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Vehicle 51937 / 977806

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: 30601
Diagram: 634

Allocations

29/10/60	New to	26A (Newton Heath)
w/e 03/06/61	Transferred to	24F (Fleetwood)
4w/e 02/06/62	Transferred to	26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63	Depot code change	9D
2w/e 11/10/69	Transferred to	8J (Allerton)
4w/e 31/12/72	Transferred to	9D (Newton Heath)
May-73	Depot code change	NH
4w/e 05/08/78	Transferred to	AN (Allerton)
11/05/86	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
10/05/87	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
01/10/89	Transferred to	CH (Chester) PCHX
30/09/90	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley) PTSX
07/07/91	Transferred to	LO (Longsight) PLOX
29/10/91	Transferred to	LE (Swansea Landore) PLEX
15/03/92	Transferred to	LA (Laira) PLAX
10/05/92	Transferred to	LO (Longsight) RCLO
30/09/92	To departmental stock	HT (Heaton)
by Aug-93	Transferred to	LO (Longsight)
Oct-93	Withdrawn

Notes

2nd September 1990 - Noted as being in Auto-Gear 108 CH619

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51937 - original number
977806 - from Oct-92 (departmental stock)

Department Use as ADB977806

Sandite / Route Learner From 10/92 to 10/93. Carried set number LO905

Modifications

circa early 1975 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 23/06/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51937	52052	As delivered to 26A - 29th October 1960
	51937	52052	Transfer to 24F - w/e 03/06/61
	51937	52052	Transfer to 26A - 4w/e 02/06/62
	51937	52052	Noted 05/08/66 - at Leeds City¹
	51937	52052	Noted Autumn 1966 - at Brough on 07:56 Hull - Manchester Exchange¹
	51937	52052	Noted 20/07/68 - in Manchester Victoria¹
	51937	52052	Noted 04/06/71 - at Allerton¹
	51937	52052	Noted 12/09/71 - at Wigan Wallgate¹
	51937	52052	Noted 04/09/74 - in Liverpool Exchange²
	51937	52052	Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria¹
	51937	52052	Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria¹
	51937	52052	Noted 01/04/1977 - at Wigan North Western ³
	51937	52064	Noted 27/08/1977 - 09.58 Lime Street - Llandudno with 51909-56484 and 51417-56492⁴
	51937	52064	Noted 30/09/1977 - 07.11 Warrington Central to Lime Street with 51910-56213⁴
	51937	56278	Noted 24/05/80
	51937	52048	Noted 31/05/1982⁴
	51937	52038	Noted circa 07/1983⁴
	51937	52038	Noted 27/03/1984 - at Liverpool Lime Street⁴
	51937	52044	Noted 03/05/85 - at Liverpool Lime Street⁵
	51937	52048	Formation change - NH - 11/05/86
	51937	52048	Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986
T212	51937	54231	Listed at TS - Jul-87
T212	51937	54231	Noted circa 07/1987⁴
T212	51937	54231	Noted 04/07/1987 - at Derby - as 8 car set with T331 and T613⁶
T212	51937	54231	Noted 26/09/87 - at Norwich with TS603 strengthening by B433 on a Birmingham NS – Norwich service²
T202	51937	51934	Noted circa 11/1987⁴
T202	51937	54081	Noted circa 01/1988⁴
	51937	54081	Noted 22/03/88 - on 15:36 Crewe - Derby 26 late⁵
T211	51937	54081	Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
	51937	54081	Noted 24/04/88 - on 16:00 Nuneaton-Coventry
T211	51937	54081	Noted circa 05/1988⁴
	51937	54081	Noted 27/07/88 - on 16:30 Doncaster-Skegness
T211	51937	54081	Listed at TS - 01/09/89
TS211	51937	54081	Listed at CH - 14/10/89
CH619	51937	52058	Noted 2nd September 1990 - Q Train working between Chester & Holyhead
T067	51937	52058	Noted circa 12/1990⁴
T067	51937	52058	Noted circa 05/1991⁴
	51937	52058	Listed at LO - Jul-91
LO611	51937	52058	Listed at LO - Aug-91
S937	51937	52058	Listed at LE - Dec-91
LO612	51937	52053	Noted circa 07/1992⁴
LO612	51937	52053	Listed at LO - 02/07/92
LO612	51937	52053	Listed at LO - 24/09/92
905	977806	977807	Listed at LO - 08/11/93 - sandite

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: Robert Chilton

Images:

26th March 1977

M51937 is the DMBS in this two-car Class 108 set seen at Manchester Victoria on March 26, 1977. Rex Holt.

