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Vehicle 52056

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

26/11/60	New to	26A (Newton Heath)
4w/e 31/12/60	Transferred to	8H (Allerton)
Feb-61	Transferred to	26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63	Depot code change	9D
2w/e 11/10/69	Transferred to	8J (Allerton)
4w/e 31/12/72	Transferred to	9D (Newton Heath)
May-73	Depot code change	NH
27/04/86	Transferred to	BX (Buxton)
19/03/89	Transferred to	CH (Chester) PMSX
30/09/90	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley) PTSX
12/05/91	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill) PNLX
20/02/92	Sector Change to	NL (Neville Hill) PXXZ
09/03/92	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill) PXXZ

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 11/06/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51941	52056		As delivered to 26A - 26th November 1960
	51941	52056		Transfer to 8H - 4w/e 31/12/60
	51941	52056		Transfer to 26A - 4w/e 04/03/61
	51941	52056		Noted 20/12/66 - at Leeds City¹
	51941	52056		Noted 14/04/69 - in Derby¹
	51949	52056		Noted 17/09/71 - at Manchester Victoria¹
	51941	52056		Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Victoria¹
	51942	52056		Noted 10/09/76 - on Newton Heath depot²
	51943	52056		Noted 23/06/1977 - 19.22 Wigan NW to Lime Street with 51916-56277 and 51929-52042³
	51941	52056		Noted 29/06/80 - between Morecombe Carnforth Lancaster area⁴
	51941	52056		Noted circa 08/1981³
	51941	52056		Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria³
	51941	52056		Noted circa 10/1982³
	51941	52056		Noted circa 12/1982³
	51941	59187	52056	Formation change - BX - 2w/e 14/05/86
	51941	59187	52056	Noted 25/05/86 - on 08:48 Stoke - Llandudno with 53316 + 59306 + 53334 / 51938 + 59386 + 52039⁵
	51941	59187	52056	Listed at Buxton - Summer 1986
	51941	59230	52056	Formation change - BX - circa Dec-86
	51941	59230	52056	Noted circa 02/1987³
	53930	59148	52056	Listed at BX - Jun-87
	53930	59148	52056	Noted circa 07/1987³
	53930	59148	52056	Listed at BX - mid Nov-87
	53930	59148	52056	Noted 16th November 1987
BX372	53930	59148	52056	Listed at BX - May 1988
BX372	53930	59148	52056	Noted circa Jul-88
	53930	59148	52056	Noted 17/07/88 - on 15:41 Alderley-Manchester Piccadilly
CH372	53930	59148	52056	Noted 13/05/89 - on 07:45 Manchester Piccadilly - Buxton
	53930	59148	52056	Noted 13/07/89 - at Penyffordd⁶
CH632	53930	52056		Listed at CH - 14/10/89
CH632	53930	52056		Listed at CH - mid May-90
CH632	53930	52056		Noted circa 07/1990³
T071	53930	52056		Noted circa 12/1990³
T071	53930	52056		Noted 08/05/91 - at Derby⁶
T071	50930	52056		Noted 12/06/91 - at Peterborough²
NL471	53930	52056		Listed at NL - Jul-91
NL471	53930	52056		Listed at NL - Aug-91
NL471	53930	52056		Listed at NL - Dec-91

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

Images:

19th April 1988

Set number: BX372

On 19 April 1988 hybrid (108/104/108) DMU set BX372 (52056 + 59148 + 53930) heads towards Manchester at Bamford. Dave Warby.

2nd June 1988

Set number: BX372

Buxton allocated DMU set BX372 (52056 + 59148 + 53930), a class 108/104 hybrid, stands at the old Morecambe station on the promenade with train 1H51 the 14.55 to Stockport on 02/06/88. This station closed on 07/02/94 when a smaller two platform station opened closer to the town centre but in doing so reduced the length of the branch by 17ch (nearly ¼ mile). Adrian Nicholls.

20th August 1990

Set number: CH632

Class 108 DMCL no. 52056 with DMBS no. 53930 (set CH632) at Manchester Victoria on 20/Aug/1990. Robert Chilton.

21st February 1992

Set number: T071

Class 108 DMS M52056 at Snailwell on 21 February 1992. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 2nd June 1988

Set number: BX372

This must have been the furthest north a Buxton allocated DMU set worked at the time being synonymous generally with services South of Manchester. 3-car set BX 372 (53930+59148+52056) formed with two class 108 motor coaches and a class 104 intermediate trailer is seen shortly after arrival at Heysham Harbour on 2 June 1988. Set BX 372 having worked "Boat Train" 1P13 the 12.05 Stockport to Heysham Harbour with connection to Douglas on the Isle of Man by way of the IOM Steam Packet Co. Ferry. Adrian Nicholls.

Date: 15th September 1988

Set number: BX372

Class 108/104 hybrid set BX372 (presumably M53930 + M59148 + M52056) departs from Manchester Piccadilly on September 15, 1988. Rex Holt.

Date: 13th May 1989

Set number: CH372

CH372 (M53930 + M59148 + M52056) arrives at New Mills Newtown on the 07:45 Manchester Piccadilly to Buxton on 13-5-89. Kevin Dowd.

Date: 14th May 1989

Set number: CH376

CH376 (M52064 + M59183 + M51941) with CH372 (M52056 + M59148 + M53930) at Buxton on 14-5-89, the day before Sprinterisation of The Spa Line. 37 411 is on the TMD. Kevin Dowd.

Date: July 1989

Set number: CH372

A five-car DMU formation is seen in Llandudno Junction station in July 1989. Closest is set CH372 formed a Class 108 DMBS (53930), a Class 104 TSL (59148) and a Class 108 DMSL (52056). On the rear is a Class 101 DMSL / Class 108 DMBS (51420) hybrid. George Woods.

Date: July 1989

Set number: N616

A five-car DMU formation in Llandudno Junction station in July 1989. On the rear, closest, is a Class 108 DMBS (51420) / Class 101 DMSL hybrid, the far set is also a hybrid with a Class 104 centre car (59148) between two Class 108 power cars (52056 + 53930). George Woods.

Date: 13th April 1991

Set number: T071

Looking towards Nottingham I photographed class 108 T071 (53930 + 52056) near Lenton Junction at Nottingham on 13 April 1991. A Welsh Dragon symbol is still visible on the cab front and the remnant of a white cab roof hasn't been lost. Peter Tandy.

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