Vehicle 51929

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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

10/09/60	New to	26A (Newton Heath)
Nov-60	Transferred to	8H (Allerton)
Sep-63	Depot code change	8J
06/05/73	Depot code change	AN
Feb-82	Transferred to	LO (Longsight)
09/12/84	Withdrawn from	LO (Longsight)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 17/12/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by BR, Derby C&W Works

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51929	52044							As delivered to 26A - 10th September 1960
	51929	52041							Noted 09/08/67 - at Hull1
	51929	52039							Noted 07/06/72 - at Hall Road on a Liverpool Lime Street - Southport via Edge Hill working1
	51929	51572							Noted 27/02/76 - in Liverpool Lime Street1
	51929	52042							Noted 23/06/1977 - 19.22 Wigan NW to Lime Street with 51943-52056 and 51916-56277.2
	51929	52042							Noted 30/09/1977 - 07.57 Lime Street - Wigan NW with 50924-515612
	51929	52037							Noted 31/10/80 - on Longsight depot
	51929	52038							Noted circa 08/19812
	51929	52041							Noted circa 10/19822
	51929	52041							Noted circa 04/19832

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn

Images:

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circa January 1986

A Class 108 DMBS with smashed cab windows - probably 51929, and a Class 100 DTC with white painted solebar - probably 56110. Derby C&W Works, slide process date is January 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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15th March 1986

Derby Litchurch Lane on the 15th March 1986. A Class 108 DMBS with smashed cab windows - probably 51929, and a Class 100 DTC with white painted solebar - probably 56110. Ian Francis.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 19th August 1980

Class 108s at Wigan North Western, 19/8/80. The photographer noted that the vehicles include M51929 + M52041. Robert Frise.

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Date: 19th August 1980

A Class 108 departs from Platform 3 of Wigan North Western on 19/8/80. Although unsure of what vehicle is what, the photographer notes that the vehicles there at the time included M51929 + M52041. Robert Frise.