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Vehicle 52053 / 977807


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

18/02/61 New to 26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63Depot code change9D
2w/e 11/10/69 Transferred to 8J (Allerton)
4w/e 31/12/72 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
May-73Depot code changeNH
10/05/87 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
Sep-87 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
11/07/88 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
01/10/89 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX
14/05/90 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Oct-93 Withdrawn

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

52053 - original number
977807 - from Oct-92 (departmental stock)

Department Use as ADB977807

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

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 21/07/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

52053 was involved in the following incident:


Derailed DMU vehicles

Date unknown - Haymarket Depot, ScR

Derailment involving Class 108

Info from John Reddyhoff

Class 108 set 380 apparently hit the buffers at the south end of the depot and continued for another 60ft. Image John Reddyhoff. More Details.


Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51938 52053 As delivered to 26A - 18th February 1961
51938 52053 Noted 19/12/67 - at Wigan Wallgate1
AN148 51938 52053 Noted 19/10/69
50933 52053 Noted 01/09/72 - in Liverpool Lime Street1
51933 52053 Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria2
51938 52053 Noted 28/08/75 - on Newton Heath depot3
51938 52053 Noted 27/02/76 - in Liverpool Lime Street1
51943 52053 Noted circa 04/19804
NH144 50476 52053 Noted circa 05/19824
NH144 50476 52053 Noted circa 10/19824
52053 59225 52059 Noted circa 06/19834
53445 52053 Noted circa 12/19834
53445 52053 Noted 27/03/1984 - on Wigan to Kirkby service4
53445 52053 Noted circa 06/19854
53478 52053 Formation change - NH - Aug-85
51920 59065 52053 Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986
108380 52053 59245 52059 Formed at ED Oct-87
108380 52053 59245 52059 Listed at ED - Jan-88
108380 52053 59248 52059 Formation change - circa Mar-88
108380 52053 59248 52059 Listed at HA - circa August 1988
380 52053 59248 52059 Noted 3rd January 1989
52053 59248 52059 Transfer to CF - 01/10/89 - from HA (set 380)
C396 51133 52053 Noted circa 04/19904
826 53223 59561 52053 Noted circa 08/19904
P826 53204 59380 52053 Listed at LA - Aug-91
spare 52053 Listed at LA - 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: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Manchester Victoria

16th July 1983

Class 104 trailer E59225 in all blue livery is sandwiched between class 108 power twins M52053 nearest and M52059 at Manchester Victoria on 16th July 1983 having arrived on a service from Blackpool North Kevin Law.

Class 108 DMU at Leyland

2nd November 1985

A five-car DMU formation consisting of Class 108/104 hybrid M52053 & M53478 coupled to a 3-Car Swindon Cross-Country set, was stood on the Up Fast at Leyland station with a Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service on November 2nd 1985. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 108 DMU at Croston

4th April 1986

Class 108 DMS M52053 disappears beneath the bridge that takes the B5247 Bretherton Road across the line, as it departs from Croston whilst working the 17.25 Ormskirk to Preston on April 4th 1986. It is working with a Class 104 DMBS - probably 53478. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 108 DMU at Haymarket depot

Unknown date

Set number: 380

Class 108 set 380 seems to have collided with the buffers, pushing them about 60ft. No date, but it's at the south end of Haymarket depot. The power cars should be 52053 and 52059. John Reddyhoff.

Class 108 DMU at Haymarket depot

Unknown date

Set number: 380

Class 108 set 380 seems to have collided with the buffers, pushing them about 60ft. No date, but it's at the south end of Haymarket depot, and this is probably 52053. John Reddyhoff.

Class 108 DMU at Haymarket depot

Unknown date

Set number: 380

Class 108 set 380 being recovered after running off the end of a siding. No date, but it's in the coal yard at the south end of Haymarket depot, and this is probably 52053. John Reddyhoff.

Class 108 DMU at Barry Island

24th March 1990

Set number: C396

Barry Island station on 24 March 1990 with Class 108/116 DMU set C396 formed of 52053 + 51133. Lewis Bevan.

Class 108 DMU at Exmouth

13th August 1990

Set number: 826

Class 108/Met-Camm hybrid set 826 in Exmouth station on August 13, 1990, with 52053 closest and 53223 at the far end. John Carter.

Class 108 DMU at Plymouth

26th January 1991

A Class 108/101 hybrid DMU formed of 52053 + 59380 + 53204 arriving into Plymouth on 26 January 1991. Keith Miller.

Class 108 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

16th July 1992

M52053 with 54239 behind. I later went on to have the pleasure of driving 52053 during the time it was owned by the DMU group I am a shareholder of, until it was sold on. Robert Chilton.

Class 108 DMU at Blaenau Ffestiniog

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.

Class 108 DMU at Conway

21st July 1992

Set number: LO612

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

Class 108 DMU at Derby RTC

November 1994

Set number: LO905

977807 (ex-52053) on a low loader at the Derby RTC, November 94. Tim Stubbs.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 2nd March 1985

Class 104/108 hybrid 2-car DMU 53445 + 52053 (DMBS + DMC), Manchester Victoria with the 08-55 to Blackburn 2-3-85. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 24th May 1985

Two DMUs twins - a Class 104/108 hybrid (53445 and presumably 52053) and a Class 104 at Bolton on 24 May 1985. Chris Thorp.

DMU

Date: circa October 1987

E59245 on Ayr shed. It was transferred from Heaton to Eastfield in early October 1987, and would initially run between DMSs 52053 + 52059 which had been at Ayr for a few months but would also move to Eastfield. The vehicle has very recently been repainted, but still has an E prefix, perhaps suggesting that the inter-regional move was not planned. The Met-Camm centre car alongside seems to have a scotty dog on the bodyside. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 5th July 1989

An unusual view of the west end of Waverley station, Edinburgh, on the morning of 5/7/89. No trains were moving this day - it was the day of one of the weekly strikes staged by the NUR that summer. Almost every platform is filled with stabled stock. From left to right there are : an HST in plat.19, 52053 coupled to 59248 and 52059 (108 380) in plat.18, a Mk.2 DVT (9709) in plat.17, 53260 coupled to 59042 and 51241 (101 315) in plat.16, nothing visible in plat.15, 150 244 in plat.14, 53933 (coupled to 51566) in plat.13, 53164(cl.101) coupled to 59800(cl.107) and 53733, forming 120 535, in plat.12 and another HST in plat.11. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: 20th February 1990

Set number: C396

Hybrid DMU st C396 formed of Class 116 DMBS 51153 and Class 108 DMSL 52053 passes through Newport station on 20 February 1990. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 13th August 1990

Set number: 826

Three-car Met-Camm/Class 108 set 826 in Exmouth station on August 13, 1990, with 53223 closest and 52053 at the far end. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 20th February 1991

Set number: 826

Class 101/108 DMU set 926 (53204 + 59380 + 52053) arriving into Newton St Cyres station on 20 February 1991. The DMBS also still carries set number 60 from its time allocated to Norwich. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 20th July 1991

Set number: 879

51435 + 52059 and 53629 + 52053 departing from Exeter St Davids station on 20 July 1991. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: 16th July 1992

Set number: LO612

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

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: 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.