Vehicle 51602
Class 127
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square / Red Triangle
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Engines: Rolls Royce 238hp
Transmission: Hydraulic
Lot Number: 30521
Diagram: 588
Allocations
| 11/07/59 | New to | Chaddesden | - pending allocation |
| 4w/e 30/01/60 | Transferred to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CW | |
| 11/07/76 | Withdrawn from | CW (Cricklewood) | - collision damage |
51602 was involved in the following incident:
25/06/76 - Luton, LMR
Collision involving Class 127 / Class 127
Info from Robert Frise and Bill Read
An empty stock Class 127 unit was struck on a crossover by another Class 127 unit which had passed two red signals. The latter was deflected towards the Down fast line where it was struck a glancing blow by an express passenger train hauled by a Class 45 locomotive. Minor injuries. More Details.
Disposal
Scrapped by BR, Derby C&W Works
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51601 | 59594 | 59624 | 51602 | As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 11th July 1959 - pending allocation | |||||
| 51602 | 59646 | 59616 | 51605 | Noted 11/08/70 - at St Pancras1 | |||||
| 51602 | 59612 | 59636 | 51617 | Noted 02/09/71 - at St Pancras2 | |||||
| 51602 | 59604 | 59637 | 51624 | Noted 03/04/76 - on 05.17 Bedford – St. Pancras3 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Phil Shatford
Images:
25th June 1976
A badly wrecked Class 127 TSL - probably M59618, and DMBS M51602, following the Luton collision on June 25, 1976. Robert Frise.
14th August 1976
51602 at Derby C&W Works on the 14th August 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.
14th August 1976
Seen in the scrapyard at Derby C&W Works on 14 August 1976 are Derby Works Class 127 No M51602 and Cravens Class 129 No M55999. The Class 127 had suffered accident damage at Luton on 25th June 1976. Keith Long.
circa September 1977
Class 127 DMBS M51602 - a victim of the Luton collision in June 1976 - in Derby C&W Works. The slide process date is September 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1976
Withdrawn Class 129 M55999 in Derby C&W Works sometime in 1976 (probably 14th August!). To the left is Class 127 51602. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 25th June 1976
A damaged Class 127 centre car, presumably 59618, and DMBS 51602, after the collision at Luton on 25/6/76. Robert Frise.