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Buxton Class 108 Sets

By Kevin Dowd

The following information is taken from notes as made by myself at the time. The dates stated are when the formation/detail variations were noted, NOT the date any changes were made. All of Buxton’s sets were reallocated to Chester on Sunday 19th March 1989.

Key

SL	“SPA LINE” transfer under middle windscreen
W	White cab roof
W+B	White cab roof and black windscreen surrounds
HLO	Headlamp operative
HLX	Headlamp non operative (No lens in holder)
HLH	Headlamp holder bracket fitted (No lamp)
HLOL	Headlamp fitted on drivers side tail lamp bracket and operative
	NOTE, Headlamps refer to the early central Wales type, NOT Wypac ones.
R	Red buffer beam
WM	West Midlands logo on headcode box
E	Longsight black Eagle logo transfer below middle windscreen
WD	Red Welsh Dragon emblem transfer under middle windscreen


BX 370	17/9/88	M53626	M59144	M53636
		SL		SL, W

	11/10/88	Cl 108	M59187	Cl 108

	13/10/88 and 10/11/88	M51947	M59187	M53636
		HLH, NO SET NUMBER ON THIS VEH.		SL, W

	3/2/89	M53626?	M59144	M53636
				SL, W

	To CH370
	12/9/89 and 13/10/89	51496	59082	M53645


BX 371	No observations as BX371

	To CH370

	31/3/89	M53929?	M59155	M52039

	8/5/89 and 4/7/89	M53925	M59155	M52039
				still has BX number
	5/10/89 Now numbered CH 371

	To CH 631

	6/12/89	M53925	M52039

	19/5/90	M53925	M52050
			B+W


BX 372	21/1/89, 2/3/89 and 13/3/89	M53930	M59148	M52056
		W, SL, R

	To CH372

	11/4/89, 28/4/89, 10/5/89, 4/9/89 and 10/10/89	M53930	M59148	M52056
		W, R

	To CH 632

	16/10/89	M53930	M52056
		W, R

	7/7/90	M53930	M52056
		W, R, WD	WD


BX 373	17/9/88, 12/10/88 and 9/12/88	M53932	M51569
		W	B+W

	12/2/89, 15/2/89 and 3/3/89	M53932	M59207	M51569
		W		B+W

	To CH 373

	4/4/89, 15/5/89, 13/7/89 and 17/8/89	M53932	M59207	M51569
		W		B+W

	To CH 633

	13/10/89, 10/2/90 and 16/2/90	M53932	M51569
		W	B+W


BX 374	16/10/88	M51935	M59183	M51568
		W	B+W	SL

	21/1/89, 1/2/89	M51935	M59183	M51568
		W, SL		SL

	To CH 374

	10/7/89	M51935	M59183	M51568
		W, SL		SL

	6/8/89	M51935	M59388	M51568
		W, SL		SL

	(M51568 formed CH 620 with M51943 from CH 377)

	To CH 350

	5/10/89 and 20/10/89	M51935	M59388	M51927
		W, SL		WM

	To LO 350

	15/11/89	M51935	M59388	M51927
		WM, E, LO 350		WM, E, still CH 350

	4/12/89	M51935	M59388	M51927
		E, WM removed		E, WM removed, now LO 350

	6/1/90	M51935	M59388	M51927
		E Removed		E Removed

	8/3/90 and 26/3/90	51496	M59388	M51927
		LO 349		LO 350

	To LO 349

	28/3/90 and 27/4/90	51496	M59388	M51927

	To CH 353

	10/5/90	?? - Class 101	M59388	M51927

	18/5/90	53291	M59388	M51927

	15/6/90 and 29/6/90	53291	M59388	M51927
				WD


BX 375	16/10/88	M51933?	M59137	M/W52065 (M No1 side, W No2 side!)
		W	B+W	HLH

	12/2/89, 16/2/89	M51938	M59137	W/M52065
		SL		HLH

	To CH 375

	10/4/89, 8/5/89, 11/7/89, 23/7/89, 16/8/89, 7/9/89 and 19/10/89	M51938	M59137	M/W52065
		SL		HLH