28th May 1988

Set number: T211

Class 108/101 Hybrid Set T211 51937 + 54081 seen passing Ely North Junction at 11.25am on a Norwich to Ely working seen on 28th May 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

8th July 1990

Set number: CH619

Auto-Gear fitted CH619 at Chester 8/7/90, presumably 51937 closest. Ian McDonald.

21st March 1992

Set number: 937

A two-car Class 108 DMU departs from Exeter St Davids station on 21 March 1992. It is formed of 51937 + 52058 which had been transferred from Landore to Laira the previous week. Stuart Mackay Collection.

23rd April 1992

Set number: 937

Two-car Class 108 DMU set 937 (51937 leading) seen at Laira on 23 April 1992. Andrew Malloy.

30th May 1992

Set number: LO612

Class 108 DMU set LO612 (51937 + presumably 52053) at Bangor with the 14:55 Holyhead / Llandudno stopper on 30 May 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.

16th July 1992

Set number: LO612

Longsight set LO612, formed with DMBS M51937 and DMCL M52053. Robert Chilton.

20th July 1992

Set number: LO612

Class 108 set LO612 (DMBS 51937 + DMS 52053) enters Blaenau Ffestiniog with the 2.25pm ex-Llandudno on July 20, 1992. Michael Mensing.

20th July 1992

Set number: LO612

Class 108 set LO612 (DMBS 51937 + DMS 52053) awaiting departure from Blaenau Ffestiniog on the afternoon of July 20, 1992. Michael Mensing.

15th August 1992

Set number: LO612

Derby Class 108 (LO612) M51937 & M52053 - Preston Station. A close-up of Class 108 Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M51937 stood in platform 2 at Preston awaiting departure with the 10.23 service to Ormskirk on August 15th 1992. The car had previously been allocated to Landore Depot at Swansea as part of set S937 (with Driving Trailer 52058) during the latter part of 1991, hence the Welsh Dragon emblem on the cab front. Following departmental use, the unit was withdrawn in 1993, but M51937 has survived into preservation and is now part of the two-car Class 108 DMU owned by the Poulton & Wyre Railway based on part of the former Fleetwood line. Martyn Hilbert.

15th August 1992

Set number: LO612

Complete with a Red Dragon on its cab front, a legacy from its brief sojourn in South Wales operating from Landore Depot during 1991, a Class 108 two-car Derby Lightweight DMU formed of cars 51937 & 52053 was climbing Farington Curve with the 08.31 Preston to Clitheroe service on August 15th 1992. A month after this image was recorded the unit was converted to a departmental Sandite unit. 51937 has survived into preservation at the Poulton & Wyre Railway. Martyn Hilbert.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 30th September 1990

Set number: CH619

Class 108 power-twin CH619 (52058 + 51937) departs from Chester with a Hooton service on 30 September 1990. This was one of the Auto-gear sets - as noted by the small text on the lower left of the cab front. On the same date the set is recorded as being transferred from Chester to Tyseley. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 20th July 1992

Set number: LO612

Class 108 set LO612 (DMS 52053 + DMBS 51937) enters Blaenau Ffestiniog with the 2.25pm ex-Llandudno on July 20, 1992. Michael Mensing.

Date: 21st July 1992

Set number: LO612

Class 108 set LO612 (DMS 52053 + DMBS 51937) passes by Conway Castle on July 21, 1992. Michael Mensing.

Date: 2nd September 1992

Set number: 101678

101678 (53746 + 51210) sits beside 51937 of set LO612 at Llandudno, 2/9/92. Gazza Prescott.

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