Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30602
Diagram: 646
The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 51904 during the unknown period are:
26/03/60 | New to | Reddish | |
Apr-60 | Transferred to | 9E (Trafford Park) | |
4w/e 28/05/60 | Stored | 9E (Trafford Park) | |
Jun-60 | Reinstated | 9E (Trafford Park) | |
4w/e 01/06/63 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
3w/e 30/04/66 | On loan to | 8J (Allerton) | |
2w/e 09/07/66 | Ex-loan back to | 9A (Longsight) |
Then the allocations for 56487 are:
12/05/85 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
30/09/90 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
29/07/91 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) PLOX |
2nd September 1990 - Seen stored out of service in Chester station sidings
56487 - original number
54487 - from 1984 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
June-74 - AWS fitted
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
51904 | 56487 | As delivered to Reddish - 26th March 1960 | |||||||
51424 | 56487 | Noted 14/04/69 - in Derby1 | |||||||
51904 | 56487 | Noted 16/08/70 - at Chester2 | |||||||
LT329 | 51904 | 56487 | Listed at Longsight - circa Jan-71 | ||||||
51904 | 56487 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight1 | |||||||
51904 | 56487 | Noted 19/09/71 - at Crewe with 51906 + 56489 / 51917 + 56274 / 51913 + 56493 possibly subbing for a Class 304 if the current was switched off between Liverpool and Crewe1 | |||||||
51904 | 56487 | Noted 19/04/73 - in Manchester Oxford Road2 | |||||||
LT329 | 51904 | 56487 | Noted 09/09/73 - on Chester depot2 | ||||||
51904 | 56487 | May-74 - AWS fitted together | |||||||
51904 | 56487 | Noted 12/06/1976 - Part of RCTS Greater Manchester Railtour, the other 2 car set has not been identified | |||||||
51904 | 56487 | Noted 30/03/1977 - CH Depot3 | |||||||
LO315 | 51904 | 56487 | Noted 31/05/19823 | ||||||
LO315 | 51904 | 56487 | Noted circa 08/19823 | ||||||
51904 | 54487 | Noted 20/07/84 - on 18:28 Stalybridge - Stockport | |||||||
51904 | 54487 | Listed at LO - 01/01/85 | |||||||
51904 | 54487 | Noted 18/07/85 - on Crewe - Stafford shuttle with 51175 + 54350 | |||||||
51904 | 54487 | Noted circa 09/19853 | |||||||
51904 | 54487 | Noted 26/04/86 - on 12:15 Chester - Shrewsbury with 55993 attached4 | |||||||
51904 | 54487 | Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 | |||||||
CH259 | 51904 | 54487 | Listed at CH - May 1988 | ||||||
CH259 | 51904 | 54487 | Noted circa May-88 | ||||||
CH259 | 51904 | 54487 | Noted circa Jul-88 | ||||||
51904 | 54487 | Noted 30/08/895 | |||||||
CH259 | 51904 | 54487 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 | ||||||
51904 | 54487 | Noted 26/03/90 - on 13:10 Sheffield - Manchester Piccadilly | |||||||
CH259 | 51904 | 54487 | Listed at CH - mid May-90 | ||||||
CH259 | 51904 | 54487 | Noted circa 07/19903 | ||||||
LO259 | 51904 | 54487 | Listed at LO - Jul-91 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann
5: Graeme Phillips
A Longsight Class 108 DMU set consisting of M56487 and M51904 at Delamere Forest on 5 April 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 108 Derby DTC 54487 with a Manchester Oxford Road service at Chester on 2-5-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
During the Crewe Engineering Blockade in the summer of 1985 the only way for passengers to reach Crewe was via a DMU shuttle service from Stafford. This is the shuttle train, photo taken at 05.20 hrs on 18 July 1985. The unit consists of cars 54487 + 51904 / 51175 + 54350. Lewis Bevan.
A two-car Class 108 DMU runs into Crewe station on 6 December 1986. The Chester allocated vehicles 54487 + 51904 is an original pairing that seemed to stick together until withdrawal. Keith Miller.
Class 108 Derby DTCL 54487 in Chester station yard, 13-2-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
54487 + 51904 approaching Bamford on April 18, 1988. It carries a smaller than usual set number '259' under the drivers window. Hamish Stevenson.
Chester Class 108 set CH259 (51904 + 54487) in Rose Hill station on 20/5/89. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 108 DMU set CH259 (54487 and presumably 51904) stands at Preston before working the 10:45 service to Barrow-in-Furness on 23 June 1989. Brian Creasey.
Class 108 DMU set CH259 (54487 + 51904) departing from Chester station on 28 June 1990. Keith Miller.
The DTS from Class 108 set CH259 (54487) sits next to the DMS from Class 104 set CH635 (53512) and another Class 104 DMS at Chester depot at 16:35 on Friday August 31, 1990. Colin Brooks.
Class 108 Derby 2-car DMU 51904 + 54487 stand at Stalybridge with the 18-28 to Stockport on 20-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.