855 | |||||
| BX490 | 51927 | 59390 | 52049 | Listed at BX - circa Jul-85 - with white roof domes and black window surrounds | |||||
| 51927 | 59390 | 52049 | Noted 07/07/85 | ||||||
| BX490 | 51927 | 59390 | 52049 | Listed at BX - circa Dec-85 | |||||
| BX490 | 51927 | 59390 | 52049 | Listed at Buxton - Summer 1986 | |||||
| BX490 | 51927 | 59390 | 52049 | Noted 09/08/1986 - 10.07 Llandudno-Man Vic (8-car)6 | |||||
| T212 | 51927 | 54231 | Noted 06/06/87 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
| T201 | 51927 | 53943 | Noted circa 01/19885 | ||||||
| T201 | 51927 | 53943 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | ||||||
| T213 | 51927 | 54091 | Formed at TS circa May-88 | ||||||
| T213 | 51927 | 54091 | Noted circa 05/19885 | ||||||
| 51927 | 54091 | Noted 28/05/88 - on 09:06 Hereford - Birmingham New Street via Worcester, 23 late, booked for Class 1507 | |||||||
| 51927 | 54091 | Noted 13th November 1988 | |||||||
| CH350 | 51927 | 59388 | 51935 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 | |||||
| LO350 | 51927 | 59388 | 51935 | Noted circa 12/19895 | |||||
| LO350 | 51927 | 59388 | 51935 | Listed at LO - Dec-89 | |||||
| 51927 | 59388 | 51935 | Noted 20/12/898 | ||||||
| LO349 | 51927 | 59388 | 51496 | Noted 09/05/90 - at Manchester Piccadilly | |||||
| CH353 | 51927 | 59388 | 53291 | Listed at CH - mid May-90 | |||||
| CH625 | 51927 | 52065 | Noted circa 10/1990 - operating from Tyseley5 | ||||||
| T065 | 51927 | 52065 | Noted circa 01/19915 | ||||||
| T065 | 51927 | 52065 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | ||||||
| T065 | 51927 | 52065 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | ||||||
| T065 | 51927 | 52065 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | ||||||
| 51927 | 52065 | Noted 11/02/92 - on 12:20 Rugby - Stoke and 15:01 Stoke - Coventry9 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Chris Moxon
7: Martin Baumann
8: Graeme Phillips
9: David Bellamy
Images:
23rd August 1970
Passengers detrain at Bury Knowsley Street on 23 August 1970. Closest is M51927 which was allocated to Allerton at the time. Harvey Scowcroft / Nigel Valentine Collection.
18th June 1985
Set number: BX490
Derby class 108 3 car DMU, set BX490 (presumably 51927 + 59390 + 52049), waits for departure time in Platform 2 in Buxton station. 18th June 1985. John Crooks.
31st August 1985
Set number: BX490
With the blind already set for the return journey, Buxton "White Roofed" allocated Derby built 1960 class 108 dmu BX490 (M51927 + M59390 + M52049) rolls into Manchester Piccadilly, with a service from Buxton on 31st August 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
29th November 1985
Set number: BX490
Buxton "White Roofed" allocated Derby built 1960 class 108 dmu BX490 (M51927 + M59390 + M52049) is seen climbing up through Bridgemont with a Manchester Piccadilly-Buxton service, the Furness Vale distance signal can be seen behind the train. 29th November 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
9th August 1986
Set number: BX490
An 8-car formation at Helsby working the 10.07 Llandudno-Manchester Victoria. The formation (closest the camera first) was 51927, 59390, 52049, 53634, 59387, 51934, 51574 & 51580. 9/8/86. Anthony Griffiths.
circa February 1987
Set number: BX490
Class 108 DMBS M51927 of set BX490 sits in Buxton station circa February 1987. Brian Ward.
12th May 1987
45141 hauls a rake of DMU's (including 51927 & 51941) from Tyseley past Saltley, 12.05.1987. Andy Cole.
