Vehicle 52048
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
| 08/10/60 | New to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9D | |
| 5w/e 11/10/69 | Transferred to | 8J (Allerton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | AN | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 10/05/87 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 4w/e 26/01/88 | Transferred to | LE (Swansea Landore) | |
| 15/05/88 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 30/10/88 | Transferred to | LE (Swansea Landore) | |
| 15/03/92 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX | |
| 28/09/92 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) RDTS | |
| 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| 04/02/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX |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 28/04/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
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 | ||||||
| 51931 | 52048 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
| 51933 | 52048 | Noted 04/03/73 - at Sheffield1 | |||||||
| 51922 | 52048 | Noted 01/09/74 - at Wigan North West2 | |||||||
| 51928 | 52048 | Noted 04/01/78 | |||||||
| 51937 | 52048 | Noted 31/05/19823 | |||||||
| 50943 | 52048 | Noted circa 02/19833 | |||||||
| 51932 | 52048 | Noted circa 07/19833 | |||||||
| 53928 | 52048 | Noted 05/01/19843 | |||||||
| 51931 | 52048 | Noted circa 07/19843 | |||||||
| 51932 | 52048 | Noted 03/05/85 - at Huyton4 | |||||||
| 51937 | 52048 | Formation change - NH - 11/05/86 | |||||||
| 51937 | 52048 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | |||||||
| C900 | 51919 | 59709 | 52048 | Listed at CF - Jun-87 | |||||
| C900 | 51919 | 59709 | 52048 | Listed at CF - Aug-87 | |||||
| C900 | 51919 | 59709 | 52048 | Noted 01/08/19873 | |||||
| C900 | 53224 | 59709 | 52048 | Formation change - CF - circa 10/87 - 53224 replaced 51919 | |||||
| C900 | 53224 | 59709 | 52048 | Listed at CF - Oct-87 | |||||
| C900 | 53224 | 59709 | 52048 | Noted 19/12/87 - at Cardiff Queen Street | |||||
| S940 | 51919 | 52048 | Formation change - LE - w/e 07/02/88 - 52048 added | ||||||
| S940 | 51919 | 52048 | Listed at CH - May-88 | ||||||
| CH940 | 53947 | 52048 | Noted August 1988 | ||||||
| S940 | 51919 | 52048 | Listed at LE - 15/05/89 | ||||||
| S940 | 51919 | 52048 | Noted circa 12/19903 | ||||||
| S940 | 51919 | 52048 | Listed at LE - Jul-91 | ||||||
| S940 | 51919 | 52048 | Listed at LE - Aug-91 | ||||||
| S940 | 51919 | 52048 | Listed at LE - Dec-91 | ||||||
| C940 | 51919 | 52048 | Listed at CF - 02/07/92 | ||||||
| C940 | 51919 | 52048 | Listed at CF - 24/09/92 | ||||||
| T940 | 51919 | 52048 | Listed at TS - November 1992 | ||||||
| spare | 52048 | Listed at TS - 10/12/92 | |||||||
| 51919 | 52048 | Noted 21/01/93 - on 11:32 Peterborough - Doncaster5 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann
5: David Bellamy
Images:
10th August 1989
Set number: S940
Class 108 set S940 (presumably 52048 + 51919) enters Pantyffynon station on August 10th, 1989. Michael Mensing.
16th August 1989
Set number: S940
The 09:15 Pembroke Dock - Swansea service approaches Whitland on Wednesday 16th August 1989 formed of Class 108 set S940 (presumably 52048 + 51919). Colin Brooks.
16th August 1989
Set number: S940
The 09:15 Pembroke Dock - Swansea service approaches Whitland at 10:05 on Wednesday 16th August 1989 formed of Class 108 set S940 (presumably 52048 + 51919). Colin Brooks.
11th April 1992
A Class 108 set on Loughor Viaduct on April 11, 1992, with 52048 closest. John Carter.
