Vehicle 51911 / 977768

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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: 30601
Diagram: 634

Allocations

30/04/60	New to	18A (Toton)
Feb-61	Transferred to	8H (Allerton)
Sep-63	Depot code change	8J
06/05/73	Depot code change	AN
circa 1984	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
02/03/86	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
14/05/90	Transferred to	LO (Longsight) PLOX
14/01/92	To departmental stock	LO (Longsight)
Feb-94	Withdrawn

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51911 - original number
977768 - from Jan-92 (departmental stock)

Department Use as ADB977768

Sandite / Route Learner From 1/92 to 2/94. Carried set number LO903

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 26/01/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51911	56494							As delivered to 18A - 30th April 1960
	51911	56494							Noted 21/08/68 - at Manchester Exchange1
	51911	56494							Noted 16/08/70 - at Preston2
	51911	56494							Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight then later at Manchester Piccadilly1
AN279	51911	56273							Noted 04/09/74 - in Liverpool Lime Street, 56273 displayed AN2692
	51911	56277							Noted 28/08/75 - in Liverpool Lime Street2
	51911	56278							Noted 27/09/1976 - at Preston 3
	51911	56276							Noted 04/01/77 - in Liverpool Lime1
	51911	56276							Noted 04/06/1977 - 18.18 Manchester Victoria to Lime Street with 51417-564924
	51911	56276							Noted 10/06/1977 - 16.50 Lime Street to Allerton4
	51911	56275							Noted circa 05/19824
	51911	56275							Noted circa 09/19824
	51911	56493							Noted circa 03/19834
	51911	54271							Noted circa 08/19834
	51911	54494							Noted circa 01/19844
	51911	54496							Noted circa 06/19854
	51911	54496							Noted circa 01/19864
	51911	54496							Noted 26/04/86 - on 10:50 Shrewsbury - Chester with 53222 + 53337 / 53938 + 544115
	51911	54496							Listed at Chester - Summer 1986
	51911	54496							Noted 24/07/1986 - at Chester6
	51911	54496							Noted 22/04/1987 - at Stoke on Trent6
	51911	54496							Noted 05/07/1987 - at Manchester Piccadilly - as 4 car set with 51417-542726
	51911	54496							Noted 16/01/19884
CH264	51911	54496							Noted Apr-88
264	51911	54496							Noted circa 04/19884
CH264	51911	54496							Listed at CH - May 1988
CH264	51911	54496							Noted circa May-88
CH264	51911	54496							Noted circa Jul-88
CH264	51911	54496							Listed at CH - 14/10/89
CH264	51911	54496							Noted circa 12/19894
LO264	51911	54489							Listed at LO - mid May-90
	51911	54486							Noted 25/01/91 - on 21:03 Sheffield - Manchester Piccadilly7
LO264	51911	54489							Noted circa 05/19914
LO643	51911	53171							Listed at LO - Jul-91
LO643	51911	53171							Listed at LO - Aug-91
LO287	51911	54203							Noted circa 09/19914
903	977750	977768							Listed at LO - 08/11/93 - sandite

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: Robert Chilton
7: David Bellamy

Images:

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September 1984

M51911 is at the front of these two two-car Class 108 sets (M53983 is on the rear) seen at Southport (Chapel Street) in September 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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September 1984

51911 is the DMBS in this Class 108 set seen at Manchester Victoria in September 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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13th June 1991

Set number: LO643

DMU set LO643 (53171 and 51911) at Helsby station on 13 June 1991. Keith Miller.

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11th May 1996

Set number: LO903

Sandite / Route Learner 977768 (ex-51911) at Booths scrap yard, Rotherham on 11th May 1996. S Gaskell.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: September 1984

Two two-car Class 108s arriving into Southport station in September 1984. DMBS M53983 is closest, M51911 is at the far end. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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Date: 31st August 1991

Set number: LO287

A stranger in the camp at Bilbrook on the Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton line during the morning of 31 August 1991. The 2 car class 108 (LO287, presumably 54203 + 51911) still was allocated to Longsight at this time and I imagine that it had been borrowed by Chester depot to fill in for the lack of a set from Tyseley, the usual source for trains between Wolverhampton and Chester. Much of This line was controlled with mechanical signalling at this time and Bilbrook signalbox is just visible behind the bushes on the right hand side of the line. The destination panel in the unit's cab reads "Chester" although the train isn't far from its Wolverhampton destination. Peter Tandy.