20th June 1987
Class 108 51927 is seen stabled at Tyseley on 20.06.1987. It had been transferred in from Buxton, the tell tale sign being the white cab roof. Andy Cole.
4th October 1987
Set number: T212
Derby built 1960 Class 108 DMBS M51927, is high on the jacks inside its home depot on the occasion of the Tyseley open day on 4th October 1987. Once a Buxton allocated unit with its trade mark white roof and on the 108's black window surround, now Tyseley's unit T212 with its West Midlands logo but interesting the Buxton BX490 set plate is still displayed in the window. Andrew J Crowther.
9th May 1990
Set number: LO349
Hybrid Class 108/108/101 unit LO349 (51927 + 59388 + 51496) at Manchester Piccadilly, 9/5/90. Sparegang.
17th July 1990
Set number: CH353
Class 108/101 hybrid set CH353 with two DMBS vehicles (presumably 51927 + 59388 + 53291) is seen at Abergele, Wales, on 17/07/1990. Graeme Phillips Collection.
12th October 1990
Set number: CH625
Two-car Class 108 DMU set CH625 - probably with 51927 closest - is seen at Weston Rhyn on 12 October 1990. George Woods.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 26th April 1964
M52042 + M51927 are the first of three power twins forming a Sunday excursion from the Lancashire area to Birmingham Snow Hill seen east of West Bromwich on 26 April 1964. Michael Mensing.
Date: 26th November 1983
Taken onboard the RCTS 'Mersey Mariner' railtour on 26 November 1983 at Cavendish Sidings in Birkenhead, Mersey Docks & Harbour Board line, looking east. The vehicle numbers listed on the Six Bells Junction website show that this was taken from 51939 looking towards 53355 + 53812 / 52049 + 59168 + 51927. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 14th September 1986
Set number: BX490
Class 108 set no. BX490 formed DMCL 52049 (nearest), TSL 59390 and DMBS 51927 running a Peak Rail Rambler Sunday service (1L94) at New Mills Central on a rainy 14/Sep/1986. Robert Chilton.
Date: 4th June 1987
Set number: BX490
Three-car Class 108 set BX490 (M52049 closest, presumably with 59390 + 51927) arriving at Buxton with a working from Manchester on June 4th, 1987. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 4th June 1987
Set number: BX490
Three-car Class 108 set BX490 (M52049 closest, presumably with 59390 + 51927) departs from Buxton with a Manchester service on June 4th, 1987. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: circa August 1988
Set number: T213
Two-car Metro Cammell / Derby DMU with Tyseley depot unit designation T213 (Class 111 DTSL 54091 and a Class 108 DMBS presumably 51927) departs from the bay platform at Leamington Spa station in the summer of 1988. Bob Belcher.
Date: 6th May 1989
Set number: N669
A busy scene at Manchester Piccadilly's platforms 1-4 on the 6th May 1989, including five Derby Class 108 units (51927 is rightmost), one of them a Buxton white roofed 3 car example, and on the left 104 unit N669 is being prepared for a special run to Buxton, on the right is an ex-AM3 Glasgow Blue Train in the shape of the Manchester PTE liveried Class 303. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 3rd February 1990
Set number: LO350
Stratford-upon-Avon used to see a lot of day excursion traffic. This time exposure shows Longsight allocated LO350 (presumably 51935/59388/51927) + LO349 standing in platform 2 awaiting departure time before returning to Blackpool on 3 February 1990. For those interested, the exposure on 100asa transparency film was 12 seconds at f8. I always took several exposures when shooting after dark to try and ensure that there would be at least one with the correct light and shadow balance. It's much easier (and cheaper) with digital hardware! Peter Tandy.
Date: 4th June 1991
Set number: T065
Class 108 set T065 (presumably 51927 + 52065) at Llandudno Jct on June 4th, 1991. Hamish Stevenson.