	To CH 625

	26/1/90 and 10/2/90	M51938	W/M52065


BX 376	No observations as BX 376

	To CH 376

	16/5/89, 29/6/89, 11/7/89, 30/8/89, 13/9/89	M51941	M59183	M52064
		SL, W

	To CH 626

	5/3/90, 29/3/90 and 2/5/90	M51941	M52064
		SL, W

	18/6/90	M51941	M52064
		WD, W	WD


BX 377	5/10/88	M51943	M59390	M52049
		SL		SL, W, no set number

	13/10/88	M51948	M59389	M52050
				B+W, SL

	29/1/89, 12/2/89 and 15/3/89	M51943	M59390	M52049
		SL, W		SL, W

	To CH 377

	4/4/89 and 22/7/89	M51943	M59390	M52049
		SL, W		SL, W

	31/10/89	M51943	M54485
		W	as CH279	(M51943 formed CH 620 after CH 279)

	To CH 621

	18/10/89, 5/4/90 and 20/4/90	M51902	M52049
			SL, W

	21/6/90	M51902	M52049
		WD	WD, W, 2nd man's screen has silver frame


BX 378	18/1/89 and 29/1/89	M51945	M59149	M52060
		SL		SL

	TO CH 602 (Not known if renumbered to CH378)

	29/6/89	M51945	M52060
		SL	SL

	To CH 627

	11/10/89 and 23/10/89	M51945	M52060
		SL	SL

	21/12/89	M51945	M52060
		SL removed from both vehicles, no set numbers, ex-works repaint.

	9/2/90 and 4/4/90	M51945	M52060
		HLOL	HLOL	(CH 627 set numbers reapplied to both vehicles)

		M51945	M52060
		WD, HLOL	WD, HLOL


BX 379	21/1/89, 31/1/89 and 4/5/89 (Still BX379)	M51948	M59389	M52050
	21/1/89, 31/1/89 and 4/5/89 (Still BX379)	W, used to be B+W, only single arm wiper fitted		B+W

	To CH 378 (not noted as CH379)

	16/8/89	M51948	M59389	M52050
		W, pantograph wiper arm now fitted		B+W

	To CH 624

	26/1/90 and 7/3/90	M51948	M52050
		W	B+W

	(M52050 Still B+W to CH 631 (+ M53925), noted as such 19/5/90)

	22/6/90 and 2/8/90	M51948	M52039
		W, WD	WD


BX 380	16/9/88	M51947	M59187	M53634
		HLH		W

	12/2/89	M51947	M59187	M53634
		HLH, no set number		W, SL
	16/3/89	No set numbers on either car

	To CH 380

	8/4/89	M51947	M59187	M53634
		HLH		W, SL

	(M59187 removed from CH380 at Chester depot on 5/5/89 and added to N669 M53454+M53528)

	To CH 603

	10/8/89	M51947	M53634
		HLH	W, SL

	To CH 628

	10/2/90, 17/4/90	M51947	M53634
		HLH, ex-works	W, SL

	22/6/90	M51947	M53634
		HLH, WD	WD


BX 381	16/9/88, 30/9/88, 10/10/88, 7/11/88, 19/1/89, 30/1/89	M51950	M59152	M52062
		HLO		HLX

	To CH 381

	3/4/89	M51950	M52062
		HLO	HLO

	To CH 604

	6/6/89, 22/8/89	M51950	M52062
		HLO	HLO

	To CH 629

	9/2/90, 13/3/90 and 2/5/90	M51950	M52062
		HLO	HLO

	7/6/90 and 22/6/90	M51950	M52062
		HLO, WD	HLO, WD


CH 620	(Ex CH 374 and CH 377)

	3/10/89	M51418	M51568
			SL

	30/1/90 and 10/2/90	M51943	M51568
		W, BX 377 number still in 2nd mans windscreen

	2/4/90, 17/4/90 and 3/5/90	M51943	M51568
		W, BX 377 number removed

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Set Numbers / Formations

Buxton Class 108 Sets

By Kevin Dowd

Key

BX 370

BX 371

BX 372

BX 373

BX 374

BX 375

BX 376

BX 377

BX 378

BX 379

BX 380

BX 381

CH 620