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Vehicle 52048


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: 30660
Diagram: 638

Allocations

08/10/60 New to 26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63Depot code change9D
5w/e 11/10/69 Transferred to 8J (Allerton)
06/05/73Depot code changeAN
11/05/86 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
10/05/87 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
4w/e 26/01/88 Transferred to LE (Swansea Landore)
15/05/88 Transferred to CH (Chester)
30/10/88 Transferred to LE (Swansea Landore)
15/03/92 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX
28/09/92 Transferred to TS (Tyseley) RDTS
01/02/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
04/02/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

Notes

w/e 01/05/77 - 51932/5 52048/9 listed as transferred to CH w/e 1/5/77, move then cancelled

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 28/04/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51933 52048 As delivered to 26A - 8th October 1960
51933 52048 Noted Autumn 1966 - at Brough on 07:56 Hull - Manchester Exchange1
51933 52048 Noted 20/07/68 - at Preston1
AN143 51933 52048 Noted 19/10/69
51931 52048 Noted 04/06/71 - at Manchester Victoria1
51933 52048 Noted 04/03/73 - at Sheffield1
51922 52048 Noted 01/09/74 - at Wigan North West2
51928 52048 Noted 04/01/78
51937 52048 Noted 31/05/19823
50943 52048 Noted circa 02/19833
51932 52048 Noted circa 07/19833
53928 52048 Noted 05/01/19843
51931 52048 Noted circa 07/19843
51932 52048 Noted 03/05/85 - at Huyton4
51937 52048 Formation change - NH - 11/05/86
51937 52048 Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986
C900 51919 59709 52048 Listed at CF - Jun-87
C900 51919 59709 52048 Listed at CF - Aug-87
C900 51919 59709 52048 Noted 01/08/19873
C900 53224 59709 52048 Formation change - CF - circa 10/87 - 53224 replaced 51919
C900 53224 59709 52048 Listed at CF - Oct-87
C900 53224 59709 52048 Noted 19/12/87 - at Cardiff Queen Street
S940 51919 52048 Formation change - LE - w/e 07/02/88 - 52048 added
S940 51919 52048 Listed at CH - May-88
CH940 53947 52048 Noted August 1988
S940 51919 52048 Listed at LE - 15/05/89
S940 51919 52048 Noted circa 12/19903
S940 51919 52048 Listed at LE - Jul-91
S940 51919 52048 Listed at LE - Aug-91
S940 51919 52048 Listed at LE - Dec-91
C940 51919 52048 Listed at CF - 02/07/92
C940 51919 52048 Listed at CF - 24/09/92
T940 51919 52048 Listed at TS - November 1992
spare 52048 Listed at TS - 10/12/92
51919 52048 Noted 21/01/93 - on 11:32 Peterborough - Doncaster5

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann
5: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Pantyffynon

10th August 1989

Set number: S940

Class 108 set S940 (presumably 52048 + 51919) enters Pantyffynon station on August 10th, 1989. Michael Mensing.

Class 108 DMU at Whitland

16th August 1989

Set number: S940

The 09:15 Pembroke Dock - Swansea service approaches Whitland on Wednesday 16th August 1989 formed of Class 108 set S940 (presumably 52048 + 51919). Colin Brooks.

Class 108 DMU at Whitland

16th August 1989

Set number: S940

The 09:15 Pembroke Dock - Swansea service approaches Whitland at 10:05 on Wednesday 16th August 1989 formed of Class 108 set S940 (presumably 52048 + 51919). Colin Brooks.

Class 108 DMU at Loughor Viaduct

11th April 1992

A Class 108 set on Loughor Viaduct on April 11, 1992, with 52048 closest. John Carter.

Class 108 DMU at Bristol Temple Meads

June 1992

Set number: S940

BR (Derby) Class 108 2-car Local Passenger dmu No.S940 (52048 and presumably 51919) with blanked out headcode panel in BR blue & grey livery, with yellow front end but black window surrounds, at Bristol Temple Meads, 06/92. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 108 DMU at Tyseley

26th December 1992

Set number: S940

Class 108 DMS 52048, set number S940, is seen in the steam cleaning bay at Tyseley on 26.12.1992. Andy Cole.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 18th July 1987

Set number: C900

C900 at Cardiff on 18/7/87, the power cars being 51919 and 52048, the centre car is presumably Class 110 59709. PJ Evans.

DMU

Date: 19th August 1987

Set number: C900

Class 108/110 hybrid set C900 (presumably 51919 + 59709 + 52048) at Cardiff on August 19, 1987. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 19th December 1987

Set number: C900

W53224 of C900, which was a 3-car hybrid set comprising three different classes - 101 (53224), 110 (59709), and 108 (52048). At Cardiff Queen St, 19/12/87. Mac Winfield.

DMU

Date: 30th August 1988

Set number: CH940

Class 108 Set CH940 (presumably 53947 + 52048) with 2J80 1134 Bidston - Wrexham Central approaching Shotton High Level (at 1158), Tuesday 30th August 1988. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 15th July 1989

Set number: S940

Class 108 DMU set S940 (51919 presumably with 52048) in Swansea station with the 08:12 (SO) Cardiff Central-Milford Haven service on 15 July 1989. Alongside is station pilot 08 941. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 15th August 1989

Set number: S940

Class 108 Set S940 (presumably 51919 + 52048) with the 16:19 Swansea - Milford Haven awaiting departure from Swansea (at 16:10) on Tuesday 15th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 16th August 1989

Set number: S940

The 0739 Cardiff Central - Pembroke Dock contrasts with 108 Set S940 (presumably 51919 + 52048) with the 0915 Pembroke Dock - Swansea at Whitland (at 1012) on Wednesday 16th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 3rd March 1990

Set number: S940

Class 108 DMU set S940 (51919 and presumably 52048) heads out of Ferryside station with the 08:52 Swansea-Pembroke Dock service on 3 March 1990. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 10th November 1990

Set number: S940

51919 + 52048 at Swansea on 10/11/90 with the 12:25 to Milford Haven. Sparegang.

DMU

Date: 29th March 1991

Set number: S940

The 06:27 Chepstow-Llanelli service is seen at Skewen East on 29 March 1991 formed of Class 108 set S940 (presumably 51919 + 52048). Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 30th March 1991

Set number: S940

Class 108 DMU set S940 - 51940 and presumably 52048 - seen at Cockett West Junction with the 15:35 Swansea-Shrewsbury service on 30 March 1991. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: June 1992

Set number: S940

BR (Derby) Class 108 2-car local passenger dmu No.S940 (presumably 51919 + 52048) with blanked out headcode panel in BR blue & grey livery, with yellow front end but black window surrounds, at Bristol Temple Meads, 06/92. Scanned print. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: circa mid-1993

Set number: LO245

Stored DMUs at Blackpool North Carriage Sidings. Closest is 54208, which the Roger Harris allocation book notes as being stored there after withdrawal from Longsight in December 1992 till moving to Tyseley circa late January 1994. Alongside is 52048 (S940), noted as being at Blackpool from February till August 1993. Both vehicles would be preserved. Spannerman37025.