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Vehicle 52062

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

04/02/61	New to	26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63	Depot code change	9D
w/e 07/08/71	Transferred to	8J (Allerton)
4w/e 31/12/72	Transferred to	9D (Newton Heath)
May-73	Depot code change	NH
4w/e 17/02/79	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
13/05/85	Transferred to	BX (Buxton)
19/03/89	Transferred to	CH (Chester) PMSX
30/09/90	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley) PTSX
10/06/91	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) PXXZ

Notes

May 1988 - Seen carrying unit no. BX496 while in unit BX497

Modifications

Jul-73 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51947	52062		As delivered to 26A - 4th February 1961
NH132	50778	52062		Noted 03/05/69 - Manchester Terminals Farewell railtour with 50516 + 59172 + 51931¹
	51947	52062		Noted 22/12/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly¹
	51947	52062		Noted 15/08/70 - at Chester²
	51947	52062		Transfer to 8J - w/e 07/08/71
	51947	52062		Noted 29/08/1974 - at Liverpool Exchange³
	51947	52062		Noted 01/09/74 - at Preston²
	51947	52062		Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Victoria¹
	51947	52062		Noted 26/06/76 - on 16.20 Manchester Vic – Oldham Mumps⁴
	51947	52062		Noted 31/12/76 - at Leeds¹
	51947	52062		Transfer to CH - 4w/e 17/02/79
	51947	52062		Noted 02/04/79 - on 13:30 Manchester Victoria - Bangor with 56354 + 51192 and DPU 55995
	51947	52062		Noted 25/10/1980 - At Crewe Station⁵
	51947	52062		Noted circa 03/1981⁶
	51947	52062		Noted circa 10/1982⁶
	51947	52062		Noted 26/02/83 - at Crewe, headlamp fitted
	51947	52062		Noted circa 06/1983⁶
	51947	52062		Noted 26/06/83 - on Chester depot, headlamp fitted
	51947	52062		Noted 08/08/1983 - on Conwy Valley with 51919-54334⁶
	51947	52062		Noted circa 03/1984⁶
BX496	51947	59155	52062	Listed at BX - circa Jul-85
	51947	59155	52062	Noted 07/07/85
BX496	51947	59155	52062	Listed at BX - circa Dec-85
BX496	51947	59155	52062	Noted 23/02/86 - at Chapel-en-le-Frith
	51950	59155	52062	Listed at Buxton - Summer 1986
	51950	59155	52062	Noted 07/06/1986 - 1L03 Macclesfield-Llandudno⁷
BX497	51950	59155	52062	Noted 01/05/87 - at York²
	51950	59155	52062	Listed at BX - Jun-87
	51950	59155	52062	Listed at BX - mid Nov-87
	51950	59155	52062	Noted 16/01/1988⁶
BX497	51950	59155	52062	Listed at BX - May 1988
	51950	59155	52062	Noted 18/06/88 - at Norwich with 53626 + 59144 + 53636 on the Manchester – Gt. Yarmouth service²
	51950	59155	52062	Noted circa Jul-88
CH629	51950	52062		Listed at CH - 14/10/89
CH629	51950	52062		Listed at CH - mid May-90
	51950	52062		Noted 21/03/91 - at Crewe⁸

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Phil Shatford
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Chris Moxon
8: Aaron Calder

Images:

3rd May 1969

Set number: NH132

Newton Heath based NH132 (52062 + 50778) were part of the formation working the LCGB Manchester Terminals Farewell tour on 3/May/1969. The tour stopped as follows: Manchester Exchange, Kenyon Junction, Manchester Piccadilly, Stockport Edgeley, Northenden Junction, Cheadle Heath South Junction, Buxton No.1, Buxton LNW, Briggs Sidings, Droylesden Junction, Stalybridge, Godley Junction, Glazebrook Junction, Cheadle Heath, Manchester Central, seen here with a 'photo-stop' at Stalybridge. For those who may be surprised at the headcode, 'X' was used for exceptional loads, out of gauge loads and Royal trains, 'Z' was used for inter-regional special workings and at the time on the Midland Region 'T' was used for internal special workings. Robert Chilton.

3rd May 1969

Set number: NH132

52062 + 50778 / 50516 + 59172 + 51931 at the Stalybridge stop of the LCGB Manchester Terminals Farewell railtour on May 3, 1969. Leonard Rogers.

11th April 1977

A Class 108 power twin is seen at Salford on 11 April 1977. The leading car appears to be M52062, displaying Manchester Victoria on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.

26th February 1983

Class 108 DMU DMC M52062 in platform 3a at Crewe, 26th Feb 1983. Paul James.

