Vehicle 51966
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 | |
| 19/08/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51959 | 51984 | 59765 | 59777 | 51969 | 51966 | Noted 15/08/19701 | |||
| 51959 | 51968 | 59777 | 59767 | 51970 | 51966 | Noted 06/08/1974 - at Manchester Victoria1 | |||
| 51962 | 51968 | 59777 | 59767 | 51970 | 51966 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Liverpool Lime Street1 | |||
| 51966 | 51978 | 59767 | 51975 | 51967 | Noted 11/1974 - at Leeds 1 | ||||
| 51956 | 51978 | 59772 | 51980 | 51966 | Noted 07/01/75 - at York2 | ||||
| 51966 | 51971 | 59766 | 51982 | 51967 | Noted 10/06/19773 | ||||
| 51951 | 51978 | 59770 | 51966 | Noted 01/04/78 - on 12:10 Liverpool - York4 | |||||
| 51966 | 51975 | 59770 | 51972 | 51957 | Noted 10/06/19783 | ||||
| 51957 | 51972 | 59770 | 51975 | 51966 | Noted 18/06/19783 | ||||
| 51966 | 51982 | 59765 | 51960 | Noted 14/07/19793 | |||||
| 51966 | 59768 | 51983 | 51952 | Noted 27/10/19793 | |||||
| 51966 | 51975 | 59768 | 51965 | Noted 05/04/19803 | |||||
| 52092 | 59821 | 51970 | 51966 | Noted 19/07/19803 | |||||
| 51957 | 51973 | 59236 | 51966 | Noted 05/05/1981 - at Hull1 | |||||
| 51955 | 59836 | 59237 | 51966 | Noted circa 09/19823 | |||||
| 51966 | 59239 | 59768 | 52092 | Noted 03/01/1984 - at Manchester Picc3 | |||||
| 51966 | 59769 | 59842 | 51963 | Noted 18/02/19843 | |||||
| 51966 | 59238 | 59841 | 52091 | Noted circa 05/19843 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Phil Shatford
Images:
18th July 1979
Class 124 E51966 at Sheffield on 18 July 1979. Brian Daniels.
4th September 1982
Class 124 Trans-Pennine car E51966 at Sheffield after arriving with a train from New Mills 4th September 1982. Keith Long.
18th September 1982
A Swindon 4-car DMU with Class 124 DMC 51966 foremost stands at Manchester Piccadilly, 18-9-82. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
14th April 1983
A four-car DMU formed of Swindon-built Class 124 and 123 vehicles approaches Chinley on 14 April 1983. Closest appears to be E51966, one of a handful of the vehicles that had 'Trans-Pennine' painted in the side. Andrew Walker.
20th February 1984
A Trans-Pennine DMU (class 124) at Doncaster on a Manchester Piccadilly to Hull service on February 20th 1984. Not long afterwards, these units were withdrawn as their duties were taken over by class 31 loco-hauled trains. The patch on the lower right of the cab front identifies the closest vehicle as E51966. Jonathan Hazan.
20th April 1984
Carrying Trans Pennine branding, Class 124 51966 is seen at Doncaster on 20.04.1984. Andy Cole.