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Vehicle 56490 / 54490

Class 108

BR Diagram 646

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30602
Diagram: 646

Allocations

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 51907 during the unknown period are:

23/04/60 New to 18A (Toton)
4w/e 24/09/60 Transferred to 9E (Trafford Park)
4w/e 01/06/63 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
3w/e 30/04/66 On loan to 8J (Allerton)
3w/e 02/07/66 Ex-loan back to 9A (Longsight)

Then the allocations for 56490 are:

Nov-80 Transferred to CH (Chester)
circa Oct-82 Transferred to LO (Longsight) - officially noted on 10/06/84
12/05/85 Transferred to CH (Chester)
14/05/90 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
20/01/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
04/02/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56490 - original number
54490 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Nov-74 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 05/10/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51907 56490 As delivered to 18A - 23rd April 1960
50949 56490 Noted 01/01/68 - at Manchester Exchange1
51907 56490 Noted 22/12/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly1
50948 56490 Noted 15/08/70 - at Chester2
LT332 51907 56490 Listed at Longsight - circa Jan-71
51907 56490 Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight1
51907 56490 Noted 18/04/73 - at Chester2
51907 56490 Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester3
51907 56490 Noted 19/11/1977 - Chester4
51907 56490 Transfer to CH - Nov-80
51907 56490 Noted circa 08/19824
51907 56490 Noted circa 10/19824
51907 54490 Noted circa 06/19834
51907 54490 Transfer to LO - 10/06/84 - from CH - but both vehicles already at Longsight?
51907 54490 Listed at LO - 01/01/85
51907 54490 Noted circa 04/19854
51907 54490 Listed at Chester - Summer 1986
51907 54490 Noted 11/07/87 - on 19:51 Llandudno - Llandudno Junction
51907 54490 Noted circa 04/19884
CH262 51907 54490 Listed at CH - May 1988
CH262 51907 54490 Noted circa Jul-88
CH262 51907 54490 Noted circa 04/19894
51907 54490 Noted 09/08/895
CH262 51907 54490 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
LO262 51907 54490 Listed at LO - mid May-90
LO262 51907 54490 Noted circa 07/19904
51907 54490 Noted 20/10/905
LO262 51907 54490 Listed at LO - Jul-91
LO262 51907 54490 Listed at LO - Aug-91
LO262 51907 54490 Listed at LO - Dec-91
LO262 51907 54490 Noted circa 02/19924
LO262 51907 54490 Noted 25/04/92 - on Manchester Victoria - Wigan Wallgate service
51907 54490 Noted 05/05/92 - on 09:48 Manchester Piccadilly - Chester6
51907 54490 Noted 20/05/92 - on 22:20 Sheffield - Manchester Piccadilly6
51907 54490 Noted 27/05/92 - on 11:16 Chester - Wigan6
LO262 51907 54490 Listed at LO - 02/07/92
51907 54490 Noted 04/07/92 - on 2H64 19:38 Manchester Piccadilly - New Mills Central6
51907 54490 Noted 15/07/92 - on 16:26 Rose Hill - Manchester Piccadilly6
LO262 51907 54490 Listed at LO - 24/09/92
LO262 51907 54490 Listed at LO - November 1992
51907 54490 Noted 04/12/92 - on 10:26 Rose Hill - Manchester Piccadilly6
LO262 51907 54490 Listed at LO - 10/12/92

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Graeme Phillips
6: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

23rd April 1992

Set number: LO262

Class 108 DMU set LO262 (54490 + 51907) in Manchester Piccadilly on 23 April 1992. Phil Bevan.

Class 108 DMU at Manchester Victoria

25th April 1992

Set number: LO262

In the Manchester Victoria of old, a two-car Class 108 formed of cars M51907 & M54490 (Longsight Depot Set LO262) was awaiting departure from platform 11 with a well-filled service to Wigan Wallgate on April 25th 1992. Platform 11 and its extension into the adjacent Manchester Exchange station was once the longest continuous platform in the UK at 2,238 ft (682m) in length. The 108 was another set to have an extended life covering for unreliable second generation units. Martyn Hilbert.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 10th April 1982

A two-car Class 108 DMU formed of Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M51422 & Driving Trailer Second Lavatory (DTSL) M56490, was accelerating away from Bamber Bridge and about to pass over the footcrossing at Asland Close whilst working a Preston to Colne service on April 10th 1982. This location was then wide open, trees now line the trackside along here. The Preston - Colne services were once a solid Cravens duty, by 1982 most of the local Cravens power twins were gone, being totally worn-out. A lot more 108's then appeared and from 1983/84 onwards some two car 104's with their centre cars removed, they being ousted from their long-term Manchester-Blackpool workings by newly-transferred Swindon Class 120's. By 1985/86 there was a real mix of units running, as the Pacer problems started to manifest themselves. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 11th July 1987

Class 108 M51907 and M54490 at Llandudno on 11-07-87 with the 19:51 Llandudno - Llandudno Junction. Vincent Haworth.

DMU

Date: 25th July 1992

Set number: 101661

101661 (51463 + 54365), 101676 and LO262 (51907 + 54490) at Stockport waiting to depart with the 09:10 to Manchester Victoria on 25/7/92. Gazza Prescott.

DMU

Date: 10th June 1993

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

                                                                                                                                                                             


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