Vehicle 51965
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
| 30/12/60 | New to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 25/03/67 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| 12/02/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
51965 was involved in the following incident:
5/9/77 - Farnley Junction, ER
Collision involving Class 124 / Class 47
Info from Bill Read
Class 124 in collision with 47 402, stationary at head of mail train. E51959-E59773-E51969-E51965. Both drivers killed. 9 passengers needed hospital treatment. E51959 suffered extensive damage and twisting of the underframe. The whole of the cab on 47 402 was destroyed. The accident was caused by a replacement relay being wired with incorrect polarity, causing the points to move out of correspondence.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51960 | 51978 | 59765 | 51975 | 51965 | Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria1 | ||||
| 51964 | 51984 | 59765 | 59776 | 51982 | 51965 | Noted 29/08/74 - in Hull Paragon2 | |||
| 51952 | 51972 | 59771 | 51969 | 51965 | Noted 29/11/1975 - at York 1 | ||||
| 51962 | 51979 | 59767 | 51970 | 51965 | Noted 25/06/77 - on 1M76 1540 Hull-Liverpool | ||||
| 51960 | 51975 | 59768 | 51965 | Noted 01/04/78 - on 11:10 Liverpool - Hull3 | |||||
| 51966 | 51975 | 59768 | 51965 | Noted 05/04/19804 | |||||
| 51965 | 59765 | 51979 | 51955 | Noted 19/07/19804 | |||||
| 52099 | 59840 | 59236 | 51965 | Noted circa 02/19834 | |||||
| 52095 | 59237 | 59771 | 51965 | Noted circa 07/19834 | |||||
| 51955 | 59767 | 59840 | 51965 | Noted circa 10/19834 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
3: Phil Shatford
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
30th April 1977
A Swindon Works Class 124/1 Trans-Pennine unit with E51965 closest in Manchester Victoria station on 30/04/77. Vincent Haworth.
9th October 1978
M51965 at Leeds on the 9th October 1978. Malcolm Clements.
22nd May 1979
A 5-Car Trans-Pennine DMU set had just arrived at Liverpool Lime Street with a service from Hull on May 22nd 1979. Complete with its oil tail-lamp, E51965 was a Driving Motor Composite. These stylish DMUs, built at Swindon Works in 1960 had a mixture of saloon and compartment seating. They were stalwarts on the Liverpool-Hull route for most of their lives, until the last few were withdrawn in 1984. Martyn Hilbert.
10th April 1981
A Class 124 (E51965 closest) and a Class 104 in Manchester Piccadilly on 10 April 1981. Rob Edwards.
August 1981
E51965 leads a mixed Class 123/4 formation southbound out of York at Holgate in August 1981. George Woods.
4th October 1981
Swindon built Trans-Pennine Class 124 Motor Composite DMU E51965 at Doncaster station on October 4th 1981. The four car unit also contained E59238, E52093 and E59768. Rob Edwards.
16th May 1982
A four-car Swindon DMU in Leeds station on 16 May 1982. The Class 124 DMC closest appears to be E51965. Brian Daniels.
30th September 1982
A Trans-Pennine set passes a group of permanent way workers as it arrives at Hull Paragon on 30th September 1982. E51965 is the leading driving car. Syd Young.
circa May 1983
Class 124 DMC E51965 in Hull Botanic Gardens, its home from 1967 until withdrawal in 1984. Slide process date May 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.
16th June 1983
Swindon vehicles E51965, E59766, E59818, E52093 at Doncaster on 16-06-83. Vincent Haworth.