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Vehicle 56497 / 54497


Class 108

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30602
Diagram: 646

Allocations

The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 51914 during the unknown period are:

07/05/60 New to 18A (Toton)
4w/e 29/10/60 Transferred to 9G (Gorton)
4w/e 31/12/60 Transferred to 8H (Allerton)
Sep-63Depot code change8J

Then the allocations for 56497 are:

16/06/83 Transferred to LO (Longsight)
12/05/85 Transferred to CH (Chester)
14/05/90 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
30/05/91 Withdrawn from LO (Longsight) PLOX

Notes

12th September 1990 - Part of 5Z32 Longsight depot - Doncaster Works (collision-damaged cars running under own power)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56497 - original number
54497 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 09/01/1981 released in blue/grey livery

56497 was involved in the following incident:


22/8/90 - Hyde North Junction, LMR

Collision involving Class 108 / Class 108

Info from Bill Read

Low speed collision of two Class 108 units. M51913-M54497 and M51418-M59688 (Met Cam 101 centre car)-M53977. 28 passengers required hospital treatment. The driver of the twin unit had passed a red signal. M51418 collapsed upon contact with M51913 and suffered extensive cab, underfloor and bogie damage. All the 108 cars suffered some damage and were criticized as being in poor structural condition. The 101 was undamaged.


Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51914 56497 As delivered to 18A - 7th May 1960
51914 56497 Transfer to 9G - Oct-60
51916 56497 Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight1
50625 56497 Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester2
51424 56497 Noted 20/11/75 - at Brough with 51909/564961
51917 56497 Noted 06/01/1978 - at Byrn with a device to Wigan3
50627 56497 Noted 11/04/80 - at Wigan NW with 50763 + 50796
50627 56497 Noted 24/05/80
51913 56497 Noted circa 06/19824
51914 56497 Noted circa 11/19824
51942 56497 Noted circa 01/19834
51942 54497 Transfer to LO - 16/06/83
51913 54497 Noted circa 07/19834
51913 54497 Noted circa 08/19834
51913 54497 Noted circa 01/19844
51913 54497 Noted 01/09/84 - at Wolverhampton as ECS with 51902 + 54485
51913 54497 Listed at LO - 01/01/85
51913 54497 Noted 25/05/86 - on 17:47 Stalybridge - Stockport5
51913 54497 Listed at Chester - Summer 1986
51913 54497 Noted circa 06/19864
51913 54497 Noted circa 01/19874
51913 54497 Noted 13/06/1987 - Chester-Crewe ECS (6-car)6
51913 54497 Noted 16/01/19884
265 51913 54497 Noted circa 04/19884
CH265 51913 54497 Noted Apr-88
CH265 51913 54497 Listed at CH - May 1988
CH265 51913 54497 Noted circa May-88
CH265 51913 54497 Noted circa Jul-88
CH265 51913 54497 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
LO265 51913 54497 Listed at LO - mid May-90
LO265 51913 54497 22nd August 1990 - collided with CH351 at Hyde North

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: Chris Moxon

Images:

Class 108 DMU at near Chester

13th June 1981

An eight-car DMU formation, noted as going to Rhyl (but Llandudno is on the destination blind) is seen near Chester on 13 June 1981. Allerton allocated M56497 leads a 108 set, there is another 108, a 103 and a 101. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 108 DMU at Cocker Bar

23rd December 1982

Two days before Christmas 1982 in very seasonal conditions, a two-car Class 108 DMU formed of cars M51942 & M56497 had just passed the down distant signal for Midge Hall as it passed the Cocker Bar at Ulnes Walton with an Ormskirk to Preston service on December 23rd 1982. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 108 DMU at Chester

13th June 1987

Chester, 13/6/87. The ECS to Crewe is formed of 54497, 51913, 51188, 54348, 54273 & 53940. The 150's are on the 15.36 Crewe-Llandudno. Anthony Griffiths.

Class 108 DMU at Tyseley

26th December 1987

Class 108 DTS 54497 in Tyseley on December 26, 1987. Andy Cole.

Class 108 DMU at Abergele and Pensarm

31st August 1988

Set number: CH265

Class 108 Set CH265 (presumably 54497 + 51913) approaches Abergele and Pensarm (at 15XX) on Wednesday 31st August 1988. Colin Brooks.

Class 108 DMU at Manchester Oxford Road

20th February 1989

Set number: CH265

Class 108 Derby 2-car DMU 54497+51913 (DTCL+DMBS) set CH265 arrived at Manchester Oxford Road on 20-2-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 11th April 1980

50627 + 56497 and 50763 + 50796 at Wigan NW on 11/4/80. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 23rd December 1982

A two-car Class 108 DMU formed of cars M51942 & M56497 was passing the Cocker Bar at Ulnes Walton, whilst running between Midge Hall and Croston with a Preston to Ormskirk service on December 23rd 1982. The tall distant signal for Preston bound trains approaching Midge Hall has now been replaced with a reflective distant board. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 1st September 1984

A Class 108 diesel multiple unit formation passes through Wolverhampton station on what I recorded as an ecs working on 1 September 1984. The individual cars were 51902/54485 + 51913/54497. Lewis Bevan.