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Vehicle 52063

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

11/02/61	New to	26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63	Depot code change	9D
May-73	Depot code change	NH
24/05/87	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
04/10/87	Transferred to	LA (Laira)
14/05/89	Transferred to	LE (Swansea Landore) PLEX
01/10/89	Transferred to	LA (Laira) PLAX
22/02/91	Withdrawn from	LA (Laira) PXXZ

Refurbished

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

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51948	52063	As delivered to 26A - 11th February 1961
	51941	52063	Noted 20/07/68 - at Preston¹
	51948	52063	Noted 19/09/71 - in Manchester Victoria¹
	51948	52063	Noted 31/08/72 - in Liverpool Exchange¹
	51938	52063	Noted 12/09/1975 - 2F52-16:10 Manchester Victoria to Liverpool Lime Street²
	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
	51933	52063	Noted circa 05/1982⁴
NH157	51933	52063	Noted circa 10/1982⁴
	51933	52063	Noted 13/10/1982 - Noted at Manchester Victoria⁴
	51933	52063	Noted circa 06/1985⁴
	51933	52063	Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986
	51939	52063	Noted circa 12/1986⁴
	51939	52063	Listed at NH - 10/05/87
T204	51939	52063	Noted circa 06/1987⁴
T204	51939	52063	Noted 20/06/87 - at Norwich⁵
T204	51939	52063	Listed at TS - Jul-87
P956	51939	52063	Listed at LA - Oct-87
P956	51939	52063	Listed at LA - Nov-87
P957	51940	52063	Listed at LA - 08/08/88
S949	53945	52063	Listed at LE - 15/05/89

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

Images:

14th May 1979

A Class 108 power twin with DMC 52063 leading at Stalybridge on 14/05/1979. Robert Chilton.

5th July 1987

Set number: T204

Class 108 DMS 52063, set number T204, is seen inside the factory at Tyseley on 05.07.1987. Andy Cole.

13th December 1987

Set number: P956

The 15:42 Exeter St Davids - Paignton seen at Dawlish Warren on 13 December 1987. The photographer left it a tad too late to take the shot resulting in some blurring on the cab so the set number is not clear but the marks on the cab front match 52063 in set P956. Unusually it is running with a Met-Camm centre car inserted. Stuart Mackay Collection.

circa 1988

Set number: 956

Class 108 DMU set 956 (presumably 52063 + 51939) arriving into Falmouth station with driver Peter Boor at the controls. Circa late 1987 / early 1988. Peter Boor.

7th February 1988

Class 108-101 hybrid 2-car DMU 52063 + 51219 leaving the stabling point at Exeter St Davids 7-2-88. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

7th February 1988

Set number: P957

Class 108 DMU DMS 52063 labelled as Laira set P957 (this car had also been part of set P956 hence small 7) Exmouth 7-2-88. It is working with Met-Camm 51219 labelled set 826. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

29th June 1988

Set number: P957

On Wednesday 29th June 1988 52063+51940 stand at Gunnislake waiting to return with a mid morning service to Plymouth. Ian Hazlehurst.

1st July 1988

Set number: P957

Class 108 set P957 (52063 + 51940) at Looe on July 1, 1988. John Carter.

1989

Set number: 956

A Class 108 set with 52063 closest at Llanelli in late spring 1989. Michael Mensing.

11th January 1989

Set number: 956

Class 108 DMU set 956 (52063 + 51939) passes Laira depot on 11 January 1989. Keith Miller.

Class 108 DMU at Devonport Dockyard Halt

26th May 1989

Set number: 956

Class 108 DMU set 956 (52063 + 51939) at Devonport Dockyard Halt on 26 May 1989. Keith Miller.

30th May 1990

Set number: 956

With the blue waters of the Exe Estuary as a backdrop, a two-car Derby Lightweight DMU formed of cars 52063 & 51939, was departing from Starcross with the 15.45 Exmouth to Paignton service on May 30th 1990. The unit was one of several first generation DMU's cobbled together and sent to Plymouth Laira Depot in 1987/88 following various issues and the eventual migration of the Class 142 'Skippers' to the North. Martyn Hilbert.

2nd March 1991

Set number: 956

52063 waits for 03 020 to push it into the Firing tunnel. Mayer Parrys, Snailwell 2-3-91. Kevin Dowd.

2nd March 1991

Set number: 956

03020 + 52063 Mayer Parrys, Snailwell 2-3-91. Kevin Dowd.

2nd March 1991

Set number: 956

03020 + 52063 in front of the firing tunnel, Mayer Parrys, Snailwell 2-3-91. Kevin Dowd.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 15th February 1985

Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon 1959 built Class 128 parcels unit M55994, sits in platform 6 at Manchester Victoria, class 108 DMC M52063 is behind on platform 7. 15th February 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

Date: 15th June 1987

Set number: T204

On the GWR Birmingham to Leamington Spa line is Acocks Green station which is visible in the background of this picture dated 15 June 1987. My note suggests that this was a driver training run using class 108 T204 formed of 51939 + 52063 and this is possible as 2 car units were uncommon on this line at the time. This was part of the former 4 track section and the wide area of ballast on the right of the picture shows where the now-gone lines were situated. Peter Tandy.

Date: 7th February 1988

Set number: 826

Metro Cammell DMU DMBS 51219 of set P826, Exmouth 7-2-88. It is working with Class 108 DMS 52063 labelled P957. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 14th February 1989

Set number: 956

Class 108 DMU set 956 (51939 + 52063) at Bristol Temple Meads on 14 February 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 2nd June 1989

Set number: 956

Once a resident of Newton Heath Depot, A Class 108 two-car DMU formed of cars W51939 & W52063 had found a new home in the West Country, as Plymouth Laira set 956. The unit was getting underway from Dawlish with a well patronised Exmouth to Paignton service on June 2nd 1989. The unit along with other first generation sets had been transferred to the West Country for use in Devon & Cornwall following the banishment of the Class 142 'Skipper' fleet to the North. Martyn Hilbert.

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