close

Sign In


Not registered?
Forgot Your Password?

<- 51903 | 51904 | 51905 ->

Vehicle 51904


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

26/03/60 New to Reddish
Apr-60 Transferred to 9E (Trafford Park)
4w/e 28/05/60 Stored 9E (Trafford Park)
Jun-60 Reinstated 9E (Trafford Park)
4w/e 01/06/63 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
3w/e 30/04/66 On loan to 8J (Allerton)
2w/e 09/07/66 Ex-loan back to 9A (Longsight)
May 1973Depot code changeLO
12/05/85 Transferred to CH (Chester)
30/09/90 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
29/07/91 Withdrawn from LO (Longsight) PLOX

Modifications

June-74 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 31/12/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51904 56487 As delivered to Reddish - 26th March 1960
51904 56487 Noted 16/08/70 - at Chester1
LT329 51904 56487 Listed at Longsight - circa Jan-71
51904 56487 Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight2
51904 56487 Noted 19/09/71 - at Crewe with 51906 + 56489 / 51917 + 56274 / 51913 + 56493 possibly subbing for a Class 304 if the current was switched off between Liverpool and Crewe2
51904 56487 Noted 19/04/73 - in Manchester Oxford Road1
LT329 51904 56487 Noted 09/09/73 - on Chester depot1
51904 56487 May-74 - AWS fitted together
51904 56487 Noted 12/06/1976 - Part of RCTS Greater Manchester Railtour, the other 2 car set has not been identified
51904 56487 Noted 30/03/1977 - CH Depot3
LO315 51904 56487 Noted 31/05/19823
LO315 51904 56487 Noted circa 08/19823
51904 54487 Noted 20/07/84 - on 18:28 Stalybridge - Stockport
51904 54487 Listed at LO - 01/01/85
51904 54487 Noted 18/07/85 - on Crewe - Stafford shuttle with 51175 + 54350
51904 54487 Noted circa 09/19853
51904 54487 Noted 26/04/86 - on 12:15 Chester - Shrewsbury with 55993 attached4
51904 54487 Listed at Chester - Summer 1986
CH259 51904 54487 Listed at CH - May 1988
CH259 51904 54487 Noted circa May-88
CH259 51904 54487 Noted circa Jul-88
51904 54487 Noted 30/08/895
CH259 51904 54487 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
51904 54487 Noted 26/03/90 - on 13:10 Sheffield - Manchester Piccadilly
CH259 51904 54487 Listed at CH - mid May-90
CH259 51904 54487 Noted circa 07/19903
LO259 51904 54487 Listed at LO - Jul-91

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

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Stalybridge

20th July 1984

Class 108 Derby 2-car DMU 51904 + 54487 stand at Stalybridge with the 18-28 to Stockport on 20-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 18th July 1985

During the Crewe Engineering Blockade in the summer of 1985 the only way for passengers to reach Crewe was via a DMU shuttle service from Stafford. This is the shuttle train, photo taken at 05.20 hrs on 18 July 1985. The unit consists of cars 54487 + 51904 / 51175 + 54350. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: 6th December 1986

A two-car Class 108 DMU runs into Crewe station on 6 December 1986. The Chester allocated vehicles 54487 + 51904 is an original pairing that seemed to stick together until withdrawal. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 18th April 1988

Set number: 259

54487 + 51904 approaching Bamford on April 18, 1988. It carries a smaller than usual set number '259' under the drivers window. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 20th May 1989

Set number: CH259

Chester Class 108 set CH259 (51904 + 54487) in Rose Hill station on 20/5/89. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 23rd June 1989

Set number: CH259

Class 108 DMU set CH259 (54487 and presumably 51904) stands at Preston before working the 10:45 service to Barrow-in-Furness on 23 June 1989. Brian Creasey.

DMU

Date: 28th June 1990

Set number: CH259

Class 108 DMU set CH259 (54487 + 51904) departing from Chester station on 28 June 1990. Keith Miller.