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Vehicle 51565


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: 30461
Diagram: 609

Allocations

28/11/59 New to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
w/e 02/01/60 Transferred to 6D (Chester Northgate)
Jan-60 Transferred to 6A (Chester) - Northgate closed
06/05/73Depot code changeCH
4w/e 24/12/83 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
27/04/86 Transferred to BX (Buxton)
10/05/87 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton) - delayed till June
20/09/87 Transferred to LE (Swansea Landore)
09/03/92 Withdrawn from LE (Swansea Landore) PLEX

Modifications

Sep-87 - Headlamp fitted

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50928 51565 As delivered to 6G - 28th November 1959
50925 51565 Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester1
50932 51565 Noted 28/08/75 - at Crewe2
50931 51565 Noted 13/04/1977 - 2D87, 14.17 Llandudno Junction to Llandudno3
50931 59414 51565 Noted 30/08/1977 - Worked 17.25 Crewe - Llandudno service, seen at Prestatyn.3
50931 59414 51565 Noted 09/09/77 - at Aberystwyth2
50933 51565 Noted circa 03/19813
50925 51565 Noted circa 10/19823
50925 51565 Noted circa 04/19833
53925 51565 Noted circa 06/19833
53925 51565 Noted 08/08/1983 - on Conwy Valley with 51183-543443
53925 51565 Noted circa 01/19843
53925 59144 51565 Formation change - BX - 2w/e 14/05/86
53925 59144 51565 Listed at Buxton - Summer 1986
51947 59187 51565 Formation change - BX - circa Dec-86
51934 51565 Noted 30/05/87 - on 07:40 Stockport - Stalybridge4
C903 51416 59812 51565 Listed at CF - Jun-87
C903 51416 59385 51565 Noted circa 08/19873
C903 51416 59385 51565 Listed at CF - Aug-87
S948 53928 51565 Formed at LE circa 11/87
S948 53928 59477 51565 Formation change - LE - w/e 07/02/88 - 53928, 59477 replaced 53926
S948 53928 51565 Listed at LE - 15/05/89
S948 53928 59381 51565 Noted circa 09/19893
S948 53928 51565 Listed at LE - Jul-91
S948 53928 51565 Listed at LE - Aug-91
S948 53928 51565 Listed at LE - Dec-91

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Shrewsbury

26th July 1982

Class 108 DMSL 51562 stabled in the bay at Shrewsbury alongside 140001 which had arrived on the 05:44 from Swansea. 26 July 1982. I had left Neath at 05.06 to catch the 05.44 to Shrewsbury in order to ride on the experimental unit. My verdict on the ride was that this experiment was a failure and nothing would come of it. Wrong again! Robert Thomas.

Class 108 DMU at Croston

27th July 1985

A two-car Class 108 with Driving Motor Second Lavatory (DMSL) M51565 leading, was accelerating away from Croston with the a Preston to Ormskirk service on July 27th 1985. The unit is passing the remains of the loading gauge at what was once the southern end of the goods yard at Croston, in the days when this route was the double track main line between Preston-Ormskirk-Liverpool Exchange. The loading gauge with its concrete post stood watch here for many years, but has now gone, new housing now comes right up to the railway boundary. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 108 DMU at Neath

30th March 1991

Set number: S948

Class 108 DMU set S948 (presumably 51565 + 53928) departs from Neath with the 06:27 Chepstow-Llanelli service on 30 March 1991. Robert Thomas.

Class 108 DMU at Llanelli

4th October 1991

Set number: S948

Class 108 set S948 (51565 + 53928) calls at Llanelli with the 09:04 Shrewsbury-Swansea service on 4 October 1991. Robert Thomas.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 15th October 1983

A Class 108 DMU formed of M53925 + M51565 is seen stabled at Whitland on 15 October 1983. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 8th December 1988

Set number: S948

A Swansea based Derby Class 108 power twin DMU, set S948 (presumably 53928 + 51565), heads for Crewe with a passenger service on the line from Salop Goods Junction, Crewe, on either the 8th or 9th December 1988. Seen from the cab of 37797, stood at Crewe Bank SB's outer home signal at the head of 6V07, the empty Cawoods service from Ellesmere Port to South Wales. The small LH signal are would eventually be cleared for me to enter the Up Goods Loop at Crewe bank. Paul James.

DMU

Date: 16th August 1989

Set number: S948

Class 108 set S948 (presumably 53928 + 51565) arrives at Llanelli at 15:26 on Wednesday 16th August 1989 with the 15:10 Swansea - Pembroke Dock service. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 16th August 1989

Set number: S948

Class 108 Set S948 (presumably 53928 + 51565) ready to work the 0922 Haverfordwest - Swansea. Taken at 09:16 at Haverfordwest with parcels being loaded, Wednesday 16th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 16th August 1989

Set number: S948

Class 108 Set S948 (presumably 53928 + 51565) ready to work the 0922 Haverfordwest - Swansea. Taken at 09:15 at Haverfordwest on Wednesday 16th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 16th August 1989

Set number: S948

Class 108 Set S948 (presumably 53928 + 51565) after arrival at Whitland with the 0922 Haverfordwest - Swansea service on Wednesday 16th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 16th August 1989

Set number: S948

Class 108 Set S948 (presumably 53928 + 51565) awaits departure from Whitland with the 0922 Haverfordwest - Swansea service on Wednesday 16th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 7th July 1990

Set number: S948

A rather indistinct image - the focus on the camera was playing up - of 53928 trailing 51565, as they depart from Crewe on 7/7/90, forming the 13.21 to Shrewsbury. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: 30th March 1991

Set number: S948

Class 108 DMU set S948 (presumably 53928 + 51565) in Neath station on 30 March 1991 with the 06:27 Chepstow-Llanelli service. Robert Thomas.