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Vehicle 51907

Class 108

BR Diagram 634

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

23/04/60 New to 18A (Toton)
4w/e 24/09/60 Transferred to 9E (Trafford Park)
4w/e 01/06/63 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
3w/e 30/04/66 On loan to 8J (Allerton)
3w/e 02/07/66 Ex-loan back to 9A (Longsight)
May 1973Depot code changeLO
Nov-80 Transferred to CH (Chester)
circa Oct-82 Transferred to LO (Longsight) - officially noted on 10/06/84
12/05/85 Transferred to CH (Chester)
14/05/90 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
20/01/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
04/02/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

Modifications

circa Dec-72 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 23/09/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51907 56490 As delivered to 18A - 23rd April 1960
51907 56221 Noted 22/08/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly1
51907 56490 Noted 22/12/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly1
LT332 51907 56490 Listed at Longsight - circa Jan-71
51907 56490 Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight1
51907 56490 Noted 18/04/73 - at Chester2
51907 56490 Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester3
51907 56490 Noted 19/11/1977 - Chester4
51907 56490 Noted 12/03/1978 - on Longsight depot5
51907 56490 Noted 09/07/1978 - on Longsight depot5
51907 56490 Noted 03/12/1978 - on Longsight depot5
51907 56490 Noted 12/05/1979 - on Birkenhead Mollington Street depot5
51907 56490 Noted 16/06/1979 - on Chester depot5
51907 56490 Noted 19/08/1979 - on Longsight depot5
51907 56490 Noted 23/09/1979 - on Chester depot5
51907 56490 Noted 17/02/1980 - on Chester depot5
51907 56490 Noted 12/09/1980 - at Manchester Piccadilly5
51907 56490 Transfer to CH - Nov-80
51907 56490 Noted 13/06/1982 - on Longsight depot5
51907 56490 Noted circa 08/19824
51907 56490 Noted circa 10/19824
51907 56490 Noted 22/01/1983 - on Longsight depot5
51907 54490 Noted circa 06/19834
51907 54490 Transfer to LO - 10/06/84 - from CH - but both vehicles already at Longsight?
51907 54490 Listed at LO - 01/01/85
51907 54490 Noted circa 04/19854
51907 54490 Listed at Chester - Summer 1986
51907 54490 Noted 11/07/87 - on 19:51 Llandudno - Llandudno Junction
51907 54490 Noted circa 04/19884
CH262 51907 54490 Listed at CH - May 1988
CH262 51907 54490 Noted circa Jul-88
CH262 51907 54490 Noted circa 04/19894
51907 54490 Noted 17/05/1989 - passing Longsight, around 8pm5
51907 54490 Noted 09/08/896
CH262 51907 54490 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
LO262 51907 54490 Listed at LO - mid May-90
LO262 51907 54490 Noted circa 07/19904
51907 54490 Noted 20/10/906
51907 54490 Noted 24/06/1991 - at Manchester Piccadilly5
LO262 51907 54490 Listed at LO - Jul-91
LO262 51907 54490 Listed at LO - Aug-91
LO262 51907 54490 Listed at LO - Dec-91
LO262 51907 54490 Noted circa 02/19924
LO262 51907 54490 Noted 25/04/92 - on Manchester Victoria - Wigan Wallgate service
51907 54490 Noted 05/05/92 - on 09:48 Manchester Piccadilly - Chester7
51907 54490 Noted 20/05/92 - on 22:20 Sheffield - Manchester Piccadilly7
51907 54490 Noted 27/05/92 - on 11:16 Chester - Wigan7
LO262 51907 54490 Listed at LO - 02/07/92
51907 54490 Noted 04/07/92 - on 2H64 19:38 Manchester Piccadilly - New Mills Central7
51907 54490 Noted 15/07/92 - on 16:26 Rose Hill - Manchester Piccadilly7
LO262 51907 54490 Listed at LO - 24/09/92
LO262 51907 54490 Listed at LO - November 1992
51907 54490 Noted 04/12/92 - on 10:26 Rose Hill - Manchester Piccadilly7
LO262 51907 54490 Listed at LO - 10/12/92

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Lumley
6: Graeme Phillips
7: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 108 DMU at Llandudno

11th July 1987

Class 108 M51907 and M54490 at Llandudno on 11-07-87 with the 19:51 Llandudno - Llandudno Junction. Vincent Haworth.

Class 108 DMU at Manchester Victoria

Spring 1992

Set number: LO262

Class 108 DMU set LO262 (51907 + 54490) with a Bolton service in Manchester Victoria in spring 1992. Bob Belcher.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 23rd April 1992

Set number: LO262

Class 108 DMU set LO262 (54490 + 51907) in Manchester Piccadilly on 23 April 1992. Phil Bevan.

DMU

Date: 25th April 1992

Set number: LO262

In the Manchester Victoria of old, a two-car Class 108 formed of cars M51907 & M54490 (Longsight Depot Set LO262) was awaiting departure from platform 11 with a well-filled service to Wigan Wallgate on April 25th 1992. Platform 11 and its extension into the adjacent Manchester Exchange station was once the longest continuous platform in the UK at 2,238 ft (682m) in length. The 108 was another set to have an extended life covering for unreliable second generation units. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 25th July 1992

Set number: 101661

101661 (51463 + 54365), 101676 and LO262 (51907 + 54490) at Stockport waiting to depart with the 09:10 to Manchester Victoria on 25/7/92. Gazza Prescott.

DMU

Date: 10th June 1993

W52064 + W51933 + 53971 + 54504 + M54490 + M51907 + 53980 + 53XXX stored out of service on Longsight, 10-6-93. Kevin Dowd.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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