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Vehicle 52064

Class 108

BR Diagram 638

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

04/03/61 New to 26A (Newton Heath)
w/e 03/06/61 Transferred to 24F (Fleetwood)
4w/e 30/09/62 Transferred to 26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63Depot code change9D
May-73Depot code changeNH
4w/e 05/08/78 Transferred to AN (Allerton)
13/09/81 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
26/03/86 Transferred to BX (Buxton)
19/03/89 Transferred to CH (Chester) PMSX
30/09/90 Transferred to TS (Tyseley) PTSX
p/e 10/11/90 Sector Change to TS (Tyseley) PXXZ
20/11/90 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) PXXZ

Notes

29/03/91 - 51941 + 52064 arrived at the Severn Valley Railway. They were a replacement for 53454 + 53528 which were originally destined for the line but were found to contain asbestos between the underframe and floor. The 108 set, T068, was made available instead after a proposed sale to Balfour Beatty for a Channel Tunnel inspection unit was cancelled.

Modifications

circa early 1975 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 16/05/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51949 52064 As delivered to 26A - 4th March 1961
51949 52064 Transfer to 24F - w/e 03/06/61
51949 52064 Transfer to 26A - Sep-62
51949 52064 Noted 03/05/69 - in Manchester Exchange1
51949 52064 Noted 04/06/71 - at Newton Heath1
51949 52064 Noted 19/09/71 - in Manchester Victoria1
51949 52064 Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Victoria1
51949 52064 Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Victoria1
51949 52064 Noted 10/09/76 - on Newton Heath depot2
51937 52064 Noted 27/08/1977 - 09.58 Lime Street - Llandudno with 51909-56484 and 51417-564923
51937 52064 Noted 30/09/1977 - 07.11 Warrington Central to Lime Street with 51910-562133
50470 52064 Noted 19/07/19823
50470 52064 Noted circa 02/19833
53470 52064 Noted circa 05/19833
53447 52064 Noted circa 07/19833
53472 52064 Noted circa 01/19843
51948 59137 52064 Formation change - BX - 2w/e 14/05/86
51948 59137 52064 Listed at Buxton - Summer 1986
51948 59137 52064 Noted 30th November 1986
51941 59388 52064 Listed at BX - mid Nov-87
51941 59388 52064 Noted circa 01/19883
BX376 51941 59388 52064 Listed at BX - May 1988
51941 59388 52064 Noted 21/05/88 - at Norwich with 51948 + 59389 + 52050 (BX379) working the Manchester – Gt. Yarmouth service2
51941 59388 52064 Noted circa Jul-88
CH376 51941 59183 52064 Noted 23rd April 1989
CH376 51941 59183 52064 Noted 13/05/89
51941 59183 52064 Noted 31/05/894
CH376 51941 59183 52064 Noted 20/08/1989 - Special train Blaenau Ffestiniog - Maentwrog Road (Trawsfynydd)
CH626 51941 52064 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
CH626 51941 52064 Listed at CH - mid May-90
CH626 51941 52064 Noted circa 07/19903
T068 51941 52064 Noted circa 10/19903
T068 51941 52064 Noted 23/03/1991 - At Doncaster.5

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Graeme Phillips
5: Dave Warby

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Dunford East

26th May 1971

M52064 at Dunford East with the diverted 1M42 1652 Nottingham to Manchester Piccadilly 26th May 1971. Keith Long.

Class 108 DMU at Rufford

25th July 1985

Derby built Class 108 Driving Trailer Second Lavatory (DTSL) M52064 was arriving at Rufford whilst leading a Preston to Ormskirk service on July 25th 1985. The car was one of the final batch of Class 108's built at Derby in 1961 and was the penultimate vehicle constructed of a total of 333 cars built to various configurations. M52064 has survived into preservation at the Severn Valley Railway. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 108 DMU at Chapel-en-le-Frith

14th May 1988

A 3-car Buxton allocated Derby built Class 108 DMU comprising of M52064, M59388 and M51941 pulls into Chapel-en-le-Frith with a Manchester Piccadilly - Buxton working on the 14th May 1988. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 108 DMU at New Mills

13th May 1989

Set number: CH376

CH376 (M52064 + M59183 + M51941) approach New Mills Newtown on the 08:22 Buxton to Piccadilly, 13-5-89. The two power cars were preserved on the Severn Valley Railway, and the center car is one of the few Class 104 cars to be painted blue/grey. Kevin Dowd.

Class 108 DMU at Buxton

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.

Class 108 DMU at Longsight depot

10th June 1993

W52064 + W51933 + 53971 + 54504 + M54490 + M51907 + 53980 + 53XXX stored out of service on Longsight, 10-6-93. Kevin Dowd.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 26th May 1971

Although the passenger services had ceased over a year earlier the Woodhead line still saw frequent passenger trains with diversions and football specials. On a lovely late spring day a diverted 1M42 the 1652 Nottingham to Manchester Piccadilly is diverted from the Hope Valley route (leading vehicle is M52064) at Dunford East on 26 May 1971. Keith Long.

DMU

Date: 18th April 1983

Class 104 DMBS M50470 paired with a Class 108 vehicle - presumably M52064 - in Manchester Victoria on 18 April 1983. Keith Long.

DMU

Date: 30th November 1986

From left to right are 51948, 59137 and 52064, seen at Longsight TMD on the 30th November 1986. S Gaskell.

DMU

Date: 1989

Set number: CH376

Class 108 set CH376 (presumably 51941 + 59183 + 52064) at Plumley in 1989. John Law.

DMU

Date: 4th November 1989

Set number: CH626

Class 108 set CH626 (51941 + 52064) is seen in Wrexham Central on November 4, 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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