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<- 51932 | 51933 | 51934 ->

Vehicle 51933

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

08/10/60 New to 26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63Depot code change9D
2w/e 11/10/69 Transferred to 8J (Allerton)
06/05/73Depot code changeAN
w/e 05/11/76 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
w/e 20/08/78 Transferred to CH (Chester)
3w/e 19/05/79 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
10/05/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
04/10/87 Transferred to LA (Laira)
05/10/92 Transferred to LO (Longsight) RCLO
01/02/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
04/02/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

Notes

w/e 01/05/77 - 51932/5 52048/9 listed as transferred to CH w/e 1/5/77, move then cancelled

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 24/07/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51933 52048 As delivered to 26A - 8th October 1960
51933 52048 Noted Autumn 1966 - at Brough on 07:56 Hull - Manchester Exchange1
51933 52048 Noted 20/07/68 - at Preston1
AN143 51933 52048 Noted 19/10/69
51933 52043 Noted 12/09/71 - at Wigan Wallgate1
51933 52053 Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria2
51933 52048 Noted 04/03/73 - at Sheffield1
51933 52037 Noted 29/08/1974 - at Liverpool Lime Street2
AN276 51933 52037 Noted 04/09/74 - in Liverpool Lime Street, set number only displayed on 519333
51933 52037 Noted 04/09/74 - on Allerton depot3
51933 51571 Noted 28/08/75 - at Allerton3
51933 52039 Noted 23/06/1977 - 19.50 Lime Street to Wigan NW4
51933 52039 Noted 29/06/1977 - 21.50 Lime Street to Wigan NW4
51933 52063 Noted circa 05/19824
NH157 51933 52063 Noted circa 10/19824
51933 52063 Noted 13/10/1982 - Noted at Manchester Victoria4
51933 52063 Noted circa 06/19854
51933 52063 Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986
T203 51933 52054 Listed at TS - Jul-87
TS203 51933 52054 Noted circa 07/19874
P955 51933 52054 Formed at LA circa 10/87
P955 51933 52054 Listed at LA - Oct-87
P955 51933 52054 Listed at LA - Nov-87
P955 51933 52054 Noted 04/04/19884
P955 51933 52054 Listed at LA - 08/08/88
P955 51933 52054 Listed at LA - 15/05/89
955 51933 52054 Noted circa 08/19904
P955 51933 52054 Listed at LA - Jul-91
P955 51933 52054 Listed at LA - Aug-91
P955 51933 52054 Listed at LA - Dec-91
P955 51933 52054 Listed at LA - 02/07/92
P955 51933 52054 Listed at LA - 24/09/92
LO618 51933 52054 Listed at LO - November 1992
51933 52054 Noted 04/12/92 - on 10:18 Manchester Piccadilly - Rose Hill5
LO618 51933 52054 Listed at LO - 10/12/92

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Derby Etches Park

circa 1987

Set number: TS203

A Class 108 DMU stabled on Derby Etches Park depot. It seems to be set TS203 with 51933 closest which would date it to circa 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Norton Fitzwarren

1989

Set number: 955

In Spring 1989 Class 108 DMU set (P)955, presumably 51933 + 52054, is seen passing the Taunton Cider Company premises at Norton Fitzwarren. "Paignton" is on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.

Class 108 DMU at Exmouth

16th January 1990

Set number: 955

Class 108 set 955 - formed of 51933 + 52054 - is seen after arriving into Exmouth station on 16/1/90. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Doncaster Works

31st March 1990

Class 108 DMBS 51933 + DMSL 52054 outside Doncaster Works on 31 March 1990. Dave Warby.

Class 108 DMU at Gunnislake

21st June 1991

Set number: 955

Class 108 DMU set 955 (51933 + 52054) at Gunnislake with the 05:15 from Plymouth on 21 June 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Chester depot

24th January 1993

Set number: LO618

Class 108 DMU set LO618 on Chester depot on 24 January 1993 with DMBS 51933 closest. It would be placed in store a week later and withdrawn a few days after that. John Law.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 22nd August 1987

Set number: T203

A typical British summer’s day (22 August 1987) sees class 108 unit T203 (presumably 52054 + 51933) arriving at Coventry from Nuneaton. Robert28194.

DMU

Date: 31st May 1988

Set number: P955

A worn looking Derby Class 108 two-car DMU formed of cars 52054 & presumably 51933 (Plymouth Laira Set P955), was stood at Starcross with the 16.45 Exmouth to Paignton service on May 31st 1988. With the transfer of the Devon & Cornwall Class 142 'Skipper' fleet North, a number of first generation DMU sets went as replacements. Many of the sets were past their best with cars cobbled together from serviceable examples around the country, and were a stop-gap until Class 150/2 & Class 155 Sprinters were constructed in enough quantities to allow the ageing DMU fleet to be finally retired in the period 1989-1990. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 11th June 1988

Set number: P955

Class 108 2-car DMU LA set P955 (52054+51933) on the sea wall at Teignmouth with the 09-15 Paignton - Exeter Central service on 11-6-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: circa 1990

Set number: 955

Set 955 (presumably 52054 + 51933) reversing direction at Bere Alston on the Gunnislake Branch in Devon, circa 1990. Glen Batten.

DMU

Date: 28th April 1990

Set number: 955

CRS 'China Clay Rambler' at Pontsmill, 28/04/90, formed of a two and three-car Class 108, set 955 at this end (52054 and presumably 51933). A classic Cornish DMU railtour is seen at the northern extremity of the the Pontsmill branch. This short freight only branch and once part of the 1841 built Treffry Tramway left the Newquay branch just north of St.Blazey and served the English China Clay Co. Pontsmill kiln driers. The area was once a hive of activity for the local mineral traffic with several incline planes in the area but this dwindled down to just the china clay from the 1960's which in turn ceased two years after this photo was taken. The last train of dried clay leaving on 21/04/92. The line faced an uncertain future but did live on into the late 1990's as the preferred spot to stable the Royal Train overnight when Prince Charles visited his Duchy of Cornwall. Adrian Nicholls.

DMU

Date: 28th April 1990

Set number: 955

CRS 'China Clay Rambler' tour at Fowey Docks. Cornwall. 28/04/90. The 2+3-car class 108 DMU formation used on the Cornish Railway Society "China Clay Rambler" railtour is seen in the china clay covered Carne Point Yard at Fowey Docks. Most tours that traversed the Fowey branch never got beyond the BR/ECC Ltd boundary but the CRS seemed to be able to reach parts of the network nobody else could. This tour was a freight only track bashers dream as it also visited Nanpean Wharf at Drinnick Mill, another rare location for a railtour to penetrate along with other such delights as the Par Harbour, St.Dennis ballast tip, Parkandillack, Pontsmill and part of the closed Carbis Wharf branch. Closest is set 955, 52054 and presumably 51933. Adrian Nicholls.

DMU

Date: 13th August 1990

Set number: 871

Exeter St Davids on the 13th August 1990 contains Class 108s 51933 (left) and 53639 (right). John Carter.

DMU

Date: 25th August 1990

Set number: 955

Class 108 DMU set 955 (52054 + 51933) approaching Teignmouth station off the sea wall on 25 August 1990. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 10th June 1993

W52064 + W51933 + 53971 + 54504 + M54490 + M51907 + 53980 + 53XXX stored out of service on Longsight, 10-6-93. Kevin Dowd.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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