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Class 108 DMU images identified by Set No.

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955

16th January 1990

51933

Class 108 set 955 - formed of 51933 + 52054 - is seen after arriving into Exmouth station on 16/1/90. Stuart Mackay Collection.

28th April 1990

52054

CRS 'China Clay Rambler' at Pontsmill, 28/04/90, formed of a two and three-car Class 108, set 955 at this end (52054 and presumably 51933). A classic Cornish DMU railtour is seen at the northern extremity of the the Pontsmill branch. This short freight only branch and once part of the 1841 built Treffry Tramway left the Newquay branch just north of St.Blazey and served the English China Clay Co. Pontsmill kiln driers. The area was once a hive of activity for the local mineral traffic with several incline planes in the area but this dwindled down to just the china clay from the 1960's which in turn ceased two years after this photo was taken. The last train of dried clay leaving on 21/04/92. The line faced an uncertain future but did live on into the late 1990's as the preferred spot to stable the Royal Train overnight when Prince Charles visited his Duchy of Cornwall. Adrian Nicholls.

28th April 1990

52054

CRS 'China Clay Rambler' tour at Fowey Docks. Cornwall. 28/04/90. The 2+3-car class 108 DMU formation used on the Cornish Railway Society "China Clay Rambler" railtour is seen in the china clay covered Carne Point Yard at Fowey Docks. Most tours that traversed the Fowey branch never got beyond the BR/ECC Ltd boundary but the CRS seemed to be able to reach parts of the network nobody else could. This tour was a freight only track bashers dream as it also visited Nanpean Wharf at Drinnick Mill, another rare location for a railtour to penetrate along with other such delights as the Par Harbour, St.Dennis ballast tip, Parkandillack, Pontsmill and part of the closed Carbis Wharf branch. Closest is set 955, 52054 and presumably 51933. Adrian Nicholls.

25th August 1990

52054

Class 108 DMU set 955 (52054 + 51933) approaching Teignmouth station off the sea wall on 25 August 1990. Keith Miller.

21st June 1991

51933

Class 108 DMU set 955 (51933 + 52054) at Gunnislake with the 05:15 from Plymouth on 21 June 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

956

circa 1988

52063

Class 108 DMU set 956 (presumably 52063 + 51939) arriving into Falmouth station with driver Peter Boor at the controls. Circa late 1987 / early 1988. Peter Boor.

1989

52063

A Class 108 set with 52063 closest at Llanelli in late spring 1989. Michael Mensing.

11th January 1989

52063

Class 108 DMU set 956 (52063 + 51939) passes Laira depot on 11 January 1989. Keith Miller.

10th February 1989

51939

Class 108 DMU set P956 (51939 closest) in Paignton station with an Exmouth service on 10 February 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

14th February 1989

51939

Class 108 DMU set 956 (51939 + 52063) at Bristol Temple Meads on 14 February 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

26th May 1989

52063

Class 108 DMU set 956 (52063 + 51939) at Devonport Dockyard Halt on 26 May 1989. Keith Miller.

2nd June 1989

51939

Once a resident of Newton Heath Depot, A Class 108 two-car DMU formed of cars W51939 & W52063 had found a new home in the West Country, as Plymouth Laira set 956. The unit was getting underway from Dawlish with a well patronised Exmouth to Paignton service on June 2nd 1989. The unit along with other first generation sets had been transferred to the West Country for use in Devon & Cornwall following the banishment of the Class 142 'Skipper' fleet to the North. Martyn Hilbert.

30th May 1990

52063

With the blue waters of the Exe Estuary as a backdrop, a two-car Derby Lightweight DMU formed of cars 52063 & 51939, was departing from Starcross with the 15.45 Exmouth to Paignton service on May 30th 1990. The unit was one of several first generation DMU's cobbled together and sent to Plymouth Laira Depot in 1987/88 following various issues and the eventual migration of the Class 142 'Skippers' to the North. Martyn Hilbert.