4th November 1985

Set number: BX496

BX496 a 3 car Buxton allocated Derby built class 108 dmu with a class 104 trailer car, comprising of M52062 + M59155 + M51947, climbs the 1-60 bank up towards Norbury Hollow level crossing with a Manchester Piccadilly - Buxton working, 4th November 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

23rd November 1985

Set number: BX496

Buxton allocated Derby built 1960 class 108 dmu BX496 (M52062 + M59155 + M51947) is seen at rest on it's home depot, 23rd November 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

20th February 1989

Set number: BX381

Class 108 / 104 3-car hybrid DMU 52062 + 59152 + 51950 set BX381 arriving at Manchester Piccadilly on 20-2-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

circa October 1989

Set number: CH629

Chester based class 108 DMU, believed to be vehicles 52062 and 51950, seen pulling away from the down platform at Lichfield Trent Valley low level in the Autumn of 1989. Bob Belcher.

26th December 1990

Set number: T070

Class 108 DMS 52062, set number T070, is seen in the fading light stabled outside the factory at Tyseley on 26.12.1990. Andy Cole.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 10th April 1971

Gloucester class 128 motor parcels van No.M55989 is seen at Newton Heath depot on 10th April 1971, with its 'buffalo horns' prominent. Ten motor luggage vans of class 128 were delivered from the Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. in early 1960 for use on the London Midland and Western Regions. The London Midland examples did not have end gangways fitted. Powered by two 230hp engines per vehicle, they were able to accommodate a trailing load when required. Class 108 DMC M52062 is on the left and a 'Blackpool stripe' 104 on the right. Gordon Edgar.

Date: August 1975

BR (Derby) Class 108 2-car Local Passenger dmu Nos.M51947 (Class 108/2) & M52062 (Class 108/1) of the 1960 batch, descending Miles Platting Bank towards Manchester (Victoria) station, 08/75. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: 26th February 1983

Class 108 DMU, M51947 (DMBS) + M52062 (DMC) sit in platform 3a at Crewe, 26th Feb 1983. Note that the unit is a power twin and fitted with headlights for working over the Central Wales line. Paul James.

Date: 26th June 1983

Derby Class 108 DMU 51947 + 52062 in blue livery Chester TMD 26-6-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 29th June 1985

Set number: BX496

Stratford-upon-Avon used to be the destination for many special trains although the number of such workings has lessened in recent years. This picture shows one of these, the Poynton Parish Puffa, standing in the long-gone "cold store" sidings on 29 June 1985. This train was formed of class 108+104 combination (closest being BX496, presumably 51947/59155/52062, the other was BX480, presumably 53420/59152/53474) and, obviously enough I suppose, ran from Poynton in Cheshire, which incidentally is a very attractively decorated station, adorned with many enamel advertisements. Peter Tandy.

Date: 29th June 1985

Set number: BX480

The passengers on the Poynton Parish Puffa were treated at Stratford-upon-Avon to a visit by the steam locomotive 46229 Duchess of Hamilton on 29 June 1985 although I don't recall taking any pictures of this. The return working of the steam special left a short while before the DMU (BX480, presumably 53474/59152/53420 and BX496, presumably 52062/59155/51947) went back to Cheshire and I photographed the latter from the window of the signal box. The industrial units in the background are the site of the erstwhile Stratford-upon-Avon shed and coaling stage. The entire backdrop is virtually unrecognisable nowadays and the signal box itself was demolished many years ago. Peter Tandy.

Date: 2nd July 1985

Set number: BX496

Buxton set BX496 - M51947 + 59155 + 52062 at Heaton Chapel station on a Manchester Piccadilly to Buxton service on 2nd July 1985. Walter Burt.

Date: 23rd February 1986

Set number: BX496

With Disley showing on the blind, Buxton based Derby class 108 dmu BX496 with it's BRC&W center car (M51947 + M59155 + M52062) slows for the Chapel-en-le-Frith stop on 23rd February 1986. The line between Disley and Hazel Grove was closed every Sunday around this time for the construction of the Hazel Grove Cord. Andrew J Crowther.

Date: 17th May 1986

Set number: BX497

BX497, a 3 car Buxton allocated Derby built class 108 dmu with a class 104 center car (comprising M51950 + M59155 + M52062) leaves Hazel Grove with a Manchester Piccadilly - Buxton working on 17th May 1986. Andrew J Crowther.

Date: 7th June 1986

Set number: BX491

Two Buxton sets working 1L03 Macclesfield-Llandudno passing Helsby, 7/6/86. Full formation was 53634, 59387, 51924, 52062, 59155, 51950. Anthony Griffiths.

Date: unknown

Set number: BX497

BX497 (M51950 presumable leads M59155 + M52062) has a 104 centre car in this view at Llandovery. Undated. Tom Clift.

Date: circa October 1989

Set number: CH629

Chester based class 108 DMU, believed to be vehicles 51950 and 52062 seen arriving at the down platform at Lichfield Trent Valley low level on a stopping service in the Autumn of 1989. Bob Belcher.

Date: unknown

Set number: CH629

A class 108 unit (CH629, presumably 51950 and 52062) arrives at Nottingham, circa 1989/90, once an everyday scene. Stuart Pearce.

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