Vehicle 51953
Class 124
Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Trans Pennine
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Engines: Albion 230hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30603
Diagram: 577
Allocations
| 09/08/60 | New to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 25/03/67 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| 19/08/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51953 | 51972 | 59766 | 59775 | 51973 | 51954 | As delivered to 55H - 9th August 1960 | |||
| 51953 | 51970 | 59778 | 59769 | 51983 | 51961 | Noted 19/04/71 - in Leeds City1 | |||
| 51953 | 51980 | 59767 | 59777 | 51979 | 51964 | Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria2 | |||
| 51952 | 51968 | 59773 | 51974 | 51953 | Noted 08/09/73 - at York1 | ||||
| 51953 | 51974 | 59768 | 51976 | 51959 | Noted 01/09/74 - at Preston1 | ||||
| 51953 | 51974 | 59768 | 51976 | 51959 | Noted 04/09/74 - in Manchester Victoria1 | ||||
| 51951 | 51971 | 59777 | 59765 | 51969 | 51953 | Noted 06/01/75 - at Selby1 | |||
| 51953 | 51974 | 59770 | 51954 | Noted 03/04/1976 - at Leeds2 | |||||
| 51953 | 51983 | 59770 | 51987 | 51955 | Noted 11/06/19773 | ||||
| 51953 | 51973 | 51976 | 59769 | 51961 | Noted 17/08/78 - on 11:45 Hull - Liverpool4 | ||||
| 52104 | 59826 | 51969 | 51953 | Noted 14/07/19793 | |||||
| 51953 | 51968 | 59772 | 52091 | Noted 08/04/19803 | |||||
| 51953 | 51968 | 59772 | 52097 | Noted 10/04/19803 | |||||
| 51967 | 59773 | 51970 | 51953 | Noted 28/06/19803 | |||||
| 51955 | 59819 | 51973 | 51953 | Noted 01/11/19803 | |||||
| 52087 | 59767 | 59825 | 51953 | Noted circa 04/19823 | |||||
| 51953 | 59773 | 59838 | 52097 | Noted circa 01/19843 | |||||
| 51953 | 59835 | 59765 | 51958 | Noted circa 05/19843 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Phil Shatford
Images:
14th July 1972
A Trans-Pennine DMU in Manchester Victoria on 14 July 1972. Closest is DMC W51953. Alistair Ness.
20th March 1979
E51953 is at the front of a five-car trans-Pennine set formed E51953/51969/59772/50620/5???? seen in leeds on 20 March 1979. Malcolm Clements.
24th October 1979
Class 124 DMBC E51953 parked next to a Met-Camm vehicle on Hull Botanic Gardens depot on 24 October 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.
23rd November 1980
Class 124 51953 is seen at Sheffield on 23/11/80. Chris Lings.
20th June 1981
A Class 124 DMU with DMC E51953 nearest stands in the centre road at Sheffield Midland on 20-6-81. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
12th June 1982
A Swindon DMU with Class 124 E51953 closest in Hull Paragon on 12 June 1982. Phil Bevan.
28th April 1984
Trans-Pennine 51953 leads a four-car set hammering through Bamford in the Hope Valley on a Hull to Manchester working. When new, these Swindon built units operated in 6 car formation between Liverpool and Hull. They were replaced, largely from the start of the summer '84 timetable by Class 31s, newly fitted with electric train heating. Taken on April 28, 1984. Mike Dean.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 11th March 1978
A Swindon Trans-Pennine set arrives into Leeds station on the 11 March 1978 formed of E51963 (rear, closest) + E59767 + E51981 + E51953. Ian Francis.
Date: 20th March 1979
E59772 with E51969 on the left seen at Leeds on March 20, 1979. On the rear is a Class 108, the formation contains E51953 + 51969 + 59772 + 50620 + 5xxxx. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 20th March 1979
Class 124 vehicles E59772, E51969 and E51953 are working with a 2-car Class 108 (E50620 visible) when seen at Leeds on the 20th March 1979. Malcolm Clements.