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Vehicle 52042

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: 30660
Diagram: 638

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
11/05/86	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
10/05/87	Transferred to	BX (Buxton)
02/08/87	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
29/11/87	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
Dec-87	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
14/05/89	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill) PNLX
06/05/90	Transferred to	CH (Chester) PCHX
30/09/90	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley) PTSX
05/10/92	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) RFXX

Refurbished

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

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

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
	51928	52042		Noted 16/08/70 - at Preston²
	51934	52042		Noted 01/09/72 - in Liverpool Lime Street¹
	51924	52042		Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester³
	50943	52042		Noted 24/04/1976 - at Wigan North Western⁴
	50943	52042		Noted Jun-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly¹
	51929	52042		Noted 23/06/1977 - 19.22 Wigan NW to Lime Street with 51943-52056 and 51916-56277.⁵
	51929	52042		Noted 30/09/1977 - 07.57 Lime Street - Wigan NW with 50924-51561⁵
	51923	52042		Noted 04/01/78
	51922	52042		Noted circa 11/1982⁵
	51924	52042		Noted circa 06/1983⁵
	51925	52042		Noted circa 08/1983⁵
	51931	52042		Noted circa 01/1984⁵
	51926	52042		Noted 29/03/1984 - on Blackpool - Liverpool service with 53934-52043⁵
	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 Piccadilly⁶
	51926	59532	52042	Noted 09/07/1987⁵
	53472	52042		Transfer to HA - 29/11/87 - from NH
104459	53472	59195	52042	Listed at ED - Jan-88
459	53472	59097	52042	Noted April 1988
104459	53472	59195	52042	Noted circa 07/1988 - listed at Eastfield⁵
459	53472	59097	52042	Listed at ED - 16th July 1988
104459	53472	59195	52042	Listed at ED - circa August 1988
459	53472	59097	52042	Noted 01/10/88 - at Perth
759	53472	59097	52042	Noted 29th November 1988
	51188	52042		Noted 09/08/89 - on 10:52 York - Scarborough additional working with 78713 + 78961⁷
NL455	51188	52042		Listed at NL - 05/09/89
	51188	52042		Noted 02/10/89 - on 07:09 Nottingham - Leeds⁷
	51188	52042		Noted 02/10/89 - on 10:33 Leeds - Sheffield⁷
	53211	59072	52042	Noted circa 12/1989⁵
CH647	53211	52042		Listed at CH - mid May-90
T074	53211	52042		Noted circa 12/1990⁵
T074	53211	52042		Noted 19/03/91 - in Banbury area⁸
T074	53211	52042		Listed at TS - Jul-91
T074	53211	52042		Listed at TS - Aug-91
T034	51130	52042		Noted circa 09/1991⁵
T034	51130	52042		Listed at TS - Dec-91
	53822	52042		Noted 05/02/92 - on 10:04 Gainsborough - Sleaford⁹
T034	53822	52042		Listed at TS - 02/07/92

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: Graeme Phillips
8: Aaron Calder
9: David Bellamy

Images:

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.

1977

A Class 108 power twin formed of M52042 + M51929 arrives into Liverpool Lime Street in 1977. Brian Daniels.

March 1982

Seeing I had a camera, the driver of the Class 108 DMU waiting in platform 3 at Wigan North Western with the next service to Liverpool Lime Street invited me into the cab of car 52042 where I took this photo. In the foreground is the large wheel for the parking brake, behind is the red emergency brake and the silver lever is used by the driver to control the train's vacuum brakes. March 1982 S Gaskell.

March 1982

Taken in the cab of 52042 at Wigan showing the train lighting controls and the heating system supplied by Dragonair of Portsmouth. 52042 had been refurbished in 1977 and was allocated to Allerton at this time. It was scrapped in 1993. March 1982. S Gaskell.

18th August 1982

M52042 Looking ex works in the bay platform at Chester, I'd had the unit in from Earlstown after having 40008 on 1J39 1652 Bangor - Manchester Victoria, I then had 40013 on 1J31 1926 Bangor - Manchester Victoria so 52042 would be on a Manchester Vic to Chester arriving arriving before the evening Bangor 180882 Andrew Bond.

3rd March 1989

52042 59097 and 51496 arriving at Arbroath on 3 March 1989. Keith Long.

3rd March 1989

BR Derby built Class 108 numbers 52042 59097 and 51496 waiting departure from Dundee with the 1215hrs to Abroath on 3 March 1989. Keith Long.

17th June 1989

A BR Derby/Met Camm Class 108/101 DMU with E52042 closest in Hull Paragon station on 17 June 1989. Neil Smith.

24th November 1990

Set number: T074

Class 108 DMCL E52042 at Crewe assumed to be working the 20.25 Crewe - Stoke-on-Trent on 24 November 1990. Dave Warby.

circa August 1991

Set number: T074

Tyseley hybrid set T074 52042 53211 at Wolverhampton August 1991. Ian Charles.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 1st October 1988

Set number: 459

Class 104/101/108 hybrid set 459 at Perth on October 1, 1988. It is formed of 53472 + 59097 + 52042. John Carter.

Date: 3rd March 1989

51496 59097 52042 stand at Arbroath station on 3 March 1989. Keith Long.

Date: 19th May 1992

Set number: T034

DMU hybrid set bound for Skegness at Nottingham on May 19, 1992. Vehicle 53822 (class 116, closest) at the rear, Class 108 52042 at the front. Tyseley set T034. David Page.

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