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
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) | |
May 1973 | Depot code change | LO | |
12/05/85 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
30/09/90 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
30/09/92 | To departmental stock | HT (Heaton) | |
2w/e 14/10/95 | Withdrawn |
51903 - original number
977808 - from Oct-92 (departmental stock)
Sandite / Route Learner From 10/92 to 10/95. Carried set number LO906
Apr-74 - AWS fitted
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
51903 | 56486 | As delivered to Reddish - 26th March 1960 | |||||||
51903 | 56486 | Noted 22/12/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly1 | |||||||
LT328 | 51903 | 56486 | Listed at Longsight - circa Jan-71 | ||||||
51903 | 56486 | Noted 09/09/73 - at Chester2 | |||||||
51903 | 56486 | Noted 04/01/78 | |||||||
LO314 | 51903 | 56486 | Noted 31/05/19823 | ||||||
LO314 | 51903 | 56486 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria3 | ||||||
LO314 | 51903 | 56486 | Noted circa 08/19823 | ||||||
51903 | 54486 | Noted circa 12/19833 | |||||||
51903 | 54486 | Listed at LO - 01/01/85 | |||||||
51903 | 54486 | Noted 07/12/85 - on 11:40 Crewe - Phwelli service with 53333 + 59116 + 533134 | |||||||
51903 | 54486 | Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 | |||||||
51903 | 54486 | Noted 30th November 1986 | |||||||
51903 | 54486 | Noted 30/03/87 - on 19:18 Stalybridge - Stockport4 | |||||||
CH258 | 51903 | 54486 | Noted Apr-88 | ||||||
51903 | 54486 | Noted 05/04/19883 | |||||||
CH258 | 51903 | 54486 | Listed at CH - May 1988 | ||||||
CH258 | 51903 | 54486 | Noted circa May-88 | ||||||
CH258 | 51903 | 54486 | Noted circa Jul-88 | ||||||
51903 | 54486 | Noted 09/08/895 | |||||||
51903 | 54486 | Noted 30/08/895 | |||||||
CH258 | 51903 | 54486 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 | ||||||
CH625 | 51903 | 52065 | Listed at CH - mid May-90 | ||||||
LO290 | 51903 | 54231 | Noted circa 01/19913 | ||||||
LO290 | 51903 | 54231 | Noted 22/03/91 - at Crewe6 | ||||||
LO633 | 51903 | 53269 | Listed at LO - Jul-91 | ||||||
LO601 | 51903 | 53269 | Listed at LO - Aug-91 | ||||||
51903 | 54267 | Noted 25/04/92 - on 18:08 Bolton - Manchester Victoria7 | |||||||
LO286 | 51903 | 54267 | Noted 26/04/92 - on 12:04 Wigan Wallgate-Manchester | ||||||
LO286 | 51903 | 54203 | Noted circa 07/19923 | ||||||
906 | 977808 | 977809 | Listed at HT - 08/11/93 - sandite |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann
5: Graeme Phillips
6: Aaron Calder
7: David Bellamy
In the refurbished white with blue stripe livery, Class 108 Derby Lightweight Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M51903 was stabled between duties in the former carriage depot at Llandudno Junction, keeping company with some Metro-Cammell Class 101's on May 26th 1979. Martyn Hilbert.
Class 108 DMBS 51903 at Longsight TMD on 30 November 1986. S Gaskell.
A 2-car Class 108 DMU (Chester set 258, M51903 closest) is seen at Ashburys, Greater Manchester, in 1988. A Class 303 EMU is visible in the distance. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Class 108 2-car DMU set CH258 (presumably 51903 + 54486) at Ashburys on 16th July 1988. Photograph by Dave Rutter. Waddo Rail Archive.
Derby "lightweight" Class 108 set CH258 (51903 + 54486) at Manchester Oxford Road on 10/4/89. Sparegang.
Set CH625 at Llandudno in 1990, 51903 is closest presumably with 52065. John Law.
Class 108 set CH625 at Manchester Victoria. Closest is presumably 51903, circa 1990. Walter Burt.
By the date of this picture, Saturday April 26 1992, LO286 (51903 + 54267) was one of the few remaining first generation DMUs left working in the north west. It departs from Wigan Wallgate with the 12:04 Wigan Wallgate-Manchester. The trailer car was notable for still retaining tungsten lighting. Mel Holley.
Class 108 set CH625 (presumably 51903 + 52065) approaches Chester at 4.42pm on August 31st 1990. Colin Brooks.