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
04/02/61 | New to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9D | |
w/e 07/08/71 | Transferred to | 8J (Allerton) | |
4w/e 31/12/72 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
4w/e 17/02/79 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
13/05/85 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
19/03/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PMSX | |
30/09/90 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) PTSX | |
10/06/91 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) PXXZ |
May 1988 - Seen carrying unit no. BX496 while in unit BX497
Jul-73 - AWS fitted
Preserved - more details.
51947 | 52062 | As delivered to 26A - 4th February 1961 | |||||||
NH132 | 50778 | 52062 | Noted 03/05/69 - Manchester Terminals Farewell railtour with 50516 + 59172 + 519311 | ||||||
51947 | 52062 | Noted 22/12/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly1 | |||||||
51947 | 52062 | Noted 15/08/70 - at Chester2 | |||||||
51947 | 52062 | Transfer to 8J - w/e 07/08/71 | |||||||
51947 | 52062 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Liverpool Exchange3 | |||||||
51947 | 52062 | Noted 01/09/74 - at Preston2 | |||||||
51947 | 52062 | Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
51947 | 52062 | Noted 26/06/76 - on 16.20 Manchester Vic – Oldham Mumps4 | |||||||
51947 | 52062 | Noted 31/12/76 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
51947 | 52062 | Transfer to CH - 4w/e 17/02/79 | |||||||
51947 | 52062 | Noted 02/04/79 - on 13:30 Manchester Victoria - Bangor with 56354 + 51192 and DPU 55995 | |||||||
51947 | 52062 | Noted 25/10/1980 - At Crewe Station5 | |||||||
51947 | 52062 | Noted circa 03/19816 | |||||||
51947 | 52062 | Noted circa 10/19826 | |||||||
51947 | 52062 | Noted 26/02/83 - at Crewe, headlamp fitted | |||||||
51947 | 52062 | Noted circa 06/19836 | |||||||
51947 | 52062 | Noted 26/06/83 - on Chester depot, headlamp fitted | |||||||
51947 | 52062 | Noted 08/08/1983 - on Conwy Valley with 51919-543346 | |||||||
51947 | 52062 | Noted circa 03/19846 | |||||||
BX496 | 51947 | 59155 | 52062 | Listed at BX - circa Jul-85 | |||||
51947 | 59155 | 52062 | Noted 07/07/85 | ||||||
BX496 | 51947 | 59155 | 52062 | Listed at BX - circa Dec-85 | |||||
BX496 | 51947 | 59155 | 52062 | Noted 23/02/86 - at Chapel-en-le-Frith | |||||
51950 | 59155 | 52062 | Listed at Buxton - Summer 1986 | ||||||
51950 | 59155 | 52062 | Noted 07/06/1986 - 1L03 Macclesfield-Llandudno7 | ||||||
BX497 | 51950 | 59155 | 52062 | Noted 01/05/87 - at York2 | |||||
51950 | 59155 | 52062 | Listed at BX - Jun-87 | ||||||
51950 | 59155 | 52062 | Listed at BX - mid Nov-87 | ||||||
51950 | 59155 | 52062 | Noted 16/01/19886 | ||||||
BX497 | 51950 | 59155 | 52062 | Listed at BX - May 1988 | |||||
51950 | 59155 | 52062 | Noted 18/06/88 - at Norwich with 53626 + 59144 + 53636 on the Manchester – Gt. Yarmouth service2 | ||||||
51950 | 59155 | 52062 | Noted circa Jul-88 | ||||||
CH629 | 51950 | 52062 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 | ||||||
CH629 | 51950 | 52062 | Listed at CH - mid May-90 | ||||||
51950 | 52062 | Noted 21/03/91 - at Crewe8 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Phil Shatford
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Chris Moxon
8: Aaron Calder
Newton Heath based NH132 (52062 + 50778) were part of the formation working the LCGB Manchester Terminals Farewell tour on 3/May/1969. The tour stopped as follows: Manchester Exchange, Kenyon Junction, Manchester Piccadilly, Stockport Edgeley, Northenden Junction, Cheadle Heath South Junction, Buxton No.1, Buxton LNW, Briggs Sidings, Droylesden Junction, Stalybridge, Godley Junction, Glazebrook Junction, Cheadle Heath, Manchester Central, seen here with a 'photo-stop' at Stalybridge. For those who may be surprised at the headcode, 'X' was used for exceptional loads, out of gauge loads and Royal trains, 'Z' was used for inter-regional special workings and at the time on the Midland Region 'T' was used for internal special workings. Robert Chilton.
52062 + 50778 / 50516 + 59172 + 51931 at the Stalybridge stop of the LCGB Manchester Terminals Farewell railtour on May 3, 1969. Leonard Rogers.
