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Vehicle 51948

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

11/02/61	New to	26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63	Depot code change	9D
May-73	Depot code change	NH
26/03/86	Transferred to	BX (Buxton)
19/03/89	Transferred to	CH (Chester) PMSX
20/09/90	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley) PTSX
09/01/92	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) PTSX

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 19/01/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51948	52063		As delivered to 26A - 11th February 1961
	50471	59179	51948	Noted 06/04/67 - at York with 50509 + 59164 + 50457¹
	51948	52063		Noted 19/09/71 - in Manchester Victoria¹
	51948	52063		Noted 31/08/72 - in Liverpool Exchange¹
	51948	52063		Noted 08/04/1976 - at Manchester Victoria ²
	51948	52063		Noted 04/01/78
	51948	52063		Noted 03/01/1981 - At Blackburn Station³
	51948	52040		Noted 27th March 1982 - part of 8-car Bury Bolton St - Rawtenstall 'East Lancashire Phoenix' services
	51948	52040		Noted 18/08/82 - on 13:00 Manchester Victoria to Shaw (via Oldham)
	51948	52040		Noted circa 04/1983⁴
	51948	59137	52064	Formation change - BX - 2w/e 14/05/86
	51948	59137	52064	Listed at Buxton - Summer 1986
	51948	59137	52064	Noted 30th November 1986
	51948	59187	53634	Listed at BX - Jun-87
BX491	51948	59187	53634	Noted 09/07/1987⁴
	51948	59187	53634	Listed at BX - mid Nov-87
BX379	51948	59389	52050	Listed at BX - May 1988
BX379	51948	59389	52050	Noted 21/05/88 - at Norwich with 51941 + 59388 + 52064 on the Manchester – Gt. Yarmouth service⁵
BX379	51948	59389	52050	Noted 04/06/88 - at Norwich with 51945 + 59149 + 52060 (BX378) on the Manchester – Gt. Yarmouth service⁵
BX379	51948	59389	52050	Noted circa Jul-88
	51948	59389	52050	Noted 07/08/88 - on 17:07 Buxton-Longsight
CH378	51948	59389	52050	Listed at CH - 14/10/89
	51948	52050		Noted 13/01/90 - at Penyffordd⁶
CH624	51948	52039		Listed at CH - mid May-90
T062	51948	52039		Listed at TS - Jul-91
T062	51948	52039		Listed at TS - Aug-91
T062	51948	51505		Listed at TS - Dec-91

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Gerald Brown
6: Aaron Calder

Images:

21st October 1967

A wooden crate is offloaded from the van on M51948 and passengers head out the station at Fleetwood on 21 October 1967. It will depart with the 17:38 to Kirkham & Wesham. DMUs were allocated to Fleetwood depot (24F) between 1959 and 1962. Robert Thomas.

13th February 1988

M51948 is one of the Class 108 and Class 104 DMU vehicles at Buxton on Saturday 13th February 1988. Colin Brooks.

30th May 1988

Set number: BX379

Derby Class 108 3-car DMU Buxton set BX379 (51948 + 59389 + 52050) in Buxton station on 30-5-88 with a suburban vehicle on the next road. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

25th May 1989

Set number: CH378

Class 108 Set CH378 (presumably 51948 + 52050) departs Lancaster (at 1915) on Thursday 25th May 1989. Colin Brooks.

16th June 1989

Set number: CH378

After working a peak hour Manchester Piccadilly-Chinley via Marple service, 'Spa Line' branded former Buxton class 108 power cars, now Chester allocated set CH378 (presumably with 51948 closest) return direct ecs to Longsight depot, decend the Hazel Grove Cord which opened to traffic a few years earlier on the 12th May 1986, to provide a link between the old Midland Rly and the L&NW Rly. 16th June 1989. Andrew J Crowther.

23rd September 1989

Set number: CH378

A three-car Class 108 DMU formed of cars 51948, 59389 & 52050 (CH378), was stood in platform 2 at Preston with a Heysham Harbour to Stockport service on September 23rd 1989. Martyn Hilbert.

circa 1991

Set number: T062

Class 108 DMU set T062 (51948 + 52039), location unknown, circa 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

8th January 1991

Set number: T062

T062 is seen at Derby on a rainy 8/1/91 led by 51948. Mike Cooper.

8th June 1991

Set number: T062

T062 (presumably 51948 + 52039) stands at Worcester Shrub Hill with an empty stock working to Tyseley Depot on Saturday 8/6/91. The leading vehicle is 51948. Mel Holley.

29th June 1991

Set number: T062

Class 108 T062 (51948 + 52039) awaits departure from Llandudno with the 11:00 train to Blaenau Ffestiniog on 29-06-1991. Gordon Thomson.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 14th May 1979

A Class 108 power twin with DMCL 52063 leading, presumably with DMBS 51948, at Stalybridge on 14/05/1979. Robert Chilton.

Date: 30th November 1986

From left to right are 51948, 59137 and 52064, seen at Longsight TMD on the 30th November 1986. S Gaskell.

Date: May 1989

Set number: CH260

Derby Class 108 DMUs CH260 (presumably 54488 + 51905) and CH378 (possibly 51948?) at Chester depot, May 1989. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 6th May 1989

Set number: N673

N673 (M53494+M53468), CH379 (M51948), N669 (M53528) on X shed Longsight TMD 6-5-89. Kevin Dowd.

Date: 29th June 1991

Set number: T062

Derby Works built Class 108 DMU set T062 (51948 + 52039) departs Llandudno with the 11.00 train for Blaenau Ffestiniog on 29 June 1991. Gordon Thomson.

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