June 1992
Set number: S940
BR (Derby) Class 108 2-car Local Passenger dmu No.S940 (52048 and presumably 51919) with blanked out headcode panel in BR blue & grey livery, with yellow front end but black window surrounds, at Bristol Temple Meads, 06/92. Hugh Llewelyn.
26th December 1992
Set number: S940
Class 108 DMS 52048, set number S940, is seen in the steam cleaning bay at Tyseley on 26.12.1992. Andy Cole.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 18th July 1987
Set number: C900
C900 at Cardiff on 18/7/87, the power cars being 51919 and 52048, the centre car is presumably Class 110 59709. PJ Evans.
Date: 19th August 1987
Set number: C900
Class 108/110 hybrid set C900 (presumably 51919 + 59709 + 52048) at Cardiff on August 19, 1987. Colin Brooks.
Date: 19th December 1987
Set number: C900
W53224 of C900, which was a 3-car hybrid set comprising three different classes - 101 (53224), 110 (59709), and 108 (52048). At Cardiff Queen St, 19/12/87. Mac Winfield.
Date: 30th August 1988
Set number: CH940
Class 108 Set CH940 (presumably 53947 + 52048) with 2J80 1134 Bidston - Wrexham Central approaching Shotton High Level (at 1158), Tuesday 30th August 1988. Colin Brooks.
Date: 15th July 1989
Set number: S940
Class 108 DMU set S940 (51919 presumably with 52048) in Swansea station with the 08:12 (SO) Cardiff Central-Milford Haven service on 15 July 1989. Alongside is station pilot 08 941. Robert Thomas.
Date: 15th August 1989
Set number: S940
Class 108 Set S940 (presumably 51919 + 52048) with the 16:19 Swansea - Milford Haven awaiting departure from Swansea (at 16:10) on Tuesday 15th August 1989. Colin Brooks.
Date: 16th August 1989
Set number: S940
The 0739 Cardiff Central - Pembroke Dock contrasts with 108 Set S940 (presumably 51919 + 52048) with the 0915 Pembroke Dock - Swansea at Whitland (at 1012) on Wednesday 16th August 1989. Colin Brooks.
Date: 3rd March 1990
Set number: S940
Class 108 DMU set S940 (51919 and presumably 52048) heads out of Ferryside station with the 08:52 Swansea-Pembroke Dock service on 3 March 1990. Robert Thomas.
Date: 10th November 1990
Set number: S940
51919 + 52048 at Swansea on 10/11/90 with the 12:25 to Milford Haven. Sparegang.
Date: 29th March 1991
Set number: S940
The 06:27 Chepstow-Llanelli service is seen at Skewen East on 29 March 1991 formed of Class 108 set S940 (presumably 51919 + 52048). Robert Thomas.
Date: 30th March 1991
Set number: S940
Class 108 DMU set S940 - 51940 and presumably 52048 - seen at Cockett West Junction with the 15:35 Swansea-Shrewsbury service on 30 March 1991. Robert Thomas.
Date: June 1992
Set number: S940
BR (Derby) Class 108 2-car local passenger dmu No.S940 (presumably 51919 + 52048) with blanked out headcode panel in BR blue & grey livery, with yellow front end but black window surrounds, at Bristol Temple Meads, 06/92. Scanned print. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 4th April 1993
Set number: S940
Redundant stock in storage at Enfield Road Carriage Sidings at Blackpool North on April 4th 1993. Alongside a row of redundant Network South East Class 305 EMU cars was a lengthy row of various stored DMU cars/sets. The nearest set was a two-car Class 108 formed of cars 51919 & 52048 (S940) that had been withdrawn from service in February 1993. S940 was eventually preserved on the Swanage Railway, then passed to the Barry Island Railway and is currently based on the Garw Valley Railway in South Wales. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: circa mid-1993
Set number: LO245
Stored DMUs at Blackpool North Carriage Sidings. Closest is 54208, which the Roger Harris allocation book notes as being stored there after withdrawal from Longsight in December 1992 till moving to Tyseley circa late January 1994. Alongside is 52048 (S940), noted as being at Blackpool from February till August 1993. Both vehicles would be preserved. Spannerman37025.