Vehicle 51949
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
| 04/03/61 | New to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
| w/e 03/06/61 | Transferred to | 24F (Fleetwood) | |
| 4w/e 30/09/62 | Transferred to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9D | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NH | |
| 20/02/77 | Withdrawn |
Modifications
circa Dec-72 - AWS fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by CA Chadwick, on location at Newton Heath depot
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51949 | 52064 | As delivered to 26A - 4th March 1961 | |||||||
| 51949 | 52064 | Transfer to 24F - w/e 03/06/61 | |||||||
| 51949 | 52064 | Transfer to 26A - Sep-62 | |||||||
| 51949 | 52064 | Noted 03/05/69 - in Manchester Exchange1 | |||||||
| 51949 | 52064 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Newton Heath1 | |||||||
| 51949 | 52056 | Noted 17/09/71 - at Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
| 51949 | 52064 | Noted 19/09/71 - in Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
| 51949 | 52064 | Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
| 51949 | 52064 | Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
| 51949 | 52064 | Noted 10/09/76 - on Newton Heath depot2 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
Images:
1977
M51949 appears to have suffered fire damage when seen at Newton Heath in 1977. Ian Francis.