The LCGB Manchester Terminals Farewell railtour at Stalybridge on 3 May 1969. Closest is M52062 with set number NH132 in the cab window. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The LCGB Manchester Terminals Farewell railtour in Buxton LNWR station on 3 May 1969. It was formed of 52062 + 50778 / 50516 + 59172 + 51931. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A Class 108 power twin is seen at Salford on 11 April 1977. The leading car appears to be M52062, displaying Manchester Victoria on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.
Class 108 DMU DMC M52062 in platform 3a at Crewe, 26th Feb 1983. Paul James.
BX496 a 3 car Buxton allocated Derby built class 108 dmu with a class 104 trailer car, comprising of M52062 + M59155 + M51947, climbs the 1-60 bank up towards Norbury Hollow level crossing with a Manchester Piccadilly - Buxton working, 4th November 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
Buxton allocated Derby built 1960 class 108 dmu BX496 (M52062 + M59155 + M51947) is seen at rest on it's home depot, 23rd November 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
Class 108 / 104 3-car hybrid DMU 52062 + 59152 + 51950 set BX381 arriving at Manchester Piccadilly on 20-2-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
Chester based class 108 DMU, believed to be vehicles 52062 and 51950, seen pulling away from the down platform at Lichfield Trent Valley low level in the Autumn of 1989. Bob Belcher.
Class 108 DMS 52062, set number T070, is seen in the fading light stabled outside the factory at Tyseley on 26.12.1990. Andy Cole.
Gloucester class 128 motor parcels van No.M55989 is seen at Newton Heath depot on 10th April 1971, with its 'buffalo horns' prominent. Ten motor luggage vans of class 128 were delivered from the Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. in early 1960 for use on the London Midland and Western Regions. The London Midland examples did not have end gangways fitted. Powered by two 230hp engines per vehicle, they were able to accommodate a trailing load when required. Class 108 DMC M52062 is on the left and a 'Blackpool stripe' 104 on the right. Gordon Edgar.
BR (Derby) Class 108 2-car Local Passenger dmu Nos.M51947 (Class 108/2) & M52062 (Class 108/1) of the 1960 batch, descending Miles Platting Bank towards Manchester (Victoria) station, 08/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
Class 108 DMU, M51947 (DMBS) + M52062 (DMC) sit in platform 3a at Crewe, 26th Feb 1983. Note that the unit is a power twin and fitted with headlights for working over the Central Wales line. Paul James.
Derby Class 108 DMU 51947 + 52062 in blue livery Chester TMD 26-6-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Stratford-upon-Avon used to be the destination for many special trains although the number of such workings has lessened in recent years. This picture shows one of these, the Poynton Parish Puffa, standing in the long-gone "cold store" sidings on 29 June 1985. This train was formed of class 108+104 combination (closest being BX496, presumably 51947/59155/52062, the other was BX480, presumably 53420/59152/53474) and, obviously enough I suppose, ran from Poynton in Cheshire, which incidentally is a very attractively decorated station, adorned with many enamel advertisements. Peter Tandy.
The passengers on the Poynton Parish Puffa were treated at Stratford-upon-Avon to a visit by the steam locomotive 46229 Duchess of Hamilton on 29 June 1985 although I don't recall taking any pictures of this. The return working of the steam special left a short while before the DMU (BX480, presumably 53474/59152/53420 and BX496, presumably 52062/59155/51947) went back to Cheshire and I photographed the latter from the window of the signal box. The industrial units in the background are the site of the erstwhile Stratford-upon-Avon shed and coaling stage. The entire backdrop is virtually unrecognisable nowadays and the signal box itself was demolished many years ago. Peter Tandy.
Buxton set BX496 - M51947 + 59155 + 52062 at Heaton Chapel station on a Manchester Piccadilly to Buxton service on 2nd July 1985. Walter Burt.
With Disley showing on the blind, Buxton based Derby class 108 dmu BX496 with it's BRC&W center car (M51947 + M59155 + M52062) slows for the Chapel-en-le-Frith stop on 23rd February 1986. The line between Disley and Hazel Grove was closed every Sunday around this time for the construction of the Hazel Grove Cord. Andrew J Crowther.
BX497, a 3 car Buxton allocated Derby built class 108 dmu with a class 104 center car (comprising M51950 + M59155 + M52062) leaves Hazel Grove with a Manchester Piccadilly - Buxton working on 17th May 1986. Andrew J Crowther.
Two Buxton sets working 1L03 Macclesfield-Llandudno passing Helsby, 7/6/86. Full formation was 53634, 59387, 51924, 52062, 59155, 51950. Anthony Griffiths.
BX497 (M51950 presumable leads M59155 + M52062) has a 104 centre car in this view at Llandovery. Undated. Tom Clift.
Chester based class 108 DMU, believed to be vehicles 51950 and 52062 seen arriving at the down platform at Lichfield Trent Valley low level on a stopping service in the Autumn of 1989. Bob Belcher.
A class 108 unit (CH629, presumably 51950 and 52062) arrives at Nottingham, circa 1989/90, once an everyday scene. Stuart